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Sublight 5.0 Premium was available as a giveaway on May 29, 2015!
Automatically search and download subtitles for movies with Sublight. It is an easy-to-use application for Windows, which automates multiple tasks and saves your time. Are you learning a new language? If you do not understand the speech in a movie or video, Sublight will be a necessary tool for you!
Please note: the software includes a 6-months license (equals to 1000 points).
Windows Vista/ 7 / 8/ 8.1/ 10; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or newer
8.8 MB
$5.5
The trick is to have an original DVD or Blu-ray source and mux out your preferred subtitles/PGS stream (tsMuxerGUI) (freeware) and then convert if you wish to using (BD Rebuilder) (freeware) Needs decryption software (not free). It's a roll of the dice otherwise. To scan for forced subtitles use BDtoAVCHD (freeware).
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Sorry (my bad) for Blu-ray only.
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The program is very automatic and renames downloaded files to match the movie filename on my drive, and puts the subtitle where it belongs directory wise, let's you play it immediately from inside the program (it found and called my default VLC player), and let's you try, try, try again to find more accurate subtitles with minimum pain -- Google search and SubScene.com do NONE OF THIS.
The program can use constant tweaking in future issue to work better with a series of files, and can better identify what you've got and what you need, and renaming downloads or overwriting subsequent download trials was not clear to me.
You GOTTA read their web site HELP for all the neat stuff it can do -- RIGHT DOWN MY ALLEY!
http://www.sublight.me/help/?topic=tips-and-tricks
Thanks -- I'll be looking for v6 and v7 improvements, but I can work with this, it's pretty quick to switch and find a subtitle that works.
... and yes, I can always try manual search outside SubLight, and manual tools, to find and align old stuff like "Adam's Rib 1949 Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Judy Holliday".
Thanks.
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Works quite well, no problems encountered (Windows 8.1 64-bit). Tried with a movie and a TV episode and it identified possible subtitles quickly enough.
Agree with Philo Vance and others that finding subtitles that are a good match for any given video can sometimes be easy but usually is a very time-consuming process (whether using a Google search or going to the individual subtitles specialty sites such as Podnapisi).
So the $5.50 subscription for this certainly isn't a burden, considering that it could well save lots of one's precious time.
Looking at www.sublight.me/TOS (the Sublight Terms of Service) I have a question about paragraph 6. User account policy: a) if user does not login into system within one year then user account is automatically deactivated .... If you pay your $5.50 and don't use it for a year, does this mean that you will have to pay again to resubscribe to the service? Surely not. Clarification please!
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I just installed this to a Windows 7 machine in a custom directory and it worked fine. I tried a batch run with a folder of files and it was able to automatically download and name about 70% of the correct subtitles for the movies in that folder. I am very very pleased with this program after 1 use and I will be glad to pay for it after 6 months. This is going to save me lots of time since my parents are hard of hearing and need me to constantly find subtitles for them for everything.
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Because I am a little deaf I download subtitles for everything I watch. Sublight is the best of several context menu downloaders I've tried and I gladly paid for a subscription. Those who suggest a Google search is just as efficient don't know what they're talking about. Many Google hits for subtitles take you to a placeholder page on which there are actually no appropriate subtitles. I would like Sublight to be a little more flexible about batch searches for TV shows but it's easy to use http://www.addic7ed.com for those. For single episode searches Sublight works well For movies Sublight is indispensable and well worth the penny per download it costs. Occasionally I'll use Google as a last resort if I don't like what Sublight comes up with but almost never find anything better. Highly recommended.
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I just go to
http://www.podnapisi.net/subtitles/search/advanced
type in the name of the movie, and download the appropriate one. Good for MANY languages. They have always been perfectly synced. Usually I can find one with the exact name of the particular movie file I have.
Pprefer not to have apps for things I can do easily without them.
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Yes you can, this is manual alternative, where you have to search, download, unzip and rename subtitle. If it does not match or if it is not good enough you have to repeat procedure.
Sublight tries to simplify this: automatically tries to detect synchronized subtitle (+ download + unzip + rename). If you have collection of videos you can use batch job to automate even more.
There are users who don't find this task easy and users who would like to save their time.
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How hard is it to just go http://subscene.com/ and look for your file? For FREEEEE!
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is no fast at all, you must search the sub, download, unzip, rename as the original mofie finame, sublight do all this, much more faster.
i used the software for 1 or 2 years, work pretty good
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Thanks, Zer0Squared. I much prefer subscene and in addition it is free.
