access directly from disk

app.py

@@ -236,96 +236,115 @@ def api_browse(subpath):
 
 @app.route("/media/<path:subpath>")
 @auth.require_secret
-def serve_file(subpath):               
+def serve_file(subpath):
+    # ─── 1) Locate the real file on disk ───
     root, *relative_parts = subpath.split('/')
-    base_path = session['folders'][root]
+    base_path = session['folders'].get(root)
-    full_path = os.path.join(base_path, *relative_parts)
+    full_path = os.path.join(base_path or '', *relative_parts)
-    
+
     if not os.path.isfile(full_path):
         app.logger.error(f"File not found: {full_path}")
         return "File not found", 404
 
+    # ─── 2) Prep request info ───
     mime, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(full_path)
     mime = mime or 'application/octet-stream'
-    range_header = request.headers.get('Range')
-    ip_address = request.remote_addr
-    user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent')
-    is_cache_request = request.headers.get('X-Cache-Request') == 'true'
 
-    # Check cache first (using diskcache)
+    is_cache_request = request.headers.get('X-Cache-Request') == 'true'
-    response = None
+    ip_address       = request.remote_addr
-    
+    user_agent       = request.headers.get('User-Agent')
-    # determine the cache to use based on the file type
+
-    if mime and mime.startswith('audio/'):
+    # skip logging on cache hits or on audio GETs (per your rules)
-        cache = cache_audio
+    do_log = not is_cache_request
-    elif mime and mime.startswith('image/'):
+    if mime == 'audio/mpeg' and request.method != 'HEAD':
-        cache = cache_image
+        do_log = False
-    elif mime and mime.startswith('video/'):
+
-        cache = cache_video
+    # ─── 3) Pick the right cache ───
-    else:
+    if   mime.startswith('audio/'): cache = cache_audio
-        cache = cache_other
+    elif mime.startswith('image/'): cache = cache_image
-        
+    elif mime.startswith('video/'): cache = cache_video
-    # Check if the file is already cached
+    else:                          cache = cache_other
-    if is_cache_request:
+
-        logging = False
+    # ─── 4) Try to stream directly from diskcache ───
-    else:
+    try:
-        logging = True
+        # returns a file-like whose .name is the real path on disk
-        
+        with cache.read(subpath) as reader:
-    cached = cache.get(subpath)
+            file_path = reader.name
-    if cached:
+            filesize  = os.path.getsize(file_path)
-        cached_file_bytes, mime = cached
+            response  = send_file(
-        cached_file = io.BytesIO(cached_file_bytes)
+                file_path,
-        filesize = len(cached_file.getbuffer())
+                mimetype= mime,
-        response = send_file(cached_file, mimetype=mime)
+                conditional= True   # enable Range / If-Modified / etc
-    else:
+            )
-        if mime and mime.startswith('image/'):
+            cached_hit = True
-            # Image processing branch (with caching)
+
+    except KeyError:
+        # cache miss → generate & write back to cache
+        cached_hit = False
+
+        if mime.startswith('image/'):
+            # ─── 4a) Image branch: thumbnail & cache the JPEG ───
             try:
                 with Image.open(full_path) as img:
                     img.thumbnail((1920, 1920))
                     if img.mode in ("RGBA", "P"):
                         img = img.convert("RGB")
-                    output_format = 'JPEG'
-                    output_mime = 'image/jpeg'
-                    save_kwargs = {'quality': 85}
 
