My downloads folder is not the default ~/Downloads, but (for reasons of personal preference) ~/personal/downloads. This customization is possible by setting XDG user directories (here: XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR).
Problem
bbb-recorder assumes that files get downloaded to ~/Downloads (line in code). However, Chrome honors XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR and does not download the file to the location expected by bbb-recorder. Therefore, running node export.js <bbb url> any.web 10 causes an error:
{ Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile '/home/<user>/Downloads/any.webm' -> '<target path omitted>'
at Object.copyFileSync (fs.js:1728:3)
at copyOnly (<path omitted>/bbb-recorder/export.js:227:12)
at main (<path omitted>/bbb-recorder/export.js:145:13)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
errno: -2,
syscall: 'copyfile',
code: 'ENOENT',
path: '/home/<user>/Downloads/any.webm',
dest: '<target path omitted>' }
(the omitted target path does exist and is writable)
Proposed Solution
bbb-recorder should look for downloaded recordings at the path chrome downloads them. Since chrome honors XDG customizations, bbb-recorder should also.
Background
My downloads folder is not the default
~/Downloads, but (for reasons of personal preference)~/personal/downloads. This customization is possible by setting XDG user directories (here:XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR).Problem
bbb-recorderassumes that files get downloaded to~/Downloads(line in code). However, Chrome honorsXDG_DOWNLOAD_DIRand does not download the file to the location expected bybbb-recorder. Therefore, runningnode export.js <bbb url> any.web 10causes an error:(the omitted target path does exist and is writable)
Proposed Solution
bbb-recordershould look for downloaded recordings at the path chrome downloads them. Since chrome honors XDG customizations,bbb-recordershould also.Maybe folder/xdg could be used for this.