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[–] 249 points 2 years ago

It's true, one does not simply log into Mordor.

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  • [–] 205 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The exact moment OpenSubtitles becomes ClosedCaption

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago

    They are transitioning to their .com domain, whose only bonus, other than the wait time and ads, is serving files directly rather than zipped. They could offer this feature on the original .org site with no downsides (the traffic won't increase because 99% of devices will support gzip on the application layer anyway) but I wonder why they don't.

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  • [–] 164 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    OpenSubtitles is hot garbage, a viable alternative needs to exist. Pray for Subscene

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ironically, this might be an area where machine learning could be beneficial.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I've been watching a few projects that are attempting to live translate videos. We are very close

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Live is great but I don’t think it’d be feasible for most languages to be a real 1:1 translation in live.

    Even a 10s delay allows for the whole sentence/phrase to be captured and translated in entirety. A lot of languages can drastically change meaning due to a word on the other side of the sentence.

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    [–] 107 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are you watching this on a Nintendo DS or something?

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  • [–] 128 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It looks like they really wanted to get both frames in one picture, so they did the obvious thing…load one frame on your phone, another frame on your partners, and then take your 2007 flip phone out of the drawer and use that to take a picture of both of them.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (19 children)

    Side note: why is it SO HARD to put two images together into one image file on a smartphone? There are multiple apps that want $1.99/mo for the privilege of making a collage, Instagram Layout has been broken for years now, and the first party solutions (particularly Google Photos) are overengineered in some big ways (like not allowing you to make a collage without some kind of border) and underengineered in others (like not allowing you to choose an image from a search, make a different search, and then choose another image). And as far as I can tell the only way to actually put one image on top of another is to use Double Exposure on Snapseed.

    We've had this problem solved on Windows for literally my entire life, and I'm pushing 40. So why can't we figure out basic, no frills raster editing on mobile? I'm not even talking about layers (though, yes please). I'm talking about pretty much anything other than a filter.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    i've had this issue so many times I just gave up and now use gimp from vnc connected on localhost to termux

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  • [–] 102 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I once saw a movie where the subtitles before the movie were like "join my wow guild". Loved it

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    [–] 85 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I'm telling you, there will be a streaming service that will deepfake ads into finished movies. Darth Vader will turn at the at the camera and say "No, I am your father... and you should buy the Elon Musk biography on audible dot com for free"

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Slow down there, Satan. I kid you not, I had someone approach me to help develop technology like this a long time ago. The idea was to break into video streams at the ISP and insert advertising on the fly w/o prior approval.

    My reaction, after realizing this person wanted to turn the internet into an ad-encrusted wasteland*, was: "What happens when that video stream is something live with a LOT of money behind it, like the Superbowl?" The legal and professional ramifications didn't even clock with this guy. It was squarely in the "not my problem" category.

    (* More-so than it is now. I'm not saying we're getting off light, but this guy was a-okay with making everything look like the hallway bulletin board in a college dorm.)

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's the kind of guy who invents the idea of selling a subscription to seat heating in your own car.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Exactly. I tell this story to remind people that cynics aren't just old cranks on internet forums. They're also salespeople that decided to make some cash on our way to (consumer) hell, and they're entitled to a turn at holding the pitchfork.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I love buying stuff for free!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The catch is that you're signing up for a recurring subscription, and Audible plays the hard sell when you try to cancel your subscription.

    (If you're determined though, this can be great for you. I think I've gotten a total of 5 or 6 audiobooks for free from Audible thanks to their free first month and "please don't leave" unsubscribe flow and "please come back" emails.)

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    That's been going on since Blockbuster was a growth company. Like 20 years ago, for the TV (or maybe DVD, I forget which) release of Get Shorty, they 'shopped in an Oldsmobile Sillouette minivan as a product placement, replacing the original vehicle.

    "Its the Cadillac of minivans."

    edit: Actually, the Olds was the one in the theatrical release, which got replaced with another make/model for TV. All the releases I can find so far include the Sillouette.

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    [–] 63 points 2 years ago

    And for our next sponsor, check out Raid Shadow of Mordor

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago

    Leslie I typed your symptoms into this box and it says you might have network connectivity issues?

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    [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Samwise was a fellow who was always there with a ready smile and a network security recommendation

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    “One does not simply walk into Mordor…” Boromir turns to the camera and continues, “…unlike this video’s sponsor - nordvpn! With the code ‘flame of the west’ you can simply walk your way into an 85% discount off the price of a full years subscription! Thanks nordvpn, and now back to the council of Elrond”

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    This is pirate on pirate violence. Blasphemy.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Nord VPN can protect you from 3rd parties* that spy on your activities and sell your data.

    *Disclaimer: The Eye of Sauron does not apply. Offer not valid in Mordor.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (15 children)

    Mullvad>Nord

    Because:

    Monero>Snitchcoin

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I occasionally see those types of ads in subs downloaded through the Plex UI, but usually it's in an intro or at the end. Haven't seen them in the middle of a dialogue yet.

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I've had good luck lately with SubScene, I've only downloaded a few files though, so not a huge sample set

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    There are a few scripts available on GitHub to remove these ads automagically

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Can bazarr fix this crap? I got something similar recently.

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Some of them try and sneak an ad at the start or end. It's rare though.

    Most stuff now is mkv which has a good chance of including the subtitles straight from the Blu-ray or streaming service.

    I tend to wait for at least a digital or physical release before downloading so I don't get a load of blurry crap with an ad for an Asian gambling site splattered across the middle of it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I check my srt files for that kind of thing and just remove it. But i don't download as much material as many people, perhaps.

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