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Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by xamolxix » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 5:57 PM UTC

greenwalls wrote: post #5

Consider making English the default language choice since the rest of the website is already in English anyway. Cool site!

And also maybe allow for more than one language, or "Any". I have got an application error on the actual download page, so I'm not sure if that is already being offered there.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by xamolxix » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 6:01 PM UTC

Nux wrote: post #9

Cool, but my XBMC as well as SMplayer can automatically serach and download subtitles. This kind of functionality should be built in any player.

SMPlayer does not have a mac os x edition anymore. It's my favorite player on other platforms though and I love the subtitles feature.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by joojia » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

It's better to improve the design of the website

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by missing_cipher » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 6:43 PM UTC

Pretty cool.

I've been using SolEol for months and it's pretty great.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by hashtag » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 6:54 PM UTC

Can't view on mobile, says browser is not supported. Would like to see anyway

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by heffo » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 7:04 PM UTC

I can't recommend the VLC extension VLSUB enough. If you like/need subtitles, definitely try it out.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by nim901 » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 7:53 PM UTC

Very nice! I think that there is a bug - I've tried to download subtitles for a movie, with Hebrew subtitles - and I've got to "Your subtitle is downloading" but nothing happens..

also, where do you get the subtitles?

BTW, if any of you are looking for a desktop based app, you can also check SubiT http://subit-app.sourceforge.net/ or the source https://github.com/subit/SubiT, It should work on windows, linux and osx. We are now working on version 3

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by vidyesh » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 7:57 PM UTC

heffo wrote: post #16

I can't recommend the VLC extension VLSUB enough. If you like/need subtitles, definitely try it out.

I thought it was never updated for the latest VLC version. Would update my extension file then, thanks.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by wixo » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 8:04 PM UTC

Hi guys, author here, as far as I have tested it is working with Chrome and Firefox in desktop (where you can drag and drop) It really depends on if the subtitle is in the Open Subtitles API or not, it tries to search for the best suitable subtitle there. I've only tested with spanish and english languages but I am planning on improving the localization of the app.

Thanks for the feedback and glad some of you are finding use in it.

Re: Show HN: DropSubs – Download subtitles for video files

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Post by wixo » Sun, Oct 19, 2014, 8:06 PM UTC

nim901 wrote: post #17

Very nice! I think that there is a bug - I've tried to download subtitles for a movie, with Hebrew subtitles - and I've got to "Your subtitle is downloading" but nothing happens.. also, where do you get the subtitles? BTW, if any of you are looking for a desktop based app, you can also check SubiT http://subit-app.sourceforge.net/ or the source https://github.com/subit/SubiT , It should work on windows, linux and osx…

Open Subtitles API, if there is no downloading maybe the subtitle does not exist there or it is a problem with the browser, I have only tested with Chrome and Firefox.