FR - Server Plugin: Open Subtitles API

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

Hoping someone will eventually take this on. A Data Provider for the server that downloads subtitles from opensubtitles.org. The API is here: http://trac.opensubtitles.org/projects/opensubtitles#Programsusingopensubtitles.org

 

Should be able to download the user's chosen language if available and subtitles do not already exist in the video container.

[Luke 42078]

i actually wouldn't mind this being built into the server, like a lot of other apps do. but if someone wants to go above and beyond then by all means

[Tim Hobbs 91]

There is this post re:subtitles - http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/1210-plug-in-request-subtitle-plug-in/?hl=subtitles

 

I think the consensus was that subtitles are hard and an "automated" plugin would not necessarily do what one would expect. Depending on the timing of the video file the subs may or may not line up appropriately. There is wiggle room, of course. If a subtitle plugin got it right 80% of the time or so that may be acceptable, right? Or maybe not? It all depends...

 

I am in the camp of just make the plugin and solve the 80%. For the other 20% the users just have to know that is the case.

 

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

Edited April 12, 2014 by Tim Hobbs

[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

If they get automatically downloaded as a provider then can be synced via MKVMerge or some other tool. However the ones that I've downloaded so far have synced pretty well without offsets. 

[Aphid 212]

Most of the subtitle databases match by file hash, so you either get nothing or a perfect match.

[ebr 16179]

Most of the subtitle databases match by file hash, so you either get nothing or a perfect match.

 

And does that work if you actually rip your own content?

[Deihmos 169]

You can use couchpotato to auto organize the movie folders and grab the subtitles.

 

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[Koleckai Silvestri 1154]

Was thinking more about television myself. 

 

Anyway, I have a semi-automated system now. It just grabs them from Hulu and not opensubtitles.org. As such, I can't share it.

 

I'll have to see if I can write something in PHP for this. Just thought it would be a nice thing to include as a plugin.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Wayne Luke