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Off = only the image links, checked to exist (faster).", "default": true }, "createZip": { "title": "🗜️ ZIP archive", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also pack all files into thumbnails.zip (parts of 200 MB) in the key-value store, with metadata.csv. Files are named by video title and ID, in a folder per channel, playlist or search.", "default": true }, "onlyChanges": { "title": "🔔 Only changes (thumbnail history)", "type": "boolean", "description": "For scheduled runs: the first run returns every video and remembers its thumbnail and title; later runs return only new videos and videos whose thumbnail or title changed, with the previous title, the previous thumbnail's date and a link to the old thumbnail file.", "default": false }, "monitorName": { "title": "🏷️ Monitor name", "type": "string", "description": "Name of the memory used by Only changes. 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