>volume level isn't a multiple of 5
>audio only comes out the left or right channel
>subtitles don't have proper capitalization or punctuation
>audio is desynced (or is it?)
>noticeable frame skipping
>subtitles aren't horizontally centered
>filename has a typo
>pause on a frame with motion blur
>>63251200
>subtitles don't have proper capitalization or punctuation
this triggers me more than anything
>subtitles don't mirror what characters say exactly
:^)
>>63251200
dumb frogposter
>>63251985
Dumb "dumb frogposter" poster
>>63251223
There are two schools of thought on this: one that says subtitles shouldn't have fullstops, commas, &c and another that says they should. I personally correct .srt files to include commas and fullstops. Spelling errors bother me more, honestly.
>>63251200
>>audio is desynced (or is it?)
this shit is very worst
jezus this post gave me palpitations
> unknown punctuation mark is displayed as a fuckload of percentage signs and other random junk
>pause on a frame with motion blur
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>63251200
>>63252093
when you arent sure if its audio desycned i tend to think its usually because the framerate has dropped from the original too low to see some of the mouth motion start/stop.
>forced to watch video without SVP artificial interpolation for superior 60fps
>>63252248
>interpolation
All terrible, but are they as bad as whencharacter speaks, subtitles don't appear?AND they appear in the next scene, so certain parts simply weren't bothered to be subtitledBonus autism if it's in a language that to you sounds like gibberish and it clearly wasn't a salutation
Literally RRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEE
>anime subtitles leave random words like "sensei" and "kawaii" untranslated
>>63252515
>get full subtitles
>they leave out the foreign parts
or
>subs are small as shit because handbreak doesnt scale subs down properly for several years.
>>63251200
>audio is desynced (or is it?)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>hmm I think they audio is a little out of sync
>tweak it a little
>now its better
>5 minutes later
>realise its worse
>try to tweak it again
>2 minutes later
>not sure if its still out of sync or if im imagining it
this is how shootings happen
>in french films, subtitles don't show when character answer oui, or no or bonjour
I'm pretty sure it's a conspiracy by the subtitlers. They are to brainwash me into speaking frog
>>63252120
>palpitations
Sheev?
>>63252571
>handbreak
>>63252652
>Movie has foreign speaking parts
>No subtitles out for the movie, nor for the foreign speaking parts
i wish i was autistic enough to contribute to frog threads
>>63251223
>sub OCR made capital Is Ls
REEE
>watch movie in English
>watch it at night so put on subtitles so you can still tell what they're saying when they whisper some words or that one character that slurs every word shows up etc.
>the subtitle-writer has re-written every sentence, putting in synonyms for the words and switched the sentences around for no apparent reason since they remain the same length
>some parts of the sentences are entirely dropped at random
>it's an official subtitle that the company paid for
It really must be piss-easy to get a job as a subtitler. I wonder what they're paid. Do the translating ones get paid extra?
>subtitles aren't horizontally centered
Ugh, why does Netflix do that? The deafies can't figure out who's talking?
Speaking of subtitles can one of you pizanos tell me if the subtitles in this vid are correct?
http://youtu.be/Mx2GoEV5yf0
>>63253044
>character who speaks with an accent or heavy slang
>it's completely lost in the subtitles
Why don't they just use the script, adjusting for any changes?
Are they scared people can't read fast enough or parse non-standard English? Is that why something like, "Guys, we gotta get outta here!" becomes, "Let's get out of here."?
>subtitles describe something with an adjective or adverb
>[peaceful music]
>[whistles happily]
>[startling gunshot]
>etc.
>disagree
>>63253167
>watch Snatch
>the subtitles read "do you like dogs?"
>>63253194
I love SDH subtitles. It's always hilarious when they describe some silly sound.
>there's a space left inbetween a word and the comma that follows it in the subtitles
>>63253003
>not going through and correcting .srt file manually
>>63253231
kek
>>63253110
Pls respbonb
>Subtitles aren't synchronized
>>63253167
maybe they figure better to have things short so you dont have to look down as much and doesnt take as much screenspace.
>>63253288
this is the worst. you sit down to watch a movie and then have your night ruined when the subs aren't in sync
>>63251692
Shut it weeb
>>63253044
it is incredibly easy, it pays shitty wages and that's why we get shitty subtitles.
I worked as one. there are certain rules and limitations to subtitles that make it impossible to write everything down exactly as was said. even if the subtitles are the same language as the movie. not enough space or time, for example
>>63253332
happened to me every time I tried to watch narcos on netflix. In addition to it being in SD for no good reason.
