Can someone explain why subtitles aren't working? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by ClusterBomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I watch shows in streaming on links found in the megathread and suddenly subtitles aren't working anymore? How does it work behind the scenes? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Thanks 🙏

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[-] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Are videos you watched that previously had subs no longer showing them?

On my sererver i use bazaar to try and automate getting missing subs but its not perfect.

You can always manually download the video and look on opensubtitles or another site for subs that work.

One issue i run into is that devices can be very weird about which formats they work with. Some only allow srt and some work with .ass or other formats. vlc supports all of them but other apps might not.

[-] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think VLC still does not have full support for the WebVTT subtitle format.

[-] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Could be. Ive not come across that format yet myself

[-] remon@ani.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Video on random streaming sites don't have very good quality control. Corrupt videos, missing/wrong audio/subtitles or just having episodes being missing or out of order are common.

The work around is to try other sites/sources until you find one that works or switch to downloading.