By the way, I found this review about today's GOTD software Sublight 5-0 by a user named Panos, in Softpedia website. It may be worth while to read it.
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[First off this isn't freeware, to download subtitles you need to contribute either in money or subtitle uploads. Not only that but the points you purchase "expire". I complained about it to the dev who basically told me to go screw myself. The sleaziest thing is that the program itself gets it's subtitles from free sources. Obviously a useless, money grabbing piece of software since there are a myriad of free alternatives like OpenSubDownloader and even playback software that can get you subtitles like BSplayer.]
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So the business model is to get stuff that is free from open sources and then charge other people money for it on a continuous 6 monthly payable basis. In my book, that is WRONG.
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Hello. Sublight is not free because we have to develop it and pay our servers. Personally I think that price is very fair (from approx. 3.2 USD per year).
Regarding user 'Panos' from Softpedia: we are professionals and we respect our users. We never did and never will insult any of our users. If someone thinks Sublight is not good enough... It is hard to create software that suits everyone (but we do our best). If someone is insulted because it is not free we kindly try to explain reason for our model.
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Tried todays giveaway; it was fantastic. Wish its subscription limit would be little more…
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If it is really that good, after 6 months US$ 5,50 won't bankrupt you!!
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Actually works quite well.
Have been useing website Subscene to get subtitles
This is a lot more simplified - just drag and drop video file that needs subs into Sublight 'Drop Video File Here' box and a few seconds later a list of available subs listed.
Tried with an episode of TV show 'Justified' season 3 and got a sub nicely synced.
Eliminates annoying pop ups, ad banners, and misdirections from websites like opensubtitles
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Another plus is that it renames sub to the name on the video file which is needed for correct playback
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"Another plus is that it renames sub to the name on the video file which is needed for correct playback"
Don't know if this will help or not [though of course I hope so].
Many players nowadays will recognize a .srt file named like the movie, & can display the file's contents as subs. Players that do not work with .srt files may work with subs in a graphics format -- .srt is one of several formats for text-based subs, mainly used in developing a DVD before release for example.
Probably the most common use of graphics based subs is DVD/Blu-Ray, though Nero Recode can also embed a graphics based sub stream, along with audio & AVC video in a single .mp4 file [I think there are a few tools to do the same with .mkv]. Since on-line .srt files are probably OCRed graphics subs, the original graphics based subs are generally more accurate.
It depends on the DVD &/or Blu-Ray authoring software whether it'll use subs, & if so, if it needs text or graphics based. There are software tools to turn text based subs into graphics based subs if you need to, e.g. Subtitle Edit.
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Franke.
Never had a problem because of a mismatch between the subtitle and video file name in VLC.
VLC does recognise that the subtitle file is there if they have the same name.
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This software is not for XP.
Only for Vista onwards.
You need Net Framework 4.5
Unless, one is hard of hearing, there is no need to have English subtitles when watching an English language movie.
However, if I am watching a Japanese language movie, or an Indian movie or a Chinese movie - then is this software able to search and download the necessary English subtitles for the Japanese, Indian and Chinese movies?
My guess is that this CANNOT do so.
Which completely defeats the purpose of having subtitles, if it can only search English subtitles for English language movies. (except for those with hearing problems)
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Sublight has plugins for 12 different databases, including Russian and Chinese :)
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ric's point is absolutely correct : I need brazilian portuguese subtitles. If I can't get them with this software, even if it is a super good program, it is no good for me.
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It finds English language subtitles for movies in all languages. I downloaded several subtitles with it, none were for English language movies, as I can manage to understand that language all by myself... mostly...
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I've just had a play with this and I really like it (well, other than the six month limit on the credits). It's of course limited by the subtitles that are available, but with a bit of thought I found several new ones and it avoids the endless hunting for the "real" download button on the subtitle sites, avoiding all the iffy ones. I also like the auto rename on download. Good stuff. (My only criticism is it does show a lot of nonsense subtitles when it doesn't get a match, often based on the first word of the title only.)
BTW I tried SubMagic and it crashed on startup (Win7x64) but the retiming option on SubShifter worked nicely.
Also note it doesn't really install into C:\ by default, it's just waiting for you to tell it where to extract it to. I couldn't see any registry entries added on install.
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I wonder where they get the subs? Sites who offer subs are closed down because it's copyright infringement. I have doubts this program gets the subs legally.
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Sublight is like specialized Google engine. Instead of detecting pictures and offering general searching, Sublight can detect movies and offer subtitle searching (synchronized if possible). Perfect for people that don't understand spoken language or having difficulties with their hearing.