-                    img_bytes_io = io.BytesIO()
+                    thumb_io = io.BytesIO()
-                    img.save(img_bytes_io, format=output_format, **save_kwargs)
+                    img.save(thumb_io, format='JPEG', quality=85)
-                    thumb_bytes = img_bytes_io.getvalue()
+                    thumb_io.seek(0)
-                    filesize = len(thumb_bytes)
+
-                    cache.set(subpath, (thumb_bytes, output_mime))
+                    # write thumbnail into diskcache as a real file
-                    response = send_file(io.BytesIO(thumb_bytes), mimetype=output_mime, conditional=True)
+                    cache.set(subpath, thumb_io, read=True)
+
+                # now re-open from cache to get the on-disk path
+                with cache.read(subpath) as reader:
+                    file_path = reader.name
+                    filesize  = os.path.getsize(file_path)
+                    response  = send_file(
+                        file_path,
+                        mimetype= 'image/jpeg',
+                        conditional= True
+                    )
+
             except Exception as e:
                 app.logger.error(f"Image processing failed for {subpath}: {e}")
                 abort(500)
+
         else:
-            # Cache non-image files: read bytes and cache
+            # ─── 4b) Non-image branch: cache original file ───
             try:
-                with open(full_path, 'rb') as f:
+                # store the real file on diskcache
-                    file_bytes = f.read()
+                cache.set(subpath, open(full_path, 'rb'), read=True)
-                cache.set(subpath, (file_bytes, mime))
+
-                file_bytes_io = io.BytesIO(file_bytes)
+                # read back to get its path
-                filesize = len(file_bytes_io.getbuffer())
+                with cache.read(subpath) as reader:
-                response = send_file(file_bytes_io, mimetype=mime, conditional=True)
+                    file_path = reader.name
+                    filesize  = os.path.getsize(file_path)
+                    response  = send_file(
+                        file_path,
+                        mimetype= mime,
+                        conditional= True
+                    )
+
             except Exception as e:
-                app.logger.error(f"Failed to read file {subpath}: {e}")
+                app.logger.error(f"Failed to cache file {subpath}: {e}")
                 abort(500)
 
-    # Set Cache-Control header (browser caching for 1 day)
+    # ─── 5) Common headers & logging ───
     response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=86400'
 
-    # special rules for audio files.
+    if do_log:
-    # HEAD request checks if the audio file is available. GET requests coming from the audi player itself and can be made multiple times.
+        a.log_file_access(
-    # a HEAD request only for logging will be ignored because of rules before
+            subpath, filesize, mime,
-    if mime and mime.startswith('audio/mpeg') and request.method != 'HEAD': 
+            ip_address, user_agent,
-        logging = False
+            session['device_id'], cached_hit
-
+        )
-    if logging:
-        a.log_file_access(subpath, filesize, mime, ip_address, user_agent, session['device_id'], bool(cached))
 
     return response
 
 
+
 @app.route("/transcript/<path:subpath>")
 @auth.require_secret
 def get_transcript(subpath):

migrate_cache.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+migrate_cache.py
+
+Migrate DiskCache caches from “old” in‐memory entries (bytes, mime) into
+“new” on‐disk read=True entries so that Flask can send them via send_file(path).
+
+Usage:
+    python migrate_cache.py /path/to/filecache_audio \
+                           /path/to/filecache_image \
+                           /path/to/filecache_video \
+                           /path/to/filecache_other
+"""
+
+import io
+import sys
+from diskcache import Cache
+
+def migrate_cache(cache_path):
+    """
+    Walks every key in the cache at `cache_path`.  If the value is a tuple of
+    (bytes, mime), re‐writes it via read=True so DiskCache stores it as a file.
+    """
+    print(f"➡ Migrating cache at {cache_path!r}")
+    cache = Cache(cache_path)
+    migrated = 0
+    skipped  = 0
+
+    # Iterate keys without loading everything into memory
+    for key in cache.iterkeys():
+        try:
+            val = cache.get(key)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"  [ERROR] key={key!r} get failed: {e}")
+            continue
+
+        # Detect old‐style entries: (bytes, mime)
+        if (
+            isinstance(val, tuple)
+            and len(val) == 2
+            and isinstance(val[0], (bytes, bytearray))
+            and isinstance(val[1], str)
+        ):
+            data, mime = val
+            buf = io.BytesIO(data)
+            buf.seek(0)
+            # Re‐store as an on‐disk file
+            cache.set(key, buf, read=True)
+            migrated += 1
+        else:
+            skipped += 1
+
+    cache.close()
+    print(f"   → Done: migrated={migrated}, skipped={skipped}\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage: migrate_cache.py <cache_dir1> [<cache_dir2> ...]")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    for directory in sys.argv[1:]:
+        migrate_cache(directory)