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This page documents the command-line arguments for the jwb-index and jwb-offline commands.

jwb-index

The jwb-index command is used to index and download media from jw.org.

Flag	Shorthand	Default	Description
--append		false	append to file instead of overwriting
--category	-c	VideoOnDemand	comma separated list of categories to index
--checksum		false	validate MD5 checksums
--clean-symlinks		false	remove all old symlinks (mode=filesystem)
--download	-d	false	download media files
--download-subtitles		false	download VTT subtitle files
--exclude		VODSJJMeetings	comma separated list of categories to skip
--fix-broken		false	check existing files and re-download them if they are broken
--free		0	disk space in MiB to keep free
--friendly	-H	false	save downloads with human readable names
--hard-subtitles		false	prefer videos with hard-coded subtitles
--import		""	import of media files from this directory (offline)
--lang	-l	E	language code
--languages	-L	false	display a list of valid language codes
--latest		false	index the "Latest Videos" category only
--limit-rate	-R	1.0	maximum download rate, in megabytes/s
--list-categories	-C	""	print a list of (sub) category names
--mode	-m	""	output mode (filesystem, html, m3u, run, stdout, txt)
--no-warning		true	do not warn when space limit seems wrong
--quality	-Q	720	maximum video quality
--quiet	-q	0	less info, can be used multiple times
--since		0	only index media newer than this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
--sort		""	sort output (newest, oldest, name, random)
--update		false	update existing categories with the latest videos

jwb-offline

The jwb-offline command is used to shuffle and play videos in a directory.

Flag	Default	Description
--replay-sec	30	seconds to replay after a restart
--cmd	omxplayer --pos {} --no-osd	video player command
--quiet	0	less info, can be used multiple times

Languages

The following is a list of available languages and their codes that can be used with the --lang flag.

