How to repair database from references to old transcoded files after disabling transcoding so that files can be manually removed if automatic cleaning during transcoder job (all) is not working correctly?

[michalw2-alt]

Hello team,

According to documentation:

"The transcoded version of an asset can be deleted by setting a transcode policy that makes it unnecessary and then running a transcoding job for that asset."
https://docs.immich.app/FAQ/

I have disabled transcoding video permanently (do not transcode) but after running transcoder job (all) it removed very few transcoded videos (just 1GB out of 35GB).

Directory size before running All task was 35G.
After running it 34G.

root@server:/mnt/disk/docker/immich/encoded-video# du -sh 26be6059-9796-4b19-9c07-1da5c3a4cc66/
34G 26be6059-9796-4b19-9c07-1da5c3a4cc66/

[Nest] 6  - 03/21/2026, 12:52:27 AM VERBOSE [Microservices:MediaService] Asset 20a35ea0-980a-458f-bb29-81e2633a96eb does not require transcoding based on current policy, skipping
[Nest] 6  - 03/21/2026, 12:52:27 AM     LOG [Microservices:MediaService] Transcoded video exists for asset f96f3695-9562-4000-b073-8e2c2b31f563, but is no longer required. Deleting...
[Nest] 6  - 03/21/2026, 12:52:27 AM VERBOSE [Microservices:MediaService] Asset 1bf201a4-70a7-490d-857c-a6ae0725f631 does not require transcoding based on current policy, skipping
[Nest] 6  - 03/21/2026, 12:52:27 AM VERBOSE [Microservices:MediaService] Asset de65c8e4-e0ba-4572-9239-d7a0c1c144d8 does not require transcoding based on current policy, skipping
[Nest] 6  - 03/21/2026, 12:52:27 AM VERBOSE [Microservices:MediaService] Asset ea5eccd0-acf1-4a0c-924e-d256a130d943 does not require transcoding based on current policy, skipping

I have also used option "Refresh encoded videos" for particular asset (video) but result was the same.

Therefore there does not seem to be any effective way to free up disk from encoded videos which are no longer needed.
After moving folder manually, I was getting error while trying to play all videos that transcoded file cannot be found.

[Nest] 23  - 03/20/2026, 10:09:22 PM   ERROR [Api:LoggingRepository~19y7ip6k] Unable to send file: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/26be6059-9796-4b19-9c07-1da5c3a4cc66/81/38/81384280-bd6d-449d-938b-4e9c31a91d73.mp4'
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/usr/src/app/upload/encoded-video/26be6059-9796-4b19-9c07-1da5c3a4cc66/81/38/81384280-bd6d-449d-938b-4e9c31a91d73.mp4'

I'm looking for a command that will repair database from old transcoded files so they can be removed safely?
I have tried to submit bug but it's getting closed as duplicated.

I was also thinking about removing files manually and than forcing encoding them once again (using fastest method) - so that hopefully it will allow to automatically delete all files once transcoding is disabled permanently?

Thanks in advance
Michale

[michalw2-alt]

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