metube does not follow custom commands

[PilaScat]

I'm trying to use this setting, cookies and user-agent are okay but the rest no:

{
    "cookiefile": "/config/cookies.txt",
    "user-agent": "USER-AGENT",
    "sub-lang": "it-IT",
    "embed-subs": true,
    "convert-subs": "srt",
    "remux-video": "mkv"
}

with yt-dlp they work flawlessy with this: yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --user-agent "USER-AGENT" --sub-lang "it-IT" --embed-subs --convert-subs srt --remux-video mkv URL

[PikuZheng]

according https://github.com/alexta69/metube?tab=readme-ov-file#configuration-via-environment-variables ,

[PikuZheng]

YTDL_OPTIONS={
  "cookiefile":"/config/cookies.txt",
  "http_headers":{"User-Agent": "USER-AGENT"},
  "writesubtitles":True,
  "subtitleslangs":["it-IT"],
  "final_ext":"mkv",
  "postprocessors":[
    {"key":"FFmpegVideoRemuxer","preferedformat":"mkv"},
    {"key":"FFmpegEmbedSubtitle","already_have_subtitle":False},
    {"key":"FFmpegSubtitlesConvertor","when":"before_dl","format":"srt"}
  ]
}

but why convert subtitle to srt before embed?

[PilaScat]

First I use a json file for configs, second I didnt know a order was needed since with yt-dlp it is not necessary as you can see, third these are not yt-dlp options, never saw them documented anywhere, now I'll try them

[PikuZheng]

nevermind about the order of parameter

YTDL_OPTIONS: Additional options to pass to youtube-dl, in JSON format. See available options here. They roughly correspond to command-line options, though some do not have exact equivalents here, for example --recode-video has to be specified via postprocessors. Also note that dashes are replaced with underscores.

For embedded yt-dlp, all command line parameters are ytdl_options

[PikuZheng]

--embed-subs --convert-subs srt

I mean, why should you both embed subtitles into mkv and convert to sub. If you embed, there is no need to convert the format first

[PilaScat]

These command seems perfect, but I have some more questions:

• How to auto set first audio to match the language code?
• How to set the subs default and forced?
• Why it puts files on NA folder? How to prevent and use root folder?

--embed-subs --convert-subs srt

I mean, why should you both embed subtitles into mkv and convert to sub. If you embed, there is no need to convert the format first

I wanted them in SRT, only this

[PikuZheng]

How to auto set first audio to match the language code?

It doesn't look like YouTube and I'm not familiar with it. Maybe there are relevant parameters on the command line? We can find its comparative ytdl_options

How to set the subs default and forced?

ytdl_options works throughout the whole container life cycle, you only need to set it

Why it puts files on NA folder? How to prevent and use root folder?

according https://github.com/alexta69/metube?tab=readme-ov-file#configuration-via-environment-variables ,You need to set DOWNLOAD_DIR

[alexta69]

Please reopen if there are still issues