Cannot find downloaded video

[Morlock19]

Everything is set up correctly, except when i download a video i can't seem to find it. running docker for windows, changed the output dir to a local folder... heres what i have in my compose file:

youtarr:
image: ${YOUTARR_IMAGE:-dialmaster/youtarr:latest}
container_name: youtarr
restart: unless-stopped
# Optional: Run as specific UID:GID for security (defaults to root if not set for backwards compatibility with existing users)
user: "${YOUTARR_UID:-0}:${YOUTARR_GID:-0}"
depends_on:
youtarr-db:
condition: service_healthy
environment:
# DEPRECATED but retained for backwards compatibility with old images for now
IN_DOCKER_CONTAINER: 1
TZ: America/New_York
DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST:-youtarr-db}
DB_PORT: ${DB_PORT:-3321}
DB_USER: ${DB_USER:-root}
DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-123qweasd}
DB_NAME: ${DB_NAME:-youtarr}
# Optional: Disable authentication (for platforms with external auth like Elfhosted)
AUTH_ENABLED: ${AUTH_ENABLED:-}
# Optional: Seed initial admin credentials for headless deployments
AUTH_PRESET_USERNAME: ${AUTH_PRESET_USERNAME:-}
AUTH_PRESET_PASSWORD: ${AUTH_PRESET_PASSWORD:-}
# Logging configuration
LOG_LEVEL: ${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
# This is just informational and lets the app know where the videos will be stored on the host
YOUTUBE_OUTPUT_DIR: E:\Media\Youtarr
# Optional: Custom data path for platforms like Elfhosted (defaults to /usr/src/app/data)
# This is the internal path where videos download inside the container and is not needed for most users
# DATA_PATH: /storage/rclone/storagebox/youtube
ports:
- "3087:3011"
volumes:
- E:\Media\Youtarr:/downloads
- C:\Docker Stacks\Computer Core\Management\youtarr\app\server\images:/app/server/images
- C:\Docker Stacks\Computer Core\Management\youtarr\app\config:/app/config
- C:\Docker Stacks\Computer Core\Management\youtarr\app\jobs:/app/jobs
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "--silent", "--show-error", "--output", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:3011/api/health"]
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
start_period: 40s

from the logs it looks like its going to a directory called "/usr/src/app/data/.youtarr_tmp" but i don't have that volume set up, and its not in the container folder... very strange.,

like i said everything comes up correctly, it can search and appears to download but where are the files?

[dialmaster]

Looks like you setup your volume mount incorrectly.
Your compose has:

volumes:
  - E:\Media\Youtarr:/downloads

But the app writes to /usr/src/app/data internally. The default docker-compose.yml correctly mounts to ${YOUTUBE_OUTPUT_DIR}:/usr/src/app/data. You wrote your own docker-compose file and used /downloads as the container-side path, which is inside the container and does not persist to your host (the code expects the internal path to be /usr/src/app/data internally)

Change the volume mount to:

volumes:
  - E:\Media\Youtarr:/usr/src/app/data

The .youtarr_tmp you saw in logs is normal, it's the temp staging directory during download. The real issue is your volume mount.