[FEATURE REQUEST] cache to a writable SD card directory when the output folder is not writable.

deniscerri / ytdlnis

Android Video/Audio Downloader app using yt-dlp

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[FEATURE REQUEST] cache to a writable SD card directory when the output folder is not writable. #419

Closed bartoszek closed 6 months ago

bartoszek commented 7 months ago

Is your feature request available in yt-dlp? Please describe.

Currently when setting the output folder to non writable SD card directory e.g: /storage/{uuid}/YTDLnis/ , downloads get cached to internal storage.

Describe the solution you'd like

when output is a non writable SD card directory cache downloads to /storage/{uuid}/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files/ then move merged downloads to the non writable output folder.

Describe alternatives you've considered

currently one can set the output path to a writable SD card directory, but it's suboptimal soliton as this path is not indexed by android gallery.

zaednasr commented 7 months ago

What's the issue with having the app store them in internal folders?

It's there a reason you want them in the data folder instead

bartoszek commented 7 months ago

It's there a reason you want them in the data folder instead

I'm hitting the internal memory limit when downloading long VODs

~5h VOD at 720p can reach 6GB.
requires ±12GB to merge.
On 64GB phone this requires 25% free space.

zaednasr commented 7 months ago

Noted

bartoszek commented 7 months ago

Currently I'm using Automate flow monitoring /storage/{uuid}/Android/data/com.deniscerri.ytdl/files and moving new files to the /storage/{uuid}/YTDLins. But this result in YTDLnis loosing control of those files.

zaednasr commented 7 months ago

Yes that's true. The app downloads in chunks that later get coupled so this will crash the download process.

Moving the cache to data is easy i guess. No problem

zaednasr commented 6 months ago

check 1.7.4