Deprecated subtitles API opensubtitles.org

[josdemmers]

The API for opensubtitles.org is deprecated.

OpenSubtitles.org API important dates:

• 2022-06-15 registration of new user agents is stopped
• 2023-12-31 end of life, API endpoint will be turned off

The new subtitle API is here:
https://www.opensubtitles.com/docs/api/html/index.htm

Would be great if this could be changed to the new API.

More info at: https://forum.opensubtitles.org/viewtopic.php?t=17930

[v0lt]

I'm thinking of removing this feature from MPC-BE altogether. This can be done by the user on his own from a site convenient for him.

opensubtitles.org has never worked well for me. Most of the time it didn't work at all.
podnapisi.net works well in MPC-HC, but the code is confusing and I'm not interested.

Duplicate.
#62
#160

[josdemmers]

That is for you to decide. But you are correct, there are many ways for a user to find subtitles.
But sometimes it can be very convenient to quickly try a few different subtitles directly from MPC when your current subtitle isn't correct.

[v0lt]

Removed broken subtitle search and download commands in MPC-BE 1.6.7.10.
We're not interested, but if someone comes up with a working patch for MPC-BE in the near future, we'll take a look.

[Tarek-Hasan]

@v0lt, In v2.1.0 MPC-HC added OpenSubtitles.com subtitle search provider. If you are interested, please look into it.

[Aleksoid1978]

Not interesting.

[v0lt]

I'm waiting for someone to make a utility for downloading subtitles. Then I can call similar utilities from the player interface.
#319 (comment)

[Tarek-Hasan]

Hi, @v0lt
If you want to use a subtitle downloader tool to integrate with MPC, then why not just use existing standalone solutions like, QNapi, Bazarr, Subliminal or OpenSubtitlesDownload. Though, these might need slight modification.

[v0lt]

Hi, @v0lt If you want to use a subtitle downloader tool to integrate with MPC, then why not just use existing standalone solutions like, QNapi, Bazarr, Subliminal or OpenSubtitlesDownload. Though, these might need slight modification.

Which of these utilities definitely works and can get the path to a video file via the command line?

[v0lt]

• QNapi: Supports a few subtitle providers. Written in c++, so you may find it easy to implement in MPC.

I didn’t just ask whether these utilities work for you or not. QNapi doesn't work for me.

qnapic "c:\path\any file name.mkv"
QNapi 0.2.4-snapshot (Qt version 5.10.0), http://qnapi.github.io

 * Downloading subtitles for 'any file name.mkv' [1/1]
   Calculating checksums...
   Searching for subtitles [ru] (NapiProjekt)...
   Searching for subtitles [ru] (OpenSubtitles)...
   Searching for subtitles [ru] (Napisy24)...
   Searching for subtitles in alternative language [en] (NapiProjekt)...
   Searching for subtitles in alternative language [en] (OpenSubtitles)...
   Searching for subtitles in alternative language [en] (Napisy24)...
 ! Subtitles not found!

[lvqcl]

subliminal - the last release was 4 years ago and the project is "looking for maintainers".
qnapi - the last release was almost 7 years ago.

So no, they're not "actively maintained".