Settings
Every setting you can change — what it does, its default value and where it exists.
The settings are the same everywhere: one name and one default on every device. Where a setting makes no sense (for example, the extension does not choose a folder), it is simply absent.
- Mac — the app menu Video Tracker › Settings… (⌘,).
- Android — Settings in the bottom menu.
- Browser extension — ⚙ Settings in the panel opens the settings page.
Where files are saved
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Free and Pro
- Downloads folder (in the apps) — where finished videos go. Default: Downloads › Video Tracker (default). Choose another folder and the next files go there; Default brings the folder back.
- Subfolder in Downloads (Chrome extension) — a folder inside the browser's downloads folder. Default: Video Tracker, so files land in “Browser downloads › Video Tracker”. Empty — straight into the downloads folder, which is itself set in the browser's settings.
- Safari extension — no setting: files are saved to the Downloads folder, the Video Tracker Mac app writes them there.
General
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Free and Pro
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| File name template | How the file is named. Placeholders: {title}, {quality}, {audio}, {site}, {date}; empty [brackets] disappear | {title} [{quality}] |
| Notifications on completion and errors | A system notification when a download finishes or fails | On |
| Browser home page (apps) | The page the built-in browser opens with | YouTube; in the store versions — the Video Tracker site |
| Video Tracker server | Change only if you have your own server | The Video Tracker server |
- Open the folder when a download finishes (Mac) — opens the folder with the new file. Default: off.
Quality and audio
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Free and Pro
- Default quality — what is preselected in Found on this page and used for sites downloaded with yt-dlp: Best, Up to 2160p (4K), Up to 1080p, Up to 720p, Up to 480p, Audio only (m4a). Default: Up to 1080p. If the video has no such quality, the nearest higher one is chosen.
- Preferred audio — which dub is preselected when a video has several: Original (default), Russian, English. See Audio tracks and subtitles.
- Playlists (list=PL…) (apps that use yt-dlp) — what to do with a video from a playlist: Ask (default), Current video only, Whole playlist. YouTube auto mixes are not expanded.
Downloads
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Free and Pro
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Simultaneous jobs | How many videos download at once (1–4); the rest wait in the queue | 2; on Free — 1, the setting offers Pro |
| Segment threads per job | How many parts of one video download in parallel (2–12) | 6 |
| Retries on network errors | How many times a failed part is retried (1–20) | 5 |
| Keep work folders of failed jobs (apps) | Retry after an error continues where it stopped | On |
In the extension the downloaded parts of a job are always kept until you delete it. See Downloads list.
Sites for automatic yt-dlp lookup
Where: Mac and Android · Plan: Free and Pro
One domain per line. On these sites yt-dlp runs by itself after the page loads; on others — with Find with yt-dlp. Default: youtube.com, youtu.be, vimeo.com and other popular sites; Reset list restores it. See YouTube and other sites.
Built-in browser and logins
Where: Mac and Android · Plan: Free and Pro
Clear built-in browser data… removes cookies, cache and site data of the built-in browser — you are signed out of all sites in it. How logins work — see Sites behind a login.
On a Mac the Browser & Logins tab also has Browser for logins (default — the system browser), its Profile (default — the last used one) and Per site rules: the built-in browser takes your logins from that profile. The Tools tab shows the built-in download tools; nothing needs to be installed.
Updates
Where: Mac, Android, and Chrome · Plan: Free and Pro
- Check for updates (apps) — once a day the app asks whether a new version is out and updates its download tool for YouTube and other sites by itself. Default: on. Check now checks at once.
- Update Video Tracker automatically — new versions download and install by themselves; where the system asks (Android), you confirm the installation. Default: off.
See Updates.
Account and cloud
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Pro
- Cloud sync — Automatically (default): a finished download goes to your cloud by itself; Manually: you send files with To the cloud. See Cloud.
Logs
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, and Safari · Plan: Free and Pro
Logs help support figure out what went wrong. If support asks for them:
- Android — Share logs.
- Browser extension — Download logs (JSONL).
- Mac — Open logs folder.
Log level — info by default; change it only if support asks. The easiest way is Report a problem: it sends the end of the log by itself.
Language
Where: Mac, Android, Chrome, Safari, and the cabinet on the site · Plan: Free and Pro
The apps and the extension use the main language of the system (the browser), if it is Russian or English; otherwise English. Only the main language counts. To change the language of one app, change it in the system settings.
In the account on the site, the Language switch in the header (EN / RU) changes the language at once; the choice is remembered in this browser and also applies to the site.