[docs] document env var somewhere somehow

[dassio]

describe the feature in the desktop app, you can configure hugging face mirror, but for the screenpipe server cli ,there is no such option , when try to use whisper for audio transcription, need to download mode from hugging face

why is this needed? hugging face is banned in China

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check latest changes here: https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe/releases
2025-02-07T14:15:37.861529Z  INFO screenpipe: starting pipes
failed to start pipe timeline: No pipe.js/pipe.ts found in the pipe/dist directory
2025-02-07T14:15:37.864597Z  INFO screenpipe_server::server: Server starting on 127.0.0.1:3030
2025-02-07T14:15:45.839709Z  INFO screenpipe_server::video: Starting FFmpeg process for file: C:\Users\dassi\.screenpipe\data\monitor_490607759_2025-02-07_14-15-45.mp4
2025-02-07T14:15:48.283937Z  INFO screenpipe_server::resource_monitor: Runtime: 10s, Total Memory: 2% (0.25 GB / 16.09 GB), Total CPU: 88%
2025-02-07T14:15:58.322953Z  INFO screenpipe_server::resource_monitor: Runtime: 20s, Total Memory: 2% (0.26 GB / 16.09 GB), Total CPU: 92%
2025-02-07T14:16:00.374953Z ERROR screenpipe: continuous recording error: request error: https://huggingface.co/distil-whisper/distil-large-v3/resolve/main/config.json: Connection Failed: Connect error: connection timed out

Caused by:
    0: https://huggingface.co/distil-whisper/distil-large-v3/resolve/main/config.json: Connection Failed: Connect error: connection timed out
    1: connection timed out

[oliverqx]

i think there is no flag currently but as a workaround you can set HF_ENDPOINT to the mirror. kinda like how its done here

[louis030195]

https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe/pull/415

[hunnywar]

@louis030195 I wonder that many useful features lies in env vars Can you list or document all the Env Vars that influence Screenpipe CLI or desktop app

[louis030195]

how can we document it well?

[louis030195]

/bounty 50

more docs on env vars

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[Ayush9026]

/attempt #1298

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[Omar8345]

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