Accessing Files Outside Static Folder

Questions
1

I am building a PWA that allows users to watch local videos from their devices. This is all good if the videos are saved in the static folder.

However, I would like the user to select a folder from which the app will pick the videos. I understand there is restricted file access to the browser for security reasons, but can I achieve this? Can I have the user select a default videos folder from which the app can pick videos?

If file access from the browser is restricted, can I at least specify using js code a folder outside the app root folder from which videos can be picked, then just ask users to save videos in that particular folder?

2

By folder you mean local user’s folder, e.g. folder on their device? No. You need to follow what is possible with input:file to pick files and you can’t really save anything to file system on user’s device in PWA apps