Subtitle Downloader – find, compare, and download subtitles

Subtitle Downloader is a Python application for finding, comparing, and downloading subtitles from OpenSubtitles, SubDL, and SubSource.

It offers a keyboard-driven terminal interface and a non-interactive command-line mode.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Searches OpenSubtitles, SubDL, SubSource, or all configured providers concurrently.
• Combines OpenSubtitles hash and filename matches.
• Supports individual video files, multiple paths, folders, and recursive searches.
• Filters results by language, hearing-impaired status, and AI translation status.
• Downloads subtitles beside their videos or to a specified output directory.
• Provides a full-screen Textual interface with keyboard-driven navigation.
• Offers a non-interactive command-line mode for batch and automated workflows.
• Converts subtitle text to UTF-8.
• Removes known advertising lines from downloaded subtitles.
• Synchronizes subtitle timing with video audio using ffsubsync.

Website: github.com/ach-raf/opensubtitles_subