Command Line Flags

Command-line flags

Every flag works with otakase or otk. A flag always wins over the same setting in the config file, for that run only. Settings that last are on Configuration.

Flag	Description	Default
-c	Continue the last episode
-new	Add a new anime to your list
-dub / -sub	Choose the audio track
-softsub / -hardsub	Prefer external or burned-in subtitles
-rofi / -no-rofi	Use the rofi interface, or force the terminal
-image-preview / -no-image-preview	Poster previews in rofi
-skip-op	Skip openings	true
-skip-ed	Skip endings	true
-skip-filler	Skip filler episodes	true
-skip-recap	Skip recap sections	true
-next-episode-prompt	Ask before playing the next episode
-percentage-to-mark-complete	Watched percentage that counts as complete	85
-player	Playback binary	mpv
-save-mpv-speed	Carry mpv speed to the next episode	true
-score-on-completion	Prompt to rate a finished show	true
-discord-presence	Discord Rich Presence	true
-subs-lang	Subtitle language	english
-storage-path	Data directory	$HOME/.local/share/otakase
-download	Save episodes instead of playing them (needs ffmpeg)
-episodes	Episodes to save, e.g. 5 or 1-12	selected
-download-dir	Where to save them	$HOME/Downloads/otakase
-download-format	Container for downloads, mkv or mp4	mkv
-cast	Play on a Chromecast, DLNA TV or Kodi on this network instead of locally
-cast-setup	Let casting through your firewall: fixes the cast ports, shows the rules and runs them with sudo if you say yes, then lists the devices it finds
-show-new-episodes	Mark shows with an unwatched episode in the list	true
-vim-keys	j/k/h/l to move and / to search in menus
-check-updates	Look for a newer release at launch	true
-discord-client-id	Discord application id for Rich Presence
-install-keybind	Bind Super+Shift+A to the rofi menu in your Hyprland config
-remove-keybind	Undo -install-keybind
-force-keybind	Let -install-keybind take a key something else uses
-refresh-keybind	Update an existing binding, adding nothing if absent
-provider-status	Probe each configured source and report which respond
-provider-status-query	Search term -provider-status probes with	one piece
-change-token	Change your authentication token
-setup-anime-skip	Get a personal Anime-Skip client id and save it
-e	Edit the config file
-u	Update to the latest release
-v	Show the version

otk                                 # the short form, identical in every way
otakase -c                          # continue where you left off
otakase -rofi -image-preview        # graphical menu with posters
otakase -dub -next-episode-prompt   # dub, asking before each next episode

Saving episodes

otakase -download                   # the episode you are up to
otakase -download -episodes 1-12    # a range
otakase -download -download-dir ~/Videos/anime

Needs ffmpeg. Episodes are saved as .mkv, keeping every audio track and styled subtitles; -download-format mp4 saves MP4 instead. A finished episode is never fetched twice, whichever format it was saved in.