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Offering Subtitles is not "copyright infringement" subtitles are not protected under the DMCA. and believe me if it was illegal the software would not be on here.
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FWIW to basically clear the air...
Subs & CC are (C) in the US -- often it's listed that way in the credits, or at the end of whatever movie or program the subs/CC state that. On a DVD/Blu-Ray there's often a separate screen saying who produced the subs with the (C) notice.
In a way doesn't matter though because since the switch to HD, most cable/satellite content has the protected flag set & you will have to jump through all sorts of hoops to get that CC stream to turn into subs. You can usually save the stream for over-the-air broadcast, then extract the CC however.
When the subs are originally on a DVD/Blu-Ray, there's no doubt what-so-ever that distributing anything on those discs without permission can land you in court.
"Sites who offer subs are closed down because it’s copyright infringement. I have doubts this program gets the subs legally."
There are loads of sites up hosting what the content owners call illegal downloads. If it was easy to close them down many of the folks working for businesses like the MPAA would have to find a way to make a living. OTOH pointing to that content rather than hosting it yourself might keep you out of hot water.
"... and believe me if it was illegal the software would not be on here."
There have been several DVD &/or Blu-Ray Rippers, along with several Blu-Ray players. Reverse engineering DRM to make those apps work is against the law, as is using anything from (C) code used for DRM or playback without permission. TO do anything about it though would require someone owning that property to take whomever to court, e.g. what happened to DVDFab.
AFAIK unless the courts give some sort of order forbidding it however, hosting downloads of software is not a problem. It's like a store selling knives -- a knife is only a problem if the buyer uses it illegally, which the store has no control over & so is blameless.
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Attempting to run in XP will produce this message.
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i have this problem, Win32 is not a valid 32 application.
Whats up with that, does that mean it doesn't run on 32 bit.
Some shedding of light please.
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If you are using XP will not work,or you have to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or newer
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I tried installing MS .Net Framework 4.5 and 4.0.
Like OP has mentioned below, this may possibly may not be for XP, only Vista and above.
But i am on Xp and am not able to run it. Too bad, i really could use this.
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Quite often in the past subtitles I have downloaded have been either out of sync or the wrong length
for the video.
SubMagic
This FREE program will correct these faults in a split second making the subtitle file usable, the following is a link to it:-
http://www.submagic.tk/
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Yeah, that could be a big problem. Original video on DVD/Blu-Ray usually includes subs that are graphics in a separate stream. TO turn those into text files [e.g. .srt] they have to be OCRed. That can introduce problems/errors. The video itself can have slightly different lengths, sometimes depending on region or release etc., & with Blu-Ray having little timing info, if the video is re-encoded that can mean missing frames, throwing off sync with the original. Depending on the software used, you can have a similar errors re-encoding DTS audio.
You can also pick up submagic here http://www.videohelp.com/software?toolsearch=submagic&submit=Search&portable=&s=&orderby=Name&hits=50
Videohelp.com has a bunch of sub software available -- you might like Subtitle Edit &/or Subtitle Workshop.
http://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/subtitle
http://www.videohelp.com/software/Subtitle-Workshop
http://www.videohelp.com/software/Subtitle-Edit
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mike.
Was referring to SRT files, not really interested in embedded subtitles.
Recently wanted an SRT file in Spanish for the hilarious "What We Did On Our Holiday” but none was available.
Translated an English version into Spanish with Google translate and it seemed to work out very well according to my somewhat limited Spanish.
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@XP-Man http://subscene.com/subtitles/what-we-did-on-our-holiday
set the language filter to spanish. they have 17 subs just for the language you wanted. Personally i use subscene.com for movie subs and addic7ed.com for tv subs, i don't have a use for software to search out subs, all the software does anyway is query these type of sites anyway.
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As an active uploader of subtitle myself I think this tool is a bit unnecessary furthermore user will require to spend to enjoy full benefit although it was optional.
I prefer to browse subtitle site myself such as subscene or opensubtitle directly some of you might complain it does not sync with certain video but it actually can be fixed easily with the tool here
http://subshifter.bitsnbites.eu/
It might be not as convenient but hell yeah it's free.
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I have problems with my hearing and this software is great for me! Thank you!
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Installed (and not registered) on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system.
The GOTD installer extracts the sublight files to a specified directory. No installation needed, but you have to create an account at sublight. No email needed for this.
