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Vote: Features for 0.9.9
woosha:
--- Quote from: nostra on December 08, 2008, 04:11:33 pm ---Do you want PVD to search and download subtitles for you or just find existing ones on HDD and rename?
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I would like PVD to find and download subtitles (srt) based on the existing movie files, similar to the way it gathers info from IMDB and Amazon.
Sorry about the delay (been busy).
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---I would like PVD to find and download subtitles (srt) based on the existing movie files...
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The problem with this is the subtitle file has to be a correct match to the particular file you have, or it won't be synchronized. There can be hundreds of subtitle files for one movie. Picking the right one might be possible (e.g., using opensubtitles.org) if both you and the subtitle file uploader use the same file reference (e.g., a torrent name). Otherwise, it's difficult to see how an automated match could be made. I think the best you can do is to add Web searches that will manual searches a little more convenient.
woosha:
--- Quote from: rick.ca on January 12, 2009, 07:33:35 am ---The problem with this is the subtitle file has to be a correct match to the particular file you have, or it won't be synchronized.
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Yeah, that's pretty annoying. When I have out of synch subs I use Subtitle Workshop to adjust timings. Given a start and end point of dialog it can shift/compress/expand to match.
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---I use Subtitle Workshop to adjust timings...
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I've tried that a few times, without much luck—probably because there were more things "wrong" with the subtitles than just timing. It is, of course, much easier just to download something that works. It's too bad there wasn't a more effective way to find a match.
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---It's too bad there wasn't a more effective way to find a match.
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I'm slowly learning that whenever I have a thought like this, the answer is, "There is a better way." ::)
Try OSCAR. It finds subtitle matches based on the hash code of your movie file. I just tried it on a whole folder of movies, and it found subtitles for everything in seconds. I haven't actually tried any of them yet, but given the way it's making the matches, I don't see how it could go wrong. If it doesn't find an exact match, then there probably isn't one (on OpenSubtitles.org), and you would have to look for a close match manually—and should probably expect to have to use something like Subtitle Workshop to modify it.
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