Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
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Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#2ScreenplaySubs is a browser extension for Netflix that syncs up movies with screenplays, displaying them side by side. It's like having a subtitle that provides more insights to your films.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#3I don't use netflix and prefer subtitles, but it looks nice!
Maybe you could implement smooth scroll and some sort of an overlay mode.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#4Very interesting!
Fun tidbit: for TV actors, regularly reading pilot scripts and then watching the produced pilot for comparison is a huge common educational technique. You get to imagine what kind of acting and directorial choices you'd make, and then see what was actually done. Often times you'll realize you had totally misinterpreted what a scene was even about.
It's also fun to see how every script is filled with lines that are "unactable" -- there's just no way any real person would ever say anything like that. Then nine times out of ten, those lines are cut from the final product, because even the best actors couldn't make them work.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#5I don't use netflix and prefer subtitles, but it looks nice! Maybe you could implement smooth scroll and some sort of an overlay mode.
Thank you, and that's a great idea I've considered for future releases. More specifically, the layout presented in this video looks ideal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HybzbDBF7HQ. Where the screenplay can replace the letterbox at the bottom.
One of the reasons we decided not to implement that for now is to provide a bigger room for error since our algorithm is still not perfect. Sometimes the extension choose to focus on 1 or 2 sentences next to the accurate dialogue. Having an entire viewport height to show the screenplay means even if some inconsistencies occur, the user may still be able to see the accurate dialogue.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#6It's not for me but it's a great extension!
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#7It's not for me but it's a great extension!
much appreciated!
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#8Oh, someone has to manually time the movie. They only support about six movies. I expected that it would use closed captioning data, do the sync automatically, and support far more titles.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#9ScreenplaySubs is a browser extension for Netflix that syncs up movies with screenplays, displaying them side by side. It's like having a subtitle that provides more insights to your films. Demo: https://vimeo.com/447986440
I really like the Amazon Prime Video "X ray" feature that shows the actors, bios, etc, in the current scene. It's odd to me that other services like Netflix don't have something similar.
Re: Show HN: I made an extension to watch Netflix films with screenplays in sync
#10Very interesting! Fun tidbit: for TV actors, regularly reading pilot scripts and then watching the produced pilot for comparison is a huge common educational technique. You get to imagine what kind of acting and directorial choices you'd make, and then see what was actually done. Often times you'll realize you had totally misinterpreted what a scene was even about. It's also fun to see how every script is filled with…
Fascinating! It can also be the other way around, where an actor miraculously interpreted an unactable script well. E.g. Joaquin Phoenix delivered "It vexes me. I am vexed." in Gladiator quite well.