Question about subtitles

[Ironman273 2]

So I just noticed the subtitles support in the new release and tried it out. I had recently watched Jack Ryan and there were parts where the actors were speaking Russian so I decided to set it to download English subtitles for it.  Well, it did what it said, so I had subtitles for all the conversations.  What I'm wondering is if there is a setting or way to download subtitles for only the foreign language parts?

[Luke 42078]

Unfortunately the open subtitles api does not include this information. Correct me if I'm wrong @@Luis

[FredipusRex 12]

I believe you should be able to look for subtitle files that have "Foreign Parts Only" or "Forced Sub" (various separators) to find files that only show subs during foreign/alien speaking parts.

[Luke 42078]

yea but there's no property in the data that tells us that definitely. we're not just going to look joe user's handwritten description. that won't be reliable.

[FredipusRex 12]

Yeah, there's been an open (and acknowledged) request for a "forced" tag since 2011 but no movement on it. That's why the "Foreign Parts Only" hack is so widespread. Some tools will also look for short files - if some files for a language are 10K and others are 1K, the assumption is that the short file is the "forced" file.