STRANGELY THE PIRATED VERSIONS DID NOT HAVE ANY SUCH ISSUES
>>63253288
>>63253332
The out-of-sync subs spoil the joke a few seconds before the character says it.
>>63253332
>>63253288
>not knowing how to synchronize them manually.
>>63253366
That doesn't explain the use of synonyms that are the same length as the original word, though. It's like the subtitler got bored and decided to do a little game of it.
>>63253366
I liked how crouching tiger hidden dragon originally had a machine translation edited by a guy who didn't speak chinese and hadn't even watched the movie
>>63253397
I know how to, but I shouldn't have to do it in the first place.
>that day when you realized you can perfectly understand the language and don't need subtitles anymore
It's like I was inside the movie
>>63253438
that's what I said. shitty wages + minimal quality control by the editor = shitty results
>>63253438
9/10, the subtitles are just the dub script. Which is why you get that bullshit.
>>63253449
So that shit ruins your night? No wonder America is getting kucked so badly.
>>63253397
You literally can't on appleTV. Which is the only way I've experienced netflix. My relatives are morons.
>>63253443
a lot of editors don't watch the movie/series with subtitles, they just correct their grammar
>>63253397
>subtitle is one second ahead
>no biggie, I'll just correct it
>ten minutes later it's three seconds behind
>then two seconds ahead
>repeat ad nauseum
On this subject, for some goddamn reason The Graham Norton Show ALWAYS has out-of-sync subtitles on iplayer. It's like the one show I watch in iplayer where I'd actually want subtitles, as well. And I don't know if you can fix the subtitle sync on iplayer.
>tfw you've memorized all the VLC hotkeys and can fix most of this shit instantly
>>63253397
It's a fucking hassle.
It's even worse when the sync issues aren't simple but happen every time the video skips frame and you have to adjust accordingly
One million times worse when that happens to the audio track.
>>63253508
this guy kept doing little bullshit flourishes that completely changed the meaning of scenes/exchanges, though.
You can find people bitching about the original translation, if you want.
>>63251200
>Subtitles have i as I and L as l
>>63253531
>VLC
Is it that easy using that plebware? Because in MPC it's fucking awful.
>>63253582
>plebware
it's the patrician choice
don't let no neckbeards tell you otherwise
>>63251692
Wasabi is a really fun example of that if you speak french.
The english audio doesn't match the english subtitles, the subtitles don't match the french audio, the french audio doesn't match the english audio.
Then I found a button that got the french and english audio to play at the same time with the french and english subtitles. My brain melted.
When I do encodes I OCR the picture-based subtitles and correct every error and misspelling. So many encoders just leave the picture subs or OCR them without checking, it is depressing/frustrating.
>>63253645
>watching my sister watch ranma with subs and eng audio
>notice this happening
>mfw
The people who 'translate' subtitles, or try to make their own when they have an english language knowledge of a 12 yo.
I'm french and nothing triggers me harder than that.
I mean its nice there is people who are willing to translate stuff for free and make it available for everyone, but when you're so BAD you actually get the meaning of the dialog wrong, you should just stop.
Its so infuriating to go through a dozen different subtitles files for a movie / episode only to find out that each and everyone of them has very poor translation or terrible sync.
Native english speakers dont know that feel.
I understand spoken english alright though so its not much of a problem for me anymore.
Its more annoying with british stuff like Peep Show for example, in which they talk less formal english compared to english american movies / series. So I watched it without subtitles, I understand it alright but I know I miss the little jokes and play on words.
>>63253573
dumb frogposter
>QT Asian girlfriend from Hong Kong
>One of those super-social Asians who always take selfies and shit, and has an obsession with Korean films
>Watch Korean movies with her; she doesn't speak Korean so she needs the subtitles too
>She constantly sits on her phone and every few minutes asks what's going on in the movie, I tell her to stop sitting on her phone and pay attention to the subs
>Go to cinemas to see new Bond with her and she keeps bringing the fucking phone out during the film. I tell her to stop doing that shit as the brightness will be annoying the cinema experience for others
>She covers her phone with my jacket and keeps texting during the film
>Feel the rage building higher and higher
>Next day we go to the shops and she sees all the Star Wars shit everywhere and tells me she has never watched a Star Wars movie before
>That night we watch New Hope. She brings the phone out straight away and doesn't even read the fucking crawl, having no idea who anyone or anything is in the movie as she doesn't read the setup
>Hear music coming from her phone, turn around in rage and see she's on Facebook and has the auto-play shit enabled
>Video of some stupid little faggot kid dancing in a cowboy hat to Gungnam Style comes on
>Snatch the phone away from her and turn it off, she demands I give it back
>Tell her she can either have the phone and fuck off, or watch the film with me and stay
>Grabs her keys, grabs her phone back and leaves
>We break up the next day
I don't know if it was the right thing to do or not, but jesus fuck that shit pissed me off.
