Fixes and clarifications

.env.example

@@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ MEILI_KEY=${MEILI_MASTER_KEY}
 OPENWEBUI_URL=http://host.docker.internal:3003
 OPENWEBUI_API_KEY=put_your_openwebui_api_key_here
 OPENWEBUI_KB_NAME=Homelab Library
+
+# Docker volumes paths
+LIBRARY_HOST_DIR=/mnt/nfs/library
+TRANSCRIPTS_HOST_DIR=/mnt/nfs/transcripts
+# leave others as-is or customize:
+# TMP_HOST_DIR=./tmp
+# MODELS_HOST_DIR=./models
+# MEILI_DATA_HOST_DIR=./data/meili
+# REDIS_DATA_HOST_DIR=./data/redis

README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ MEILI_URL=http://localhost:7700 MEILI_KEY=$MEILI_MASTER_KEY ./ingest/ingest_kiwi
 - Reads `.env` for `OPENWEBUI_URL`, `OPENWEBUI_API_KEY`, `OPENWEBUI_KB_NAME`.
 - Uploads `*.txt`, `*.md`, `*.html` it finds in `./transcripts` and `./library/web` by default.
 
+## Difference between `library` and `transcripts` folders
+
+The **library** folder contains the downloaded source media such as videos, podcasts, web snapshots, and other original files. This folder is the one you can mount to Plex or other media managers to access and play your media content.
+
+The **transcripts** folder, on the other hand, contains processed text data including transcripts, subtitles, and JSON metadata. This folder is mainly used for search and ingestion into OpenWebUI and usually does not need to be mounted in Plex or other media players.
 
 ## Generating required secrets
 

docker-compose.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ services:
       WHISPER_MODEL: large-v3
       WHISPER_PRECISION: int8
     volumes:
-      - ./library:/library
-      - ./transcripts:/transcripts
-      - ./tmp:/tmpdl
-      - ./models:/root/.cache/huggingface
+      - ${LIBRARY_HOST_DIR:-./library}:/library
+      - ${TRANSCRIPTS_HOST_DIR:-./transcripts}:/transcripts
+      - ${TMP_HOST_DIR:-./tmp}:/tmpdl
+      - ${MODELS_HOST_DIR:-./models}:/root/.cache/huggingface
     ports: ["8088:8080"]
     depends_on: [podx-worker, meili, redis]
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ services:
       WHISPER_MODEL: large-v3
       WHISPER_PRECISION: int8
     volumes:
-      - ./library:/library
-      - ./transcripts:/transcripts
-      - ./tmp:/tmpdl
-      - ./models:/root/.cache/huggingface
+      - ${LIBRARY_HOST_DIR:-./library}:/library
+      - ${TRANSCRIPTS_HOST_DIR:-./transcripts}:/transcripts
+      - ${TMP_HOST_DIR:-./tmp}:/tmpdl
+      - ${MODELS_HOST_DIR:-./models}:/root/.cache/huggingface
     depends_on: [meili, redis]
     restart: unless-stopped
     extra_hosts:
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ services:
       MEILI_NO_ANALYTICS: "true"
     ports: ["7700:7700"]
     volumes:
-      - ./data/meili:/meili_data
+      - ${MEILI_DATA_HOST_DIR:-./data/meili}:/meili_data
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   redis:
     image: redis:7-alpine
     container_name: redis
     volumes:
-      - ./data/redis:/data
+      - ${REDIS_DATA_HOST_DIR:-./data/redis}:/data
     restart: unless-stopped