If you’ve followed my daily articles, you should already know how to include subtitles in downloaded movies. There’s also a tool called Subcrawler which allows you to find and download subtitles from various websites. It seems easy because you only need to make sure that the .SRT subtitle file has the same file name as the AVI movie file name.
Most common problem that many people face is the subtitle out of sync with the movie. It’s either too fast or too slow. There are many movie capping teams, so are the subtitle files and you must use the correct subtitle file with the movie. For example, you can’t use Blood.Diamond.2006.DVDRip.AC3-GoRDo.SubEng subtitle file Blood.Diamond.DVDRip.XviD-ViTE AVI movie. As you can see, it is the same movie but capped by different people (GoRDo and ViTE). So the time frame is not the same.
To solve this problem, you either keep searching for the correct version of subtitle or some people even go to the extend of editing the subtitle file to synchronize with the video file. Now there’s no need for you to do that anymore. I discovered 2 free software which is able to detect your video file and then download the correct subtitle SRT file.
Both 2 software uses fast hashing algorithm to determine what version of movie do you have. Then it will list out all languages and also subtitle that is uploaded by different people for you to select and download. Other than downloading subtitles, you can also upload subtitles.
1. SubDownloader
– SubDownloader is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS users. It’s very easy to use. Just download, install and run SubDownloader. At the right hand side you’ll see a few icons. The first one is for you to add a video file. Second one is for you to add a folder that contains all movie files. Third icon is to clear the contents and last one is to download subtitles. Once you’ve loaded the movie file, SubDownloader will automatically start searching for available matching subtitle. Once found, it will list the subtitles available for you to download. Check the subtitle and click the last button to download. The SRT subtitle file will automatically being downloaded to the location where you movie file is.
2. Oscar
– Oscar works the same as SubDownloader. Can’t really notice much difference in terms of functionality. There is no need to install Oscar. Just download, extract and run oscar.exe. To load a video, click on the icons at the right hand side and click the second last icon to search for available matching subtitles. Once found, you can check the subtitle that you want to download and click the last button to download. It will also place the subtitle at the same location as your video file.
[ Download Oscar ]