A self-hosted media torrenting server for movies and TV shows.
docker run -e CINEMA_TMDB_API_KEY=your_api_key -v ./data:/app/data -p 3000:3000 -p 6881:6881 ghcr.io/somfic/cinema| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
CINEMA_HOST |
Bind address | 0.0.0.0 |
CINEMA_PORT |
HTTP port | 3000 |
CINEMA_DATA_DIR |
Data directory path | ./data/ |
CINEMA_DATABASE_URL |
Database connection string (sqlite/postgres/mysql) | SQLite in data dir |
CINEMA_CONFIG |
Config file path | cinema.toml |
CINEMA_TMDB_API_KEY |
TMDB API key (required) | |
CINEMA_STREAM_SOURCES |
Comma-separated stream source URLs | https://torrentio.strem.fun |
CINEMA_SUBTITLE_LANGUAGES |
Comma-separated subtitle languages | en |
CINEMA_MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS |
Max concurrent background downloads | 2 |
CINEMA_TORRENT_PORT |
Torrent listen port | 6881 |
CINEMA_USE_DHT |
Enable DHT for peer discovery | true |
CINEMA_TORRENT_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT_MS |
Maximum torrent validation timeout. Configure this if Cinema is run on a limited hardware. | 30 seconds |
CINEMA_FFMPEG_MAX_STARTUP_DURATION_MS |
Maximum ffmpeg startup timeout. Configure this if Cinema is run on a limited hardware. | 10 seconds |
CINEMA_FFMPEG_STARTUP_POLL_INTERVAL_MS |
Interval at which the success of ffmpeg startup is checked. | 100 milliseconds |
CINEMA_FFMPEG_HWACCEL |
ffmpeg -hwaccel value. auto enables HW-accelerated decoding (e.g. V4L2/DRM on RPi 5) with software fallback. Set to none to disable. |
auto |
CINEMA_FFMPEG_VIDEO_PRESET |
libx264 preset for transcoded video. Faster presets reduce CPU; on Pi 5 keep at ultrafast. |
ultrafast |
CINEMA_FFMPEG_VIDEO_CRF |
libx264 CRF (quality). Higher = faster + lower quality. Try 28–30 on Pi 5 for native-4K transcoding. |
23 |
Note: the RPi 5 has no hardware H.264 encoder, so native 4K transcoding remains CPU-bound even with CINEMA_FFMPEG_HWACCEL=auto. If real-time playback isn't met, raise CINEMA_FFMPEG_VIDEO_CRF (lower quality, faster encode).