A lot of shows/movies come with available subtitles. This extension searches the folder the playing video is in for appropriate subtitles. Default is set to English. Language can be changed by modifyng variable _TARGETLANG via a text editor. Use _REVERSESUBSELECTION to reverse subtitle selection order.
-- Update 2020-08-13 This extension will automatically activate on each video played in vlc. You can turn this off by changing _AUTOREACTIVATE from true to false
-- Update 2021-05-15 _REVERSESUBSELECTION flag was added allowing users to reverse subtitle selection order
## Instructions
1. Download extension 2. If you primary language is not English, you can change the default language from English to your language by updating the variable _TARGETLANG in the downloaded .lua file. Else, skip this step. 3. Depending on your OS, copy lua file into
* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions * Windows (all users x86): C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions * Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\VLC\lua\extensions * Linux (all users): /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/ * Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
4. Restart VLC player and play a movie 5. In the menu, click Views and the VLCSubber
Tested working on Win 10 x64
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Update 1.8 - 2021-05-18
Reverted to v5 and re-added features to resolve bugs
10I've tracked down and fixed the issue.
Before the line: "local dr = vlc.io.readdir(dir)" in the search function. I added this:
if ISLINUX then
dir = "/" .. dir
end
Apparently, the "/" was missing causing the folder not to be found.
It works now, Thank you for the script works great!
6Tried to create issue on repo site, but didn't have permissions.
Two feature requests: first, the code comments say it will choose the sub file with the largest file size for the desired target language. Please reconsider or allow option to change. Using english as an example, the smaller filesize is usually what is wanted because that the "forced"/foreign language translated to english. The larger filesize is usually the closed-captioned subs where there is a lot of non-spoken, descriptive text (ex. "man nods head", "lady licks lips").
Second request- the audio streams are usually tagged with a language. If the user wants subs for a certain language, but the audio is already in that language, default to not displaying subs. This logic should apply to both external file subs as well as built-in subs.
@flipflop Its ordered by alphanumerical order and coincidentally, they ordered in small to large file size (at least the subs I've been using). I added a flag option to reverse it. I also tried implementing the audio logic but some vlc props weren't available when I tried using them. I'll give it a look when I get some time.
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10 I've tracked down and fixed the issue. Before the line: "local dr = vlc.io.readdir(dir)" in the search function. I added this: if ISLINUX then dir = "/" .. dir end Apparently, the "/" was missing causing the folder not to be found. It works now, Thank you for the script works great!
lua error: Could not activate extension! in vlc 3.0.17.4
does not appear https://ibb.co/n8XqsJY Windows 10 and vlc 3.0.12
@tutingo Just tried it on Windows 10 x64 with vlc 3.0.14 and it showed up. Make sure to restart it after dropping it in the extension folder.
the file extension was in txt
6 Tried to create issue on repo site, but didn't have permissions. Two feature requests: first, the code comments say it will choose the sub file with the largest file size for the desired target language. Please reconsider or allow option to change. Using english as an example, the smaller filesize is usually what is wanted because that the "forced"/foreign language translated to english. The larger filesize is usually the closed-captioned subs where there is a lot of non-spoken, descriptive text (ex. "man nods head", "lady licks lips"). Second request- the audio streams are usually tagged with a language. If the user wants subs for a certain language, but the audio is already in that language, default to not displaying subs. This logic should apply to both external file subs as well as built-in subs.
@flipflop Its ordered by alphanumerical order and coincidentally, they ordered in small to large file size (at least the subs I've been using). I added a flag option to reverse it. I also tried implementing the audio logic but some vlc props weren't available when I tried using them. I'll give it a look when I get some time.