A company without name and address, an active blog exists, the software is from 2015.
http://i.imgur.com/4fHWN9K.png
For a contact, you have to work with captchas...
http://i.imgur.com/3aCc11O.png
After sign up you receive points...
http://i.imgur.com/9S7y1GY.png
You drag&drop your video or you enter the title. I entered "cleopatra", the database found some movies, you can select the appropriate subtitle and download the srt file.
http://i.imgur.com/mStl6HS.png
In my short test, this works without problems. My points have been reduced by one:
http://i.imgur.com/uLicWCd.png
In my short test, it does what it claims.
I'll keep it for future subtitles, I have 999 left till the end of this years.
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zInstaller is broken. File is a WinRAR self-extracting RAR file. The default location (primary/root/SublightPremium)in my case C:\ or M:\ on each system, trips security notices from both Avira and Stealth.
In 2015 you have ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to install in the root directory. It's just bad programming to do so. Or laziness. Take your pick
Forget my software security, what about the uefi modules some people install. Or GRUB-S loaders? This could be grounds for a refresh from software such as IceBox and ColdFreeze, causing a reset to the last "saved" refresh of the OS image. And kissing my data goodbye for the last 6 days.
Tried various locations and STILL can't get it to register. Very sad.
Not sure if the file is "actually" signed as it has two competing corporate signees
Softdeluxe Ltd and Symantec both showing an April 7 2015 signature.
The only conclusion I can come to is that this requires me to sign up with sublight or give up my google info. And it's over an unsecure connection to connect to google.
I'll give them the botd and wait for a reply but this is /not/ off to a good start.
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You can create a sub-directory in C:Program Files\ and install it there.
Contrary to false impression, this software is NOT portable.
It writes entries to your registry. Especially several Remote Access Parameters.
In my PC, it had 9 registry entries which I deleted.
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This program is not portable since it requires .NET framework 4.5.x. I downloaded the "portable" version on the web site and tried to launch it without success because it requires .NET framework 4.0. You have many more poor programs written in C# (.NET framework) than in c++ for reasons I can't explain here. Hence, installation on "C:\".
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@John Clark: Google authentication is optional for users who would like to have Google username/password for Sublight. Regarding security: it is not insecure as you may think. Sublight uses secure Google OAuth 2.0 API which redirects you from Sublight server to Google authentication server (which uses HTTPS). You never give your Google username/password to us because we don't know it (and for security reasons we don't want to know it). It is Google itself who tells us back if you entered correct username/password combination.
If you don't trust us you can ask Google for more details or you can use Sublight username/password.
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“Automatically search and download subtitles for movies with Sublight.”
Would a search with Sublight be more automatic than with Google?
“the software includes a 6-months license (equals to 1000 points).”
But Google includes a lifetime license, without counting points, whatever they are.
It seems to me, Google puts Sublight in the shade.
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Hm, not quite. This application can automatically find correctly synchronized subtitles. Google can not do that.
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So I'll spell it out for you.
In Google, enter:
Subtitles
Google then will find correctly synchronized subtitles in the language you want, if any.
In contrast, if you just enter the movie title in this tool, it can't find correctly synchronized subtitles, though I don't know about dragging and dropping the file. Someone could inform us on this.
As for those voting down Google, they obviously don't know how to use it.
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"As for those voting down Google, they obviously don’t know how to use it." Or perhaps they're found so many things out about Google that you don't know that they absolutely despise Google for good cause.
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Don't have a horse in this race myself -- it's entirely up to you whether you prefer Google or whatever -- but subs are (C), & therefor Google *may* not show some results because they were removed per take down requests.
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is behind my understandin how google can find sincronyzed subtitle... instead of tell "people dont know to use it" why dont spend 30 second to explain?
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@Gary Sellars
Quote: “As for those voting down Google, they obviously don’t know how to use it.” Or perhaps they’re found so many things out about Google that you don’t know that they absolutely despise Google for good cause.
Hm, it would make a good point, but... at least we know pretty much about Google. In contrary to: "A company without name and address" - as Karl (Comment #3) describes this kind of software companies.
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tomcat said: "...though I don’t know about dragging and dropping the file. Someone could inform us on this." So you wrote an aggressive 'review' of this software without fully examining it? Seriously?
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As one who has actually created these subtitle files using the open-source subtitle editor "Aegisub", I've found no software solutions capable of automatically syncronizing subtitles to a given video.
Expecting exact syncronization between a subtitle file and videos located through any of the search engines can be a case of wishful thinking. Because no two videos from differing sources are "cut" exactly alike, and subtitle timing is relative to the start time of the video file, it has always been necessary to manually tweek timed scripts to new video sources.
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