jaSubs

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A "fork" of InterSubs, but for Japanese only.

Interactive subtitles for mpv, that was made to help study Japanese.
Easily tweaked and customizable.

NOTE: This project is unstable as for now and has some bugs

• Supported dictionaries for words:
  • Jisho
  • Google
  • Offline \t separated dictionary. (Like the one provided jp.dict)
• Supported dictionaries for sentences:
  • Google
• Can use multiple dictionaries simultaneously.
• Reassigning mouse buttons functions in config.
• Doesn't work with DVD (picture based) subtitles, only the text-based ones.
  • Script to convert picture based subtitles into *.srt; also extracts them from *.mkv

Installation

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Clone this repository in your mpv scripts folder:

$ cd ~/.config/mpv/scripts
$ git clone https://github.com/HasanAbbadi/jaSubs
$ ls -a
. .. jaSubs

Requirements

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• mpv 0.27 (I don't know if it will work with mpv front-ends.)
• Xorg (ignore for Mac users)
• composite manager; xcompmgr or picom. (ignore for Mac users)
• python => 3.6
• python-pyqt5
• python-numpy
• python-requests
• sudachipy and sudachidict_core (likely installed with pip)
• lua
• socat
• pkill
• xdotool (for hiding subtitles when minimizing mpv or switching window)

Usage

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• Start video with mpv & select subtitles.
• F3 to start/stop jaSubs.
  • Starts automatically with files/paths specified in jaSubs.lua
• Point cursor over the word to get popup with translation.
• F6 to hide/show without exiting.

Buttons bellow may be reassigned in jaSubs_config.py

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• Left-click - show translation in your browser.
• Right-click - translate whole sentence
• Wheel+Ctrl - resize subtitles.
• Wheel+Shift - change subtitles' vertical position.
• Wheel-click - cycle through auto_pause options.
• Wheel-click-left/right - +/- auto_pause_min_words. (fancy mouses)

Notes

• Issues and Pull Request are highly appreciated