🥔 Performance
Potato / Pi mode
Reduces CPU, RAM, and I/O usage for Raspberry Pi and low-power PCs — fewer threads, slower polling, smaller buffers
Monitoring
Check interval
How often to check if a stream is live
sec
Auto-record when live
Start recording automatically when a stream goes live
Recording Defaults
Default quality
Applied to new channels unless overridden
Default format
Container for recorded files
Post-Processing
Auto-convert to MP4
Re-mux completed recordings to MP4 using ffmpeg (stream copy, lossless)
Delete original after convert
Remove source file after successful MP4 conversion
Auto-Retry
Auto-retry on disconnect
Automatically reconnect when a stream drops unexpectedly
Max retries
Maximum reconnect attempts before giving up
Retry delay
Seconds to wait before reconnecting
sec
Network & Proxy
Global proxy
Used for all recordings unless overridden per-channel
Global extra yt-dlp args
Applied to all recordings (per-channel overrides)
Storage & Limits
Recording retention
Auto-delete recordings older than this (0 = keep forever)
days
Max recording duration
Auto-stop recordings after this long (0 = no limit)
min
Notifications
Webhook URL
POST JSON notifications when a stream goes live or recording completes. Use Discord/Slack webhook, ntfy.sh, or any HTTP endpoint.
Auto-stop stalled recordings
Force-stop recordings that receive no data for 2 minutes (stream likely ended silently)
Cookies & Authentication
Global cookies file
Netscape cookies.txt — used unless a channel has its own
Upload cookies file
Export from browser using "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY" extension
Import / Export
Export configuration
Download all channels and settings as a JSON file
Import configuration
Load channels and settings from a JSON file (merges by default)
System
yt-dlp version
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