diff --git a/Configuration.md b/Configuration.md index fa7dc6c..d4bad62 100644 --- a/Configuration.md +++ b/Configuration.md @@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ Download files for only newly added links when running the `./archive` command. **Possible Values:** [`60`]/`120`/... Maximum allowed download time per archive method for each link in seconds. If you have a slow network connection or are seeing frequent timeout errors, you can raise this value. +*Note: Do not set this to anything less than `15` seconds as it will cause Chrome to hang indefinitely and many sites to fail completely.* + --- #### `MEDIA_TIMEOUT` **Possible Values:** [`3600`]/`120`/... Maximum allowed download time for fetching media when `FETCH_MEDIA=True` in seconds. This timeout is separate and usually much longer than `TIMEOUT` because media downloaded with `youtube-dl` can often be quite large and take many minutes/hours to download. Tweak this setting based on your network speed and maximum media file size you plan on downloading. -*Note: Do not set this to anything less than `15` seconds as it will cause Chrome to hang indefinitely and many sites to fail completely.* +*Note: Do not set this to anything less than `10` seconds as it can often take 5-10 seconds for `youtube-dl` just to parse the page before it starts downloading media files.* *Related options:* [`FETCH_MEDIA`](#fetch_media)