Config

How to use configfile in svtplay-dl

commandline argument to svtplay-dl will override the values from the config. the script use yaml for the config.

Path to config:

linux / macOS

~/.svtplay-dl.yaml

ex /home/johan/.svtplay-dl.yaml

Windows

You need to create the directory under the appdata folder

%APPDATA%\svtplay-dl\svtplay-dl.yaml

ex c:\users\johan\appdata\roaming\svtplay-dl\svtplay-dl.yaml

keywords:

• all_episodes: try to download all episodes. set to true to enable
• all_last: get last NN episodes instead of all episodes: set to a number
• convert_subtitle_colors: converts the color information in subtitles, to tags . set to true to enable
• cookies: A cookies to add to each HTTP request. (cookie1=value;cookie2=value2)
• exclude: exclude videos with the WORD(s) in the filename. comma separated (eg kalle,anka)
• filename: “{title}.s{season}e{episode}.{episodename}-{id}-{service}.{ext}” # you need “ before and after the text string
• flexibleq: allow given quality (as above) to differ by an amount
• force_subtitle: download only subtitle if its used with subtitle
• get_all_subtitles: download all available subtitles for the video. set to true to enable
• get_raw_subtitles: also download the subtitles in their native format. set to true to enable
• get_url: do not download any video, but instead print the URL. set to true to enable
• http_headers: A header to add to each HTTP request (header1=value;header2=value2)
• merge_subtitle: merge subtitle with video/audio file with corresponding ISO639-3 language code. set to true to enable
• password: what password to use
• path: output directory (ex /path/to/directory)
• preferred: preferred download method (dash, hls, hds, http or rtmp)
• format_preferred: choose the format you prefer (h264, h265, h264-51). –list-quality will show which format is available
• proxy: Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy.
• quality: what quality it should download.
• resolution: choose what video resolution to download e.g. 480,720,1080.
• remux: set to true to enable
• require_subtitle: download only if a subtitle is available. set to true to enable
• silent: be less verbose. set to true to enable
• silent_semi: only show a message when the file is downloaded. set to true to enable
• ssl_verify: set to false if you dont want to verify the certificate
• stream_prio: If two streams have the same quality, choose the one you prefer (dash,hls,hds,http,rtmp)
• subfolder: sort downloaded files in subfolders. set to true to enable
• subtitle: set to true to enable
• thumbnail: download thumbnail from the site if available. set to true to enable
• username: what username it should use
• verbose: set to true to enable
• only_audio: set to true to enable
• only_video: set to true to enable
• audio_language: Choose the language of the audio (it can override the default one), –list-quality to show which one to choose from
• audio_role: Choose the role of the audio (it can override the default one), –list-quality to show which one to choose from
• output_format: format you want resulting file in (mkv or mp4), mp4 is default

filename

• {title}: the title of the show
• {season}: the season number
• {episode}: the episode number
• {episodename}: episode name
• {id}: the id number
• {service}: service name
• {ext}: the file extension

Example configs:

simple

This will output all files to the folder ~/grejgrej/ in your home directory

default:
  path: ~/grejgrej

service

This will output all files to the folder ~/grejgrej/ in your home directory. if downloading a video from dplay. it will use [email protected] as username and superHemligt as password

default:
  path: ~/grejgrej

service:
  dplay:
    username: [email protected]
    password: superHemligt

Downloading a video from svtplay will save the file to /storage/video/svtplay, it will exclude every file with a or b or c in the name and if the quality is between 837 and 1837. it will write a filename without the id number in it.

default:
  path: ~/grejgrej

service:
  svtplay:
    path: /storage/video/svtplay
    exclude: a,b,c
    quality: 1337
    flexibleq: 500
    filename: "{title}.s{season}e{episode}.{episodename}-{service}.{ext}"

This will download all episodes with subtitles and audio merged in to the video, sort them in to subfolders within ~/svtplay-dl and finally write the file name without the service attached.

  default:
    path: ~/svtplay-dl
    subtitle: true
    merge_subtitle: true
    all_episodes: true
    subfolder: true
    filename: "{title}.s{season}e{episode}.{episodename}.{ext}"