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Jimaku integration

Jimaku is a community archive of Japanese subtitles for anime and live action. SubMiner searches it from the overlay, downloads the file you pick, and loads it into mpv.

Setup

  1. Create a free account at jimaku.cc and copy your API key.
  2. Add the key to config.jsonc, either directly or through a command that prints it:
{
  "jimaku": {
    "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    // or, to keep it out of the config file:
    // "apiKeyCommand": "pass jimaku/api-key",
  },
}

If both are set, apiKey wins. apiKeyCommand must print the key within 10 seconds. Without a key, the modal shows "Jimaku API key not set."

Usage

  1. Press Ctrl+Shift+J during playback.
  2. SubMiner fills in the title, season, and episode from the file name. If it finds both a title and an episode, it searches right away. Otherwise, fix the fields and press Enter.
  3. Pick the Anime or Live action tab. Switching tabs repeats the search.
  4. Select an entry, then select a file. Files are filtered to the current episode. Click Broaden search (all files) to see every file in the entry.

The file is saved next to the video (or to a temp directory for streams) and loaded into mpv as a new subtitle track.

Key Action
Enter Search, or select the highlighted item
Up / Down Move through entries or files
Left / Right Switch tabs
Escape Close

You can also open the modal with subminer app --open-jimaku, or change the shortcut with shortcuts.openJimaku.

The file name parser understands S01E03, 1x03, E03, EP03, and Title - 03 - patterns, and reads the season from a parent folder such as Season 2. It ignores bracket tags like [SubGroup] and year tags like (2024).

Options

Key What it does
jimaku.apiKey API key in plain text.
jimaku.apiKeyCommand Shell command that prints the API key.
jimaku.languagePreference Sorts files tagged with this language first: ja, en, or none.
jimaku.maxEntryResults Maximum entries per search.
jimaku.apiBaseUrl API address. Change only for a mirror.

See Configuration for defaults.

Troubleshooting

"Jimaku API key not set." Set jimaku.apiKey or jimaku.apiKeyCommand. Run the command in your shell to confirm it prints only the key.

HTTP 429. You hit Jimaku's rate limit. Wait for the time shown in the message and retry.

No entries found. Search with just the show's name, without season or episode words. Jimaku matches against its own titles.

The subtitle downloads but does not load. SubMiner loads it over the mpv socket. Make sure mpv is still running and connected.