Remove files

[DavidHenryThoreau]

It might be interesting to remove files when DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE

[PikuZheng]

are you meaning DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN？

[DavidHenryThoreau]

I've enabled it but, How to remove files if there is no one appears on downloading history ?

[PikuZheng]

I've enabled it but, How to remove files if there is no one appears on downloading history ?

go to download dir and delete files

[DavidHenryThoreau]

I'd like to use MeTube to download , watch, and also remove, which is behind reverse proxy ssh access is not enable I don't want to connect thtough ssh just to remove files. I mean maybe add a remove button on http://metube/download for each downloaded files

[PikuZheng]

After you enable DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN, removing a completed task from the list will also delete the file. For files that are not in the list before this feature is enabled, your best option is to install a file management system. I think you don’t want anonymous to randomly delete files.

[DavidHenryThoreau]

Yes, I don't want to randomly delete files but I think a delete button might be interesting

[MauriceTartiflette]

Hello, I've installed MeTube on my Synology NAS. It works perfectly but I can not succeed to localize the file downloaded on the NAS. I can not find the rep "/download" in the field manager. Maybe you can help. Thank you

[DavidHenryThoreau]

Do you have enable DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE in env var in your docker-compose.yml ?

    environment:
          - DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE=true

[PikuZheng]

Hello, I've installed MeTube on my Synology NAS. It works perfectly but I can not succeed to localize the file downloaded on the NAS. I can not find the rep "/download" in the field manager. Maybe you can help. Thank you

I believe it's synology's issue. you should map /download to /Volume/Shared Floder/sub floder (mine is /Volume2/admin/videos for example). If you're using /SharedFloder only, then you'll get nothing.

[alexta69]

There is a delete button, and if you enable DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN, it indeed deletes the files as you require. So it seems that the need is met. If it isn't, please reopen with an explanation of the missing functionality.

[DavidHenryThoreau]

There is a delete button, and if you enable DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN, it indeed deletes the files as you require. So it seems that the need is met. If it isn't, please reopen with an explanation of the missing functionality.

• The folder that contains video does not seems to be deleted
• I've got old videos on /download how can I delete them ?

[alexta69]

Both questions point to a file management solution, which MeTube is not. I'm not sure on what sort of storage your download folder resides, but you'll want to manage files there the same way you manage them elsewhere. For example mount the folder as a drive on your computer (assuming it's a NAS or another kind of remote storage) and manage files that way.

[DavidHenryThoreau]

Here's the MeTube's variables docker-compose.yml

      - DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE=true
      - DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN=true
      - TEMP_DIR=/tmp
      - STATE_DIR=/tmp
      - DOWNLOAD_DIR=/downloads
      - AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/mnt
      - OUTPUT_TEMPLATE=%(playlist)s_%(id)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s
      - 'YTDL_OPTIONS={\"add-metadata\":true}'

Yes but If downloaded files are old or I want to remove some of them. I'm using MeTube behind reverse proxy and access to the directory by ssh is not enable on the Internet. The point at the beginning of the issue was to permit user to manage files on :

      - DOWNLOAD_DIR=/downloads
      - AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/mnt

[alexta69]

Then I suggest you to look for a remote file management solution, maybe something from this list: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted?tab=readme-ov-file#file-transfer---web-based-file-managers

[DavidHenryThoreau]

Yes some web based file manager exist (thanks for the list) I mean just add a X for delete and the ability to rename file may be useful I've got a low power arm based machine, that mean I've to install another application just to rename or remove, it's just overkill.