The one-line answer
Use Standard. Switch to Lite only if you’re consistently getting fewer than 5–6 results on mainstream, recently-released content.What Lite removes
Standard templates include a set of quality-gate ESEs that Lite drops. These are the ones removed:What Lite keeps
Safety filters remain active in Lite: CAM/SCR exclusion, YouTube and external stream blocking, foreign language filtering, resolution enforcement (1080p templates still block 4K), bad NZB filtering, and regex scoring. Episode packs use the same availability-safe fallback policy as Standard: they are hidden only when three playable standalone episode streams remain.Lite is not a lower-quality mode — it is a less restrictive filter mode. The regex scoring, sort order, and PSE ranking logic are identical to Standard.
When to use Lite
- You’re getting 0–3 results on popular mainstream movies
- You’re on a low-overhead AIOStreams host with limited compute
- The content you watch is mostly older or niche where quality metadata is sparse
- You’re on a host like fortheweak where resources are more constrained
When to stay on Standard
- You’re getting 5+ results on most content
- You want to avoid upscaled or low-bitrate streams appearing
- You’re on ElfHosted or self-hosted (no resource constraints)