cine-tmux 1.0.4

123Cine.to movie & TV downloader for Termux — fast CLI with fzf picker

cine-tmux

Download movies and TV shows from 123cine.to directly in your Termux terminal.

cine "avengers endgame"
cine --browse movie
cine --browse tv --genre action
cine "breaking bad" --type tv -e 1-10
cine "inception" --quality 720p --play

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Features

• Fast search — no browser, uses cloudscraper to bypass Cloudflare
• Browse latest movies/TV from the home page or by genre (action, drama, thriller, …)
• fzf picker — fuzzy-find titles, seasons, and episodes interactively
• Batch download TV episodes with --episodes 1-10 or 1,3,5
• Quality selection — 1080p / 720p / 480p / best
• Stream directly in mpv with --play
• HLS downloader — pure Python, concurrent segments, tqdm progress bar
• Token caching — browser only opens once per title, token reused for days
• Playwright only for auth-gated calls (episode link IDs, embed URL); everything else is pure Python

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Install

pip install cine-tmux
cine --install-browser          # downloads Chromium for Playwright (~300 MB, one-time)

Important: playwright is an optional dependency — pip install cine-tmux works on all platforms including Termux ARM64. The browser is installed separately via python3 -m playwright install chromium (or the built-in cine --install-browser).

On Termux (Android):

# Step 1 — Termux packages (from F-Droid Termux, not Play Store)
pkg update && pkg upgrade
pkg install python fzf ffmpeg mpv

# Step 2 — Install cine-tmux (no playwright conflict!)
pip install cine-tmux

# Step 3 — Download Chromium (one-time, ~300 MB)
cine --install-browser
# or: python3 -m playwright install chromium

# Step 4 — Run
cine --help

Note: Do NOT use pkg install chromium — it is not in Termux's ARM64 repo. Do NOT use playwright install chromium — the bare CLI may not be on PATH. Use cine --install-browser or python3 -m playwright install chromium instead.

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Setup (optional — for full access)

Some content requires a 123cine.to account. Run:

cine --setup

Then paste your session cookie from the browser DevTools (Application → Cookies → 123cine.to).

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Usage

cine "movie title"               search and download interactively
cine --browse movie              browse latest movies from home page
cine --browse tv                 browse latest TV shows
cine --browse movie --genre action  browse action movies
cine "inception" --quality 720p  download at 720p
cine "naruto" --type tv -e 1-10  batch download episodes 1-10
cine "interstellar" --play       stream in mpv
cine --setup                     save session cookie for auth
cine --config show               show current config
cine --help                      all options

Options

Flag	Description
query	Title to search for
--browse movie|tv	Browse home page listings
--genre NAME	Filter browse by genre
--type movie|tv	Filter search results
--quality QUALITY	best, 1080p, 720p, 480p
--episodes RANGE	Episode range: 1, 1-5, 1,3,5
--output DIR	Download directory
--play	Stream in mpv instead of downloading
--player NAME	Media player (default: mpv)
--server N	Which streaming server to use (0-based)
--no-interactive	Auto-select first result (batch mode)
--setup	Save session cookie
--verbose	Debug logging

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How it works

1. Search / Browse — CloudScraper (no browser) hits the REST API or parses home page HTML
2. Episodes list — CloudScraper + cached signed token (extracted once via Playwright)
3. Streaming links — Playwright intercepts /api/v1/episodes/{id} (needs auth cookie)
4. Embed URL — Playwright intercepts /api/v1/links/{id}
5. m3u8 capture — Playwright opens embed page, captures HLS playlist URL
6. Download — pure Python HLS downloader, concurrent segment fetching

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Config

Config file: ~/.config/cine-tmux/config.ini

[behavior]
download_dir = ~/Downloads/cine-tmux
quality = best
player = mpv
headless = true
workers = 8
verbose = false

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License

MIT