I have a few videos I ripped from CDs that I’m loading onto a personal plex server, but all of them use the type of subtitles that will force the video to transcode.
Is there an easy place for finding .srt files? I figured this community would know…
Vlsub feature of VLC (View -> vlsub) is the easiest way I found:
Christ on a bike, I didn’t know this existed! Big thanks from this deaf cunt
Bazarr is an app for finding and managing subtitles that syncs with Radarr and Sonarr. It might work with Plex but I’m not positive
It actually works brilliantly with Plex, especially since you can use multiple indexers as sources.
Just make sure to set up preferred languages in Bazarr properly, store the subs alongside the video files and rename them appropriately, and Plex will pick up on them instantly.
Edit: on second reading, perhaps you meant solely with Plex? Without any *arrs? That does become more tedious and a dedicated desktop tool might be a more logical choice then.
So long as it gets .srt files I can make it work with plex :D I’ll look into it, thanks!
I use subscene and opensubtitles for when I need srt files. You can also look into addicted (spelled wrong).
As someone has brought up SubtitleEdit (program) is super useful is you need to OCR some PGS/SUP (bluray subtitle formats) files. You can also sync an existing SRT to your video file if push come to shove (this is usually my last resort though because its may be a lot of work if it isnt just a simple sync shift - doing line by line is awful).
Literally never heard of it… .sub .srt .ass and a few others but not that one.
I’m a complete idiot, I meant srt files. My brain completely garbled that at 1am, no idea how I fucked that up.
I’m fixing the title, I’m dumb
In that case I can answer, though it might not be what you’re looking for. When I need a srt for something I do a web search for the title and where it came from, one of a couple sites show up in the results and then it’s just a matter of matching what you have with what you’re needing.
I’m being vague and not linking anything on purpose but it’s enough to go off of. It’s not automatic but it works for my purpose.
Emby and Plex can do it automatically depending on the rip, but you can manually search on places like OpenSubtitles.
Also you can OCR the DVD/Bluray subs using SubtitleEdit and then export as SRT. Requires a bit of work and babysitting, but helps for niche stuff or special features.
