OpenSubtitlesDownload
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Automatically find and download the right subtitles for your favorite videos!

The subtitles search is done by precisly identifying your video files by computing unique movie hash sums. This way, you have more chance to find the exact subtitles for your videos, avoiding synchronization problems between the subtitles and the soundtrack.

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platforms
linux GUI
platforms
universal CLI
license
GPLv3

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Documentation

GitHub page Wiki Release notes Issue tracker

Installation instructions On the on the wiki page, and always up-to-date!

Configuration instructions To change the search language and more advanced tune-in (optional).

Dependencies
  • python (version 3.6+)
  • zenity (for GNOME GUI)
  • kdialog (for KDE GUI)
  • basic unix tools: wget (subtitles downloading with GUI), ps & grep (GUI autodetection)
  • Quick install (as a nautilus script)
            
              # Make sure the destination directory for nautilus scripts exits
              mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/
              cd ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/
              # Download the script and make it executable
              wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emericg/OpenSubtitlesDownload/master/OpenSubtitlesDownload.py
              chmod u+x OpenSubtitlesDownload.py