How can I stop the frame just showing the same images on loop?

[chrisbd]

I've just got Immich frame up and running and generally very happy so thanks to everyone involved! I'm finding that it does loop a lot of the same images though and can't see in any of the documentation a way to increase the number of images the server requests to increase variety.

I've looked around in a few of the other discussions and have tried adding RefreshAlbumPeopleInterval: 0 but it doesn't seem to change much. I'm assuming in a few days or hours it will request a new set of images however is there any way to just reduce the cache time or increase the batch size? My current config I don't request any specific album or people I just want it to randomly access images from my library and not repeat all the time.

Any suggestions much appreciated

[3rob3]

RefreshAlbumPeopleInterval won't have any effect for you since you are not using albums or people. In this case we will use the '/api/search/random' endpoint and request 100 assets each call (of which there should be no duplicates).

[chrisbd]

Thanks, i'm definitely not seeing 100 unique images is that because i'm also mixing in memories and favourites?

My current config is

General:
  PrimaryColor: "#ffffff"
  SecondaryColor: "#ffffff"
  Layout: "splitview"
  DownloadImages: false
  RenewImagesDuration: 0
  RefreshAlbumPeopleInterval: 1
Accounts:
  - ImmichServerUrl: 
    ApiKey: 
    ShowMemories: true
    ShowFavorites: true
    ShowArchived: false
    ShowVideos: true 

[3rob3]

Yeah, what that config means is it will ONLY show memories and images you have favorited (and some videos).

[chrisbd]

Gotcha thanks for clarifying and I can now see it's loading the full batch of 100. Final question how quickly will those 100 be refreshed?

[3rob3]

When they are exhausted. Going from memory but I believe we request 100 assets (id’s) matching your criteria, and pull/cache 20 at a time.