Subtitles are essential when you want to watch a movie that has been released in a language that you do not speak well / at all. They are also great if you want to learn a language because you get to hear the original voices of the actors and can still glimpse at the translation whenever something is said that you did not understand. Subtitles are either a common appearance in your country or frowned upon. Most movies in Denmark for instance are subtitled whereas all movies that come into German cinemas are completely spoken in German.
The major disadvantage of subtitles so far has been accessibility in my opinion, at least when you take a look at watching movies on your computer. You have to know the websites and forums that provide users with subtitles and it’s more of a burden than fun to do that.
Sub Downloader [via Genbeta] could change that. This software scans various subtitle databases returning a list of subtitles for the selected movies. By default subtitles in all languages are returned which can be changed in the program’s options. If you only wanted to find and download English and French subtitles you could edit the settings accordingly.
The subtitles are automatically downloaded into the right directory. What I really like is the fact that you can dump the contents of a folder into Sub Downloader to search for subtitles for all videos at once. The tool can add two options to the right-click menu that search for subtitles when you click on that option. Again both single videos and complete folders can be submitted.
Sub Downloader is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
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awesome now i can get subs for some of my favorite movies
Crashes immediately after start for me.
Would not install for me.
Errors occurred
See the logfile ‘C:\Program Files\Subdownloader\SubDownloader?.exe.log’ for details OK
LOGFILE (Subdownloader.exe.log):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “SubDownloader?.py”, line 20, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 78, in load_module File “wx\init.pyo”, line 45, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 78, in load_module File “wx\core.pyo”, line 4, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 91, in load_module
ImportError?: MemoryLoadLibrary? failed loading wx\core.pyd Traceback (most recent call last):
File “SubDownloader?.py”, line 20, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 78, in load_module File “wx\init.pyo”, line 45, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 78, in load_module File “wx\core.pyo”, line 4, in ? File “zipextimporter.pyo”, line 91, in load_module
ImportError?: MemoryLoadLibrary? failed loading wx\core.pyd
Also check this application: http://www.digital-digest.com/software/SubDownloader2.html
Hey, I really wanted to get something to translate soap operas for me,[just by subs] but I don’t know now. I`mean I watch this one telenovela called “Lola erase una vez” i understand some things. but some things I just guess on by the face expressions and the movement. So, yes that is it. I don`t know if this thing is right? x Will it give me subtitles for the telenovela. Cus’ I watch it on youtube.I really love this soap opera its so good and romantic and hilarious. [my mom sort of gets spanish] any suggestions or comments to help me? x3
<3 Peace! ~Ana~
p.s.: If you did it would mean alot to me,
I promise you baybbeLOL=)