This document explains the various download options available in StreamingCommunity, including different download methods, quality settings, and language preferences.

StreamingCommunity supports multiple download methods depending on the content source:

This is the most common method used for streaming sites that provide M3U8 playlists.

Features:

• Multi-threaded segment downloading
• Audio track selection
• Subtitle selection
• Resolution selection
• Post-processing options

Configuration:

• See M3U8 Download Settings for detailed configuration options
• See M3U8 Parser Settings for resolution selection options
• See M3U8 Conversion Settings for encoding options

Used for sites that provide direct MP4 file links.

Features:

• Progress tracking
• Resume capability
• Custom headers and referrer support

Configuration:

• No specific configuration section; uses general request settings

Used for downloading content via torrent magnet links.

Features:

• Built-in torrent client
• qBittorrent integration
• Download status monitoring

Configuration:

• See qBittorrent Integration for qBittorrent setup

You can control the video resolution using the force_resolution setting in the M3U8_PARSER section:

{
    "M3U8_PARSER": {
        "force_resolution": "Best"
    }
}

Available options:

• "Best": Highest available resolution
• "Worst": Lowest available resolution
• "1080p": Force 1920x1080 resolution
• "720p": Force 1280x720 resolution
• "480p": Force 640x480 resolution
• "360p": Force 640x360 resolution
• "320p": Force 480x320 resolution
• "240p": Force 426x240 or 320x240 resolution
• "144p": Force 256x144 resolution

If the exact resolution is not available, the closest available resolution will be selected.

For M3U8 downloads, you can control the encoding quality using the default_preset setting in the M3U8_CONVERSION section:

{
    "M3U8_CONVERSION": {
        "default_preset": "ultrafast"
    }
}

Available presets (from fastest/lowest quality to slowest/highest quality):

• "ultrafast"
• "superfast"
• "veryfast"
• "faster"
• "fast"
• "medium"
• "slow"
• "slower"
• "veryslow"

You can specify which audio languages to download using the specific_list_audio setting:

{
    "M3U8_DOWNLOAD": {
        "specific_list_audio": ["ita", "eng"]
    }
}

This can also be set via command line:

python test_run.py --specific_list_audio ita,eng

Similarly, you can specify which subtitle languages to download:

{
    "M3U8_DOWNLOAD": {
        "specific_list_subtitles": ["ita", "eng"]
    }
}

Command line override:

python test_run.py --specific_list_subtitles eng,spa

You can control the number of concurrent download threads:

{
    "M3U8_DOWNLOAD": {
        "default_video_workser": 12,
        "default_audio_workser": 12
    }
}

Command line overrides:

python test_run.py --default_video_worker 8 --default_audio_worker 8

Recommended settings based on internet speed:

• Fast connection (100+ Mbps): 16-24 workers
• Medium connection (25-100 Mbps): 8-12 workers
• Slow connection (<25 Mbps): 4-6 workers

For faster encoding, you can enable GPU acceleration if your hardware supports it:

{
    "M3U8_CONVERSION": {
        "use_gpu": true
    }
}

You can customize where downloaded content is saved:

{
    "OUT_FOLDER": {
        "root_path": "Video",
        "movie_folder_name": "Movie",
        "serie_folder_name": "Serie",
        "anime_folder_name": "Anime"
    }
}

You can customize how episodes are named:

{
    "OUT_FOLDER": {
        "map_episode_name": "E%(episode)_%(episode_name)"
    }
}

Available variables:

• %(tv_name): The name of the TV show
• %(season): The season number
• %(episode): The episode number
• %(episode_name): The name of the episode

You can include the site name in the output path:

{
    "OUT_FOLDER": {
        "add_siteName": true
    }
}

python test_run.py --altadefinizione_search -s "inception" --default_video_worker 16 --specific_list_audio eng,ita --specific_list_subtitles eng,ita

python test_run.py --guardaserie_search -s "breaking bad" --default_video_worker 8 --default_audio_worker 8 --specific_list_audio eng

python test_run.py --animeworld_search -s "attack on titan" --specific_list_subtitles eng,ita,jpn

• Command Line Arguments - Learn about all available command line options
• Global Search - Learn about searching across multiple sites simultaneously
• Site-Specific Search - Learn about searching on individual sites