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	<link type="guide" xref="index"/>
	<title type="link">Downloads 🌐</title>
	<credit type="author copyright">
		<name>Nicholas Logozzo</name>
		<years its:translate="no">2023-2024</years>
	</credit>
	<credit type="publisher copyright">
		<name>Nicholas Logozzo</name>
		<years its:translate="no">2023-2024</years>
	</credit>
	<license href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" its:translate="no"><p>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</p></license>
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<title>Downloads</title>
<p>This page explains all options for configuring Downloads in Preferences in <app>Parabolic</app>.</p>


<terms>
    <item>
        <title>Overwrite Existing Files</title>
        <p>If enabled, Parabolic will overwrite existing files.</p>
        <p>For example, if a file named <code>movie.mp4</code> exists in the download folder, and a new download is created named <code>movie</code>, <code>movie.mp4</code> will be overwritten with the new download's content.</p>
        <note>
            <p>Parabolic will detect downloads that should be resumed and avoid this setting when recovering or retrying failed downloads</p>
        </note>
        <note style="advanced">
            <p>Default: On</p>
        </note>
    </item>
	<item>
		<title>Maximum Number of Active Downloads</title>
		<p>The number of active downloads allowed to run at a time. Must be an integer value between 1 and 10.</p>
        <p>If the max number of active downloads is reached, Parabolic will place new downloads in a queue until more downloads are able to be run.</p>
		<note style="advanced">
			<p>Default: 5</p>
		</note>
    </item>
    <item>
		<title>Limit Filename Characters</title>
		<p>Restricts characters in filenames to only those supported by Windows.</p>
        <p>This option is only available on Linux.</p>
		<note style="advanced">
			<p>Default: Off</p>
		</note>
    </item>
    <item>
		<title>Download Immediately After Validation</title>
		<p>Bypasses the download options selection in the Add Download dialog and immediately downloads a validated media using previously selected options.</p>
		<note style="advanced">
			<p>Default: Off</p>
		</note>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Included Auto-Generated Subtitles</title>
        <p>Whether or not to included subtitles that are auto-translated to fit the requested subtitle languages.</p>
        <note style="advanced">
            <p>Default: Off</p>
        </note>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Preferred Video Codec</title>
        <p>The video codec Parabolic should prefer when selecting media formats to download.</p>
        <note style="advanced">
            <p>Default: Any</p>
        </note>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Preferred Subtitle Format</title>
        <p>The file format Parabolic should ensure all downloaded subtitles are downloaded as.</p>
        <note style="advanced">
            <p>Default: Any</p>
        </note>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Recover Crashed Downloads</title>
        <p>If enabled, Parabolic will track the running and queued downloads and restart them if necessary if the application crashes and is restarted.</p>
        <note style="advanced">
            <p>Default: On</p>
        </note>
    </item>
</terms>
</page>