Code	Name
ABK	Abkhaz
AF	Afrikaans
AL	Albanian
ALT	Altai
ALU	Alur
ASL	American Sign Language
AM	Amharic
LAS	Angolan Sign Language
A	Arabic
AEY	Arabic (Egypt)
LSA	Argentinean Sign Language
REA	Armenian
AKN	Aukan
AUS	Australian Sign Language
OGS	Austrian Sign Language
AP	Aymara
AJR	Azerbaijani
BAK	Bashkir
BQ	Basque
BS	Bassa (Cameroon)
AK	Batak (Karo)
BT	Batak (Toba)
BZK	Belize Kriol
BE	Bengali
IK	Biak
BI	Bicol
LM	Bislama
BVL	Bolivian Sign Language
WSL	Botswana Sign Language
BO	Boulou
LSB	Brazilian Sign Language
BSL	British Sign Language
BL	Bulgarian
CB	Cambodian
AN	Catalan
CV	Cebuano
CN	Chichewa
SCH	Chilean Sign Language
CNS	Chinese Cantonese (Simplified)
CHC	Chinese Cantonese (Traditional)
CHS	Chinese Mandarin (Simplified)
CH	Chinese Mandarin (Traditional)
CSL	Chinese Sign Language
CG	Chitonga
CT	Chitonga (Malawi)
TB	Chitumbuka
CK	Chokwe
CHL	Chol
CU	Chuvash
CW	Cibemba
NM	Cinamwanga
CIN	Cinyanja
LSC	Colombian Sign Language
C	Croatian
CBS	Cuban Sign Language
B	Czech
CSE	Czech Sign Language
DMR	Damara
DG	Dangme
D	Danish
DSL	Danish Sign Language
DAR	Dari
DA	Douala
LF	Drehu
O	Dutch
SEC	Ecuadorian Sign Language
ED	Edo
EF	Efik
EMB	Emberá (Catío)
E	English
ST	Estonian
STD	Estonian Sign Language
ESL	Ethiopian Sign Language
EW	Ewe
EWN	Ewondo
FGN	Fang
FN	Fijian
FSL	Filipino Sign Language
FI	Finnish
FID	Finnish Sign Language
F	French
LSF	French Sign Language
GA	Ga
GLC	Galician
GRF	Garifuna
GE	Georgian
X	German
DGS	German Sign Language
GHM	Ghomálá’
G	Greek
GSL	Greek Sign Language
GI	Guarani
GU	Gujarati
EG	Gun
CR	Haitian Creole
HMA	Hamshen (Armenian)
HMS	Hamshen (Cyrillic)
HA	Hausa
HW	Hawaiian
Q	Hebrew
HR	Herero
HV	Hiligaynon
HI	Hindi
MO	Hiri Motu
HM	Hmong (White)
H	Hungarian
HDF	Hungarian Sign Language
HSK	Hunsrik
IA	Iban
IG	Ibanag
IBI	Ibinda
IC	Icelandic
IB	Igbo
IL	Iloko
INS	Indian Sign Language
IN	Indonesian
INI	Indonesian Sign Language
IS	Isoko
I	Italian
ISL	Italian Sign Language
J	Japanese
JSL	Japanese Sign Language
JA	Javanese
KBR	Kabardin-Cherkess
KBV	Kabuverdianu
KBY	Kabyle
KB	Kamba
KA	Kannad
KR	Karen (S'gaw)
AZ	Kazakh
GK	Kekchi
KD	Kikaonde
KG	Kikongo
KQ	Kikuyu
KU	Kiluba
KIM	Kimbundu
YW	Kinyarwanda
KZ	Kirghiz
GB	Kiribati
RU	Kirundi
KI	Kisi
KSN	Kisonge
MK	Kongo
KO	Korean
KSL	Korean Sign Language
KRI	Krio
RDU	Kurdish Kurmanji (Caucasus)
RDC	Kurdish Kurmanji (Cyrillic)
WG	Kwangali
KY	Kwanyama
LT	Latvian
LI	Lingala
L	Lithuanian
LWX	Low German
LU	Luganda
LD	Lunda
LO	Luo
LV	Luvale
LX	Luxembourgish
MC	Macedonian
TTM	Madagascar Sign Language
MG	Malagasy
MSL	Malawi Sign Language
ML	Malay
MY	Malayalam
MT	Maltes
MZ	Mam
MWL	Mambwe-Lungu
MPD	Mapudungun
CE	Mauritian Creole
MAY	Maya
MAZ	Mazatec (Huautla)
DU	Medumba
LSM	Mexican Sign Language
MGL	Mingrelian
MXG	Mixtec (Guerrero)
KHA	Mongolian
MTU	Motu
BU	Myanmar
NHC	Nahuatl (Central)
NHG	Nahuatl (Guerrero)
NHH	Nahuatl (Huasteca)
NHT	Nahuatl (Northern Puebla)
NV	Navajo
NBL	Ndebele
NBZ	Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
OD	Ndonga
NP	Nepali
NGB	Ngabere
NGL	Ngangela
NMB	Ngiemboon
NI	Nias
NGP	Nigerian Pidgin
N	Norwegian
NDF	Norwegian Sign Language
NEN	Nsenga (Zambia)
NK	Nyaneka
OSS	Ossetian
OT	Otetela
OTM	Otomi (Mezquital Valley)
PN	Pangasinan
PAA	Papiamento (Aruba)
PA	Papiamento (Curaçao)
LSP	Paraguayan Sign Language
PH	Pashto
PR	Persian
SPE	Peruvian Sign Language
PCM	Pidgin (Cameroon)
PGW	Pidgin (West Africa)
P	Polish
PDF	Polish Sign Language
PMR	Pomeranian
T	Portuguese (Brazil)
TPO	Portuguese (Portugal)
LGP	Portuguese Sign Language
PJ	Punjabi
PJN	Punjabi (Shahmukhi)
LSQ	Quebec Sign Language
QUN	Quechua (Ancash)
QUA	Quechua (Ayacucho)
QUB	Quechua (Bolivia)
QU	Quechua (Cuzco)
QUL	Quechua (Huallaga Huánuco)
QIC	Quichua (Chimborazo)
QII	Quichua (Imbabura)
M	Romanian
LMG	Romanian Sign Language
RM	Romany (Macedonia)
RMC	Romany (Macedonia) Cyrillic
RMG	Romany (Southern Greece)
RMV	Romany (Vlax, Russia)
U	Russian
RSL	Russian Sign Language
SM	Samoan
SG	Sango
SRM	Saramaccan
SE	Sepedi
SPL	Sepulana
SB	Serbian (Cyrillic)
SBO	Serbian (Roman)
SU	Sesotho (Lesotho)
SSA	Sesotho (South Africa)
TN	Setswana
SC	Seychelles Creole
CA	Shona
SK	Silozi
SN	Sinhala
V	Slovak
VSL	Slovak Sign Language
SV	Slovenian
SP	Solomon Islands Pidgin
SAS	South African Sign Language
S	Spanish
LSE	Spanish Sign Language
SR	Sranantongo
SD	Sunda
SW	Swahili
ZS	Swahili (Congo)
SWI	Swati
Z	Swedish
SSL	Swedish Sign Language
XSW	Swiss German
SGS	Swiss German Sign Language
TG	Tagalog
TH	Tahitian
TSL	Taiwanese Sign Language
TJ	Tajik
TAL	Talian
TL	Tamil
TND	Tandroy
TNK	Tankarana
TRS	Tarascan
TAT	Tatar
TU	Telugu
TTP	Tetun Dili
SI	Thai
SIL	Thai Sign Language
TV	Tiv
TLN	Tlapanec
TJO	Tojolabal
MP	Tok Pisin
TO	Tongan
TOT	Totonac
SH	Tshiluba
TS	Tsonga
TK	Turkish
TMR	Turkmen
VL	Tuvaluan
TW	Twi
TZE	Tzeltal
TZO	Tzotzil
UG	Uighur (Cyrillic)
K	Ukrainian
UB	Umbundu
UD	Urdu
UR	Urhobo
DR	Uruund
UZ	Uzbek
VLC	Valencian
VE	Venda
LSV	Venezuelan Sign Language
VZ	Vezo
VT	Vietnamese
WA	Wallisian
SA	Waray-Waray
W	Welsh
XO	Xhosa
BM	Yemba
YR	Yoruba
ZAS	Zambian Sign Language
ZSL	Zimbabwe Sign Language
ZU	Zulu