Ray by OpenSubtitles.com

[tirdg 0]

I'm not sure if this is on anyone's radar, but I would love a plugin to make use of the new Ray project by OpenSubtitles.

See the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/techspecs/ray-watch-anything-understand-everything/description

There appear to be multiple usage modes, but integration into existing media servers like Emby is clearly one of them.

I think this is a perfect use case for AI and I also happen to think the state of subtitles (functionality, sync, subtitle creation, translation availability, etc.. ) is scandalously bad considering it's 2026. This will be a huge improvement that approaches something close to perfection right away. 

I also think they're approaching the project ethically by using models responsibly and only when necessary (when human-created subtitles don't exist). I also believe the generated subtitles for a given title are stored back to OpenSubtitles meaning theoretically once a given title has been analyzed and the subtitle files have been created, future calls for that subtitle would just be a download from OpenSubtitles just as we would expect. 

I think it's a great idea and look forward to using it in Emby!

[ebr 16485]

1 hour ago, tirdg said:

I also believe the generated subtitles for a given title are stored back to OpenSubtitles meaning theoretically once a given title has been analyzed and the subtitle files have been created, future calls for that subtitle would just be a download from OpenSubtitles just as we would expect. 

Correct.  Which means that, since we already have OS integration, we will be taking advantage of this anyway.

To me, this appears to be a clever way of them getting more contributions to their site.

[justinrh 282]

On 6/5/2026 at 7:51 AM, ebr said:

we will be taking advantage of this anyway.

Is this thru the Open Subtitles plugin or something else?

[ebr 16485]

22 hours ago, justinrh said:

Is this thru the Open Subtitles plugin or something else?

Through our normal use of Open Subtitles.

[justinrh 282]

4 hours ago, ebr said:

Through our normal use of Open Subtitles.

Where can I learn about this?  The Emby docs mention plugins being required for external subtitles.

[Neminem 1775]

Just now, justinrh said:

Where can I learn about this?  The Emby docs mention plugins being required for external subtitles.

I guess you can't since this is a FR and not reality.

[justinrh 282]

I was responding to ebr's comment about Emby's 'normal use' about built-in OS integration.  Maybe I misunderstood ebr? 

[ebr 16485]

19 hours ago, justinrh said:

Where can I learn about this?  The Emby docs mention plugins being required for external subtitles.

Open Subtitles

[justinrh 282]

Righto.  "This requires the loading of a plugin and proper setup of your libraries which is shown below."  So if it takes a plugin, I don't understand the "Through our normal use of Open Subtitles." part when I asked if it required a plugin.  

[ebr 16485]

Sorry, I understand how that could have been confusing.

What I meant was that - through our use of the OS site (with the plugin) - we will take advantage of all the new subs available via this new method.

[Neminem 1775]

But the plugin will not upload subs to the project.

[ebr 16485]

40 minutes ago, Neminem said:

But the plugin will not upload subs to the project.

No but the net effect of Ray being out there is going to mean that OS will very quickly have subs for most items - at least, that is what they are hoping.