Node Red send mp4 from media folder

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I’m in the process of trying to save all of my photos and videos to the more secure Media folder in Home Assistant. Currently I have an alarm automation that records video to my www folder. From there, using Node Red I use the following to send the video to my Android phone’s companion app.

{
   "message": "Recordings",
   "title": "Home Alarm Triggered",
   "data": {
       "sticky": "true",
       "priority": "high",
       "channel": "alarm_stream",
       "group": "Alarm",
       "notification_icon": "mdi:shield-alert",
       "actions": [
           {
               "action": "URI",
               "title": "Front Door Recording",
               "uri": "https://mynabucasaurl.ui.nabu.casa/local/front_door_cam.mp4"
               },
           {
               "action": "URI",
               "title": "Garage Recording",
               "uri": "https://mynabucasaurl.ui.nabu.casa/local/garage_cam.mp4"
            }
        ]
    }
}

I’m now saving the recordings to the Media folder. I’ve tried changing the uri part to various versions of "uri":"/media/local/media/front_door_cam.mp4" but I can’t seem to be able to view the video.
Any idea how I can link or watch the saved mp4 video located in my Media folder?

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I still haven’t found a solution that I like. Hoping someone can help me.

I found in the documentation that I can use

{
    "media_content_id": "media-source://media_source/local/media/front_door_cam.mp4",
    "media_content_type": "video/mp4"
}

and as long as the app is open and I have my phone setup as a media_player (using Browser Mod) the video will play.

The problem with this method is that I may not have my app open at the time. I’ve tried adding a sensor that detects if the app is active which kind of works but still not what I’m wanting.

I’d like to be sent a link, permanent or temporary, that takes me to the stored video in the media folder.