Which command line option for Thumbnail generation?

[piotr-kubica]

Dear immich'ers,

Where can i find the command line option for Thumbnail generation?
I'm looking for it because the job running the generation in background if painfully slow.
My immich version is v1.126.1

Usage: immich [options] [command]

Command line interface for Immich

Options:
  -V, --version                       output the version number
  -d, --config-directory <directory>  Configuration directory where auth.yml will be stored (default: "/root/.config/immich/", env:
                                      IMMICH_CONFIG_DIR)
  -u, --url [url]                     Immich server URL (env: IMMICH_INSTANCE_URL)
  -k, --key [key]                     Immich API key (env: IMMICH_API_KEY)
  -h, --help                          display help for command

Commands:
  login|login-key <url> <key>         Login using an API key
  logout                              Remove stored credentials
  server-info                         Display server information
  upload [options] [paths...]         Upload assets
  help [command]                      display help for command
root@85db2f6f5e79:/usr/src/app# immich help upload
Usage: immich upload [paths...] [options]

Upload assets

Arguments:
  paths                       One or more paths to assets to be uploaded

Options:
  -r, --recursive             Recursive (default: false, env: IMMICH_RECURSIVE)
  -i, --ignore <pattern>      Pattern to ignore (env: IMMICH_IGNORE_PATHS)
  -h, --skip-hash             Don't hash files before upload (default: false, env: IMMICH_SKIP_HASH)
  -H, --include-hidden        Include hidden folders (default: false, env: IMMICH_INCLUDE_HIDDEN)
  -a, --album                 Automatically create albums based on folder name (default: false, env: IMMICH_AUTO_CREATE_ALBUM)
  -A, --album-name <name>     Add all assets to specified album (env: IMMICH_ALBUM_NAME)
  -n, --dry-run               Don't perform any actions, just show what will be done (default: false, env: IMMICH_DRY_RUN)
  -c, --concurrency <number>  Number of assets to upload at the same time (default: 4, env: IMMICH_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY)
  --delete                    Delete local assets after upload (env: IMMICH_DELETE_ASSETS)
  --help                      display help for command

[bo0tzz]

I'm not sure what you're looking for? The CLI is just for uploading, it doesn't have anything to do with thumbnail generation. I also don't see why running thumbs in the foreground should be any faster.

[piotr-kubica]

So there is no way to start stop thumbnail generation from CLI?
I think I've seen this in the GPT answers which are for the an older version.

I also don't see why running thumbs in the foreground should be any faster.

You're the expert. I'm just a user who wants to understand how and why the things works as they do.
Thanks for your fast reply. I love this project!

[bo0tzz]

So there is no way to start stop thumbnail generation from CLI?

No, unless you DIY it eg with curl making a request to the API.

in the GPT answers

LLMs don't really know anything about Immich and are misleading most of the time.

[piotr-kubica]

I found them to know enough to debug the problem with unexposed ports on the database container part of the compose file. Otherwise, deployment on portainer wouldn't work. It was pretty accurate with each and every comment, but it didn't know the latest CLI commands and always wanted me make trying commands with node js