jellyfin/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/EncodingConfigurationExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;

namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Class containing extension methods for working with the encoding configuration.
    /// </summary>
    public static class EncodingConfigurationExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the encoding options.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="configurationManager">The configuration manager.</param>
        /// <returns>The encoding options.</returns>
        public static EncodingOptions GetEncodingOptions(this IConfigurationManager configurationManager)
            => configurationManager.GetConfiguration<EncodingOptions>("encoding");

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieves the transcoding temp path from the encoding configuration, falling back to a default if no path
        /// is specified in configuration. If the directory does not exist, it will be created.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="configurationManager">The configuration manager.</param>
        /// <returns>The transcoding temp path.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">If the directory does not exist, and the caller does not have the required permission to create it.</exception>
        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">If there is a custom path transcoding path specified, but it is invalid.</exception>
        /// <exception cref="IOException">If the directory does not exist, and it also could not be created.</exception>
        public static string GetTranscodePath(this IConfigurationManager configurationManager)
        {
            // Get the configured path and fall back to a default
            var transcodingTempPath = configurationManager.GetEncodingOptions().TranscodingTempPath;
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(transcodingTempPath))
            {
                transcodingTempPath = Path.Combine(configurationManager.CommonApplicationPaths.CachePath, "transcodes");
            }

            // Make sure the directory exists
            Directory.CreateDirectory(transcodingTempPath);
            return transcodingTempPath;
        }
    }
}