Kavita creates too much space storage

[GeorgeKutivadze]

What happened?

To be more specific I have hundreds of Manga folders each with .cbz file. what Kavita does is that the Kavita code extracts image from each cbz file and thus creates too much space in the Kavita folder. Please add feature that removes duplicate images and applies 1 image to most manga files inside same manga folder! it takes 16GB of storage for most of same images!

What did you expect?

I expect that to add a code part which checks all .cbz file covers in each manga folder. and if there is match assign 1 image to most cbz files when viewing from Kavita. in that way it saves space on my computer

Kavita Version Number - If you don not see your version number listed, please update Kavita and see if your issue still persists.

0.8.4.2 - Stable

What operating system is Kavita being hosted from?

Windows

If the issue is being seen on Desktop, what OS are you running where you see the issue?

Windows

If the issue is being seen in the UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response

If the issue is being seen on Mobile, what OS are you running where you see the issue?

None

If the issue is being seen on the Mobile UI, what browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response

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Additional Notes

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[majora2007]

You can switch to using webp which has drastic space saving (50% compared to PNG) for cover images.

I have no plans to change how Kavita stores cover images nor support sidecar covers.

[GeorgeKutivadze]

Okay for now it would be fine but at least consider in future updates where Kavita deals with huge data files stored in external drive for cover images. SQL format can be used to store all cbz file paths and give all cbz files same 1 cover image in Kavita if they have same one.

[majora2007]

We have many users with over 100k series and there are no issues. This system has been used for years without issue.

While you may have cover images stored next to your CBZ, most users do not. It doesn't make sense to change it nor does the tradeoffs make sense.