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TL-DR; for stuff that is NOT from sonarrr/radrr (e.g. downloaded long time ago / gotten from friends, RSS feeds, whatever), is there a better way to find subs than downloading everything from manual DDL sites and trying everything until one works (matching english text and correctly synced)?

I am not currently using bazarr and I understand that it can catch anything from sonarr that is missing subs but that is not the use-case I need. I am still open to it but since most of the new stuff I get already has subs, I'm looking more at my stuff that is NOT coming from sonarr bc that's where I have the most missing subs. thinking since there github say:

Be aware that Bazarr doesn't scan disk to detect series and movies: It only takes care of the series and movies that are indexed in Sonarr and Radarr."

that most of my use-case is going to be manual searches. It also sounds like Bazarr uses same kind of DDL sites like opensubtitles and subscene that I am already using as its backend / source so curious if there is any advantage vs looking up old stuff on the sites directly.

And especially if there is some way to match existing files with the correct subs, even if the file/folder names no longer contain the release group (e.g. via duration or other mediainfo data or maybe even via checksums). I know vlc can do it for a single file.. but since I have a LOT of stuff w missing subs, I'm looking for a way that I can do something similar from a bash script or some other bulk job without getting a bunch of unsynced subs.

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[–] iesou@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Opensubtitles.com has an AI service to transcribe, translate, or provide VO for a small fee: https://ai.opensubtitles.com.

I was thinking of using it for some of my older more obscure stuff bazarr can't find.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

opensubtitles puts heavy advertising in their subtitles

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also put literally download links towards malware...

Definitely in my list of unsafe websites.

Too bad it's the reference for subs.

[–] BlackFlagsForever@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

what do you use instead? i usually start on subscene and on the rare time it doesn't have it or down, then i go and hit all the others i know until i find it or come up empty handed.

I use ublock in the browser and never click on links when watching videos (does vlc even support that out of the box? never tried)

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

I use the VLC subtitles download feature.

I think it goes to opensubtitles anyway but at least you don't have to experience the website.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~isn't opensubtitles.COM an impostor of opensubtitles.ORG? which is nasty enough to advertise itself on the original website? or are they actually related?~~

according to FAQ it is related

[–] hyperspace@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to know this as well

[–] iesou@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

.org just switched to .com

Same site, new domain.