Use downloads path rather than direct webdav

backend/src/db/database.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ export function initDatabase() {
     intervalMinutes: '180', // 180 minutes = 3 hours
     varianceMinutes: '30',
     maxConcurrentDownloads: '1',
-    enabled: 'true'
+    enabled: 'true',
+    downloadsPath: path.join(__dirname, '../../downloads')
   };
 
   const insertConfig = db.prepare(

backend/src/server.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import cors from 'cors';
 import path from 'path';
-import { initDatabase } from './db/database';
+import { initDatabase, configOperations } from './db/database';
 import { startScheduler } from './services/scheduler';
 import channelsRouter from './routes/channels';
 import playlistsRouter from './routes/playlists';
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ app.use('/api/playlists', playlistsRouter);
 app.use('/api/videos', videosRouter);
 app.use('/api/config', configRouter);
 
-// Serve downloaded videos
+// Serve downloaded videos from configured path
-app.use('/downloads', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../downloads')));
+const downloadsPath = configOperations.get('downloadsPath') || path.join(__dirname, '../downloads');
+app.use('/downloads', express.static(downloadsPath));
 
 // Health check
 app.get('/api/health', (req, res) => {

backend/src/services/ytdlp.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import { configOperations } from '../db/database';
 
-const DOWNLOADS_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../../downloads');
+// Get downloads directory from config
+function getDownloadsDir(): string {
+  const downloadsPath = configOperations.get('downloadsPath');
+  const dir = downloadsPath || path.join(__dirname, '../../downloads');
 
-// Ensure downloads directory exists
+  // Ensure downloads directory exists
-if (!fs.existsSync(DOWNLOADS_DIR)) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(DOWNLOADS_DIR, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  }
+
+  return dir;
 }
 
 // Path to cookies file (optional, for additional authentication)
@@ -296,7 +303,8 @@ export async function downloadVideo(
   options: DownloadOptions = {}
 ): Promise<{ filePath: string; fileSize: number }> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const outputTemplate = path.join(DOWNLOADS_DIR, `${videoId}.%(ext)s`);
+    const downloadsDir = getDownloadsDir();
+    const outputTemplate = path.join(downloadsDir, `${videoId}.%(ext)s`);
 
     const args = [
       ...getCommonArgs(),
@@ -360,10 +368,10 @@ export async function downloadVideo(
 
       // Find the downloaded file
       if (!outputPath) {
-        const files = fs.readdirSync(DOWNLOADS_DIR);
+        const files = fs.readdirSync(downloadsDir);
         const videoFile = files.find(f => f.startsWith(videoId) && f.endsWith('.mp4'));
         if (videoFile) {
-          outputPath = path.join(DOWNLOADS_DIR, videoFile);
+          outputPath = path.join(downloadsDir, videoFile);
         }
       }
 

frontend/src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx

@@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ function SettingsPage() {
               Number of videos to download simultaneously (recommended: 1)
             </p>
           </div>
+
+          <div>
+            <label className="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
+              Downloads Directory Path
+            </label>
+            <input
+              type="text"
+              value={config.downloadsPath || ''}
+              onChange={(e) => handleChange('downloadsPath', e.target.value)}
+              className="mt-1 block w-full rounded-md border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 bg-white dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-900 dark:text-white shadow-sm focus:border-blue-500 focus:ring-blue-500"
+              placeholder="/var/www/vidrip/downloads"
+            />
+            <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
+              Absolute path where downloaded videos will be saved. Can point to a mounted WebDAV directory.
+            </p>
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <div className="mt-6 flex justify-end">

frontend/src/types/index.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface Config {
   varianceMinutes: string;
   maxConcurrentDownloads: string;
   enabled: string;
+  downloadsPath: string;
 }
 
 export interface SchedulerStatus {