Media Filters Options

These options allow you to filter downloaded media based on various criteria, helping you manage storage space and download times.

Media Type Filter

-mt, --mediatype [argument]

  • Filters: media by type

  • Possible Choices:

    • Audio

    • Videos

    • Images

    • Text (Downloads Post Text)

  • Defaults: Audio, Video , Images

  • Example: -mt Images, only images will be downloaded


File Size Filters

-sx, --size-max [argument]

  • Filters: Files exceeding the specified size.

  • Accepts: Human-readable size values like "10MB", "500GB", etc.

  • Default: None (no maximum size filter)

  • Example: With -sx 1GB, only files 1 gigabyte or smaller will be downloaded.

-sm, --size-min [argument]

  • Filters: Files smaller than the specified size.

  • Accepts: Human-readable size values like "10MB", "500GB", etc.

  • Default: None (no minimum size filter)

  • Example: With -sm 50MB, only files 50 megabytes or larger will be downloaded.


Media Length Filters (Video Only)

These filters only apply to video files.

-lx, --length-max [argument]

  • Filters: Videos longer than the specified duration.

  • Accepts: Values that will be interpreted as seconds

  • Default: None (no maximum length filter)

  • Example: With -lx 30, only videos shorter or equal to 30 seconds will be downloaded.

-lm, --length-min [argument]

  • Filters: Videos shorter than the specified duration.

  • Accepts: Values that will be intepreted as seconds

  • Default: None (no minimum length filter)

  • Example: With -lm 5, only videos 5 seconds or longer will be downloaded.


Media Quality Filter

-q, --quality [argument]

  • Sets: The minimum acceptable video quality

  • Possible choices:

    • source: Attempts to download the highest available quality (may not always be achievable).

    • 240: Filters for videos with a resolution of at least 240p.

    • 720: Filters for videos with a resolution of at least 720p.

  • Default: source (attempts to download highest quality)

  • Note: The program might download a higher quality version if the specified quality is unavailable


Media ID Filter

-md,--media-id [argument]

  • Filters: filters based on mediaid

  • Default: None

  • Note: This will have no effect on search speed, as filtering must be done after all posts are found

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