From 1b4e504a57f025ba19588c4a5f47156b21c3e271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stu Leak <leaktechnologies@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:52:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-create output directories for rip and author operations

---
 author_module.go | 8 ++++++++
 rip_module.go    | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/author_module.go b/author_module.go
index 50c395f..436510f 100644
--- a/author_module.go
+++ b/author_module.go
@@ -1841,6 +1841,10 @@ func (s *appState) runAuthoringPipeline(ctx context.Context, paths []string, reg
 	}
 
 	if makeISO {
+		// Create output directory for ISO file if it doesn't exist
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(outputPath), 0755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create ISO output directory: %w", err)
+		}
 		tool, args, err := buildISOCommand(outputPath, discRoot, title)
 		if err != nil {
 			logFn(fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: ISO tool not found: %v", err))
@@ -1975,6 +1979,10 @@ func (s *appState) executeAuthorJob(ctx context.Context, job *queue.Job, progres
 		}
 
 		appendLog(fmt.Sprintf("Authoring ISO from VIDEO_TS: %s", videoTSPath))
+		// Create output directory for ISO file if it doesn't exist
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(outputPath), 0755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create ISO output directory: %w", err)
+		}
 		tool, args, err := buildISOCommand(outputPath, videoTSPath, title)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/rip_module.go b/rip_module.go
index aec352b..e78f700 100644
--- a/rip_module.go
+++ b/rip_module.go
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ func (s *appState) executeRipJob(ctx context.Context, job *queue.Job, progressCa
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(listFile)
 
+	// Create output directory if it doesn't exist
+	outputDir := filepath.Dir(outputPath)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(outputDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create output directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	args := buildRipFFmpegArgs(listFile, outputPath, format)
 	appendLog(fmt.Sprintf(">> ffmpeg %s", strings.Join(args, " ")))
 	updateProgress(10)