[Feature] Download/Upload sidecar metadata

[ayykamp]

I have searched the existing feature requests to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

When downloading an image it should be possible to also download the sidecar xmp files. Especially also when downloading an entire album, it would be nice to have an option to also downloads the sidecar files.

Additionally, when uploading assets through the web ui it should be possible to also upload sidecar files which then get associated with the assets by file name.

Thank you !

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[Marty56]

This is an essential feature.
Just keeping the meta data within some obscure database is a showstopper.
Basically all the work a user has put in updating its meta data within immich is lost, when he wants to move to a different photo tool.

[ayykamp]

That's not true. The xmp files are present in the file system, this is just about the web ui.