>>63253653
You mean like those DVD bitmap subtitles?
Honestly I prefer those left as they are. Some people might not like seeing pixels, but OCR makes mistakes and often ruins the alignment if they were supposed to appear elsewhere on the screen.
Plus it just makes sense for archiving DVD rips. Exiled-Destiny have the right idea when it comes to animu.
>>63253736
You did the right thing.
>>63253736
Fuck that bitch
>>63253736
I felt at least three blood vessels pop while reading that. You did the right thing.
>>63253761
I mean the ones that aren't in the .srt (text) format. Don't know if they are called bitmap.
>>63253736
Was she really a qt 3.14?
>>63253736
>not a setup to a terrible pun
I don't know what to believe anymore.
ITT:
poorfag beggars bitch about free stuff not being perfect.
so, how is Africa guys?
>>63253736
welcome in the MGTOW movement
>>63253828
Those are the ones.
http://exiled-destiny.com/faq.html
>Q. Why did Exiled-Destiny start using Graphic Subs only/Stop using text SSA/SRT subs.
This gives a good explanation for them. Basically, they're what's on the DVD.
I like (plain) text subtitles too, but they usually choose a thinner font I can't read. White or bright yellow with black outline (about half as thick as the text) is master race.
Ridiculous ASS/SSA subtitles with lots of fancy effects and movement and shadows, glows, etc. are too distracting.
>>63253736
>Watch Korean movies with her; she doesn't speak Korean so she needs the subtitles too
I don't understand this obsession with Korean films or TV dramas, everything looks so tacky and pretentious, what's the draw? Sure they've made some good films every now and then but why is it spreading like this?
You also did the right thing.
>>63253946
What the fuck is this? Is it satire? A cult?
It looks like a more Web 2.0 version of that Dick Masterton guy.
>>63253736
You're just jealous because you can't be social.
>>63253875
third world subtitle translater detected
The only editing I do to subs is to make them big and yellow. I love big yellow subtitles.
When are movie subtitles going to get as good as anime subtitles?
>>63253954
I don't have a problem with graphic subs, but for some reason Plex only plays .srt files, so I always make sure to include them in my encodes.
>>63253997
You just described the draw. Women adore those things for some reason.
>>63253736
>QT Asian girlfriend from Hong Kong
>has to go poop during movie
>doesn't come back
>turns out she didn't go to toilet but shat on the street again
>cinema staff didn't let her back in
every fucking time
>>63254027
Well I don't have any friends, so that's probably true.
>>63254116
When normies become weebs
>>63253110
>>63253271
Somebody answer me
>go for monthly prostate exam
>toilet paper pieces on my pee pee from my morning fap
>doctor makes qt nurse clean my pee pee
>>63254116
Are those ASS subtitles?
>>63254200
>She tried to bring fried cat legs in again
>Now the cinema-appointed diving supervisor won't let you swim out through the clean water passage to get back to your row boat
>He makes you swim out through the flotsam chute that contains all the wood used by the cinema to make their rubber stamps
I'm sick of smelling like wood shavings everytime I go to the cinema. ENOUGH!
>>63251200
thanks YIFY!
>>63254396
I think so. As with most anime releases its encoded into the video container file.
Some fansubs put a lot of effort into stuff like this.
Another example
>>63254823
This is the original
>>63254598
>>63254823
>>63254852
I don't like this. I appreciate the effort involved, but there's no sense pretending closed captions are part of the animation. Subtitles are a meta thing that goes on top of the source video. We know the title of a book isn't written in English, so covering up the original drawing and then slapping "A Complete History of Japan" on top doesn't make a difference. Does it even add anything if you have to pause and read it? If it's important that a character is reading A Complete History of Japan, just stick that on the bottom with regular subtitles (like professional subtitles have done for decades).
>>63255148
I get what you mean, but some attempt to match the original styling could be nice.
>>63255643
Just different strokes I guess.
I remember seeing a newer Pokemon anime where the group matched some of the original pixel fonts and everything. That was a creative choice by the fansubbers, but it definitely had a charm to it.
But in general I think subtitles should be something you see "after" everything else. Even if you don't read a language, it seems like a shame to paint over animation and replace it with your own. It's like when Cartoon Network replaces rice balls with sandwiches or guns with water pistols. Leave the cartoon itself alone.
>>63255148
Rather, the translation should be on the sides, between lines, or something similar, to the original, and should follow the same style. It shouldn't be at the bottom because then it creates hard to follow main-vs-rest streams.
