SubMiner/docs-site/animetosho-integration.md

Animetosho Integration

Animetosho mirrors anime torrent releases and extracts every attachment - including embedded subtitle tracks - from the release files, hosting them for direct download. SubMiner integrates with the Animetosho JSON feed API so you can pull English subtitles for the currently playing episode straight from the overlay, no torrent client involved. Downloaded subtitles are decompressed, saved next to the video, and loaded into mpv immediately.

This is the English-side companion to the Jimaku integration: Jimaku covers Japanese subtitles, Animetosho covers your secondary language (English by default). Releases that ship multiple languages (e.g. Netflix [MultiSub] rips) expose them all; the modal's tabs pick which ones you see, and each download is saved with its own language suffix.

::: tip No API key required Unlike Jimaku, Animetosho needs no account or API key. The only requirement is the xz binary on your PATH - Animetosho serves extracted subtitles xz-compressed, and SubMiner shells out to xz to decompress them. Most Linux distributions ship it by default (package xz or xz-utils). :::

How It Works

The integration runs through an in-overlay modal opened with Ctrl+Shift+T by default. The modal has two tabs that filter the subtitle tracks of the selected release by language: the first tab follows your secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages config (defaults to English when unset, and the tab is labeled accordingly - e.g. "German" if you configure ["de"]), and the second tab is always Japanese. Tracks with no language tag stay visible on the first tab.

When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title and episode number (same parser as Jimaku - S01E03, 1x03, E03, and dash-separated numbers all work). If the filename yields a high-confidence match, SubMiner auto-searches immediately.

From there:

1. Search - SubMiner queries the Animetosho feed with <title> <episode>. Results appear as a list of releases (e.g. [SubsPlease] ... - 28 (1080p)), with size and file count.
2. Browse releases - Select a release to list the text subtitle tracks extracted from its files. English tracks sort first; image-based tracks (PGS/VobSub) are filtered out.
3. Download - Selecting a track downloads the xz-compressed subtitle from Animetosho's storage, decompresses it, saves it next to the video (or a temp directory for remote/streamed media), and loads it into mpv. Japanese tracks are selected as the primary subtitle; any other language loads as the secondary subtitle, so your Japanese primary track stays in place. The filename carries the track's language - <video basename>.en.<ext> for English, .ja for Japanese, and so on - so mpv and media servers detect the language correctly.

Because releases on Animetosho are the same files circulating as torrents, picking the release that matches your local file (same group, same version) gives you subtitles with exact timing - no resync needed. If your file is a raw or from a different group, pick any release of the same episode and adjust timing with the subtitle sync tools (Ctrl+Alt+S) if necessary.

Modal Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Enter (in text field)	Search
Enter (in list)	Select release / download track
Arrow Up / Arrow Down	Navigate releases or tracks
Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Switch English / Japanese tab
Escape	Close modal

Configuration

The integration works out of the box. An optional animetosho section in config.jsonc tunes it:

{
  "animetosho": {
    "apiBaseUrl": "https://feed.animetosho.org",
    "maxSearchResults": 10,
  },
}

Option	Type	Default	Description
animetosho.apiBaseUrl	string	"https://feed.animetosho.org"	Base URL of the Animetosho JSON feed API. Only change this if using a mirror.
animetosho.maxSearchResults	number	10	Maximum number of releases returned per search.

The keyboard shortcut is configured separately under shortcuts:

{
  "shortcuts": {
    "openAnimetosho": "Ctrl+Shift+T", // default; set to null to disable
  },
}

Other Ways to Open It

• CLI: subminer --open-animetosho
• Keybinding command: bind any key to ["__animetosho-open"] in the keybindings array

Troubleshooting

• "xz binary not found" - install xz/xz-utils with your package manager.
• "Batch releases are not supported" - the Animetosho feed API only exposes extracted attachments for single-file torrents. Pick the single-episode release for your episode instead of a season batch.
• "No text subtitle tracks in this release" - the release only carries image-based subtitles (PGS/VobSub) or none at all; try a different release (fansub and SubsPlease-style releases almost always carry ASS tracks).
• Timing is off - the subtitle came from a different release than your video file. Use the subtitle sync modal (Ctrl+Alt+S) or pick the release matching your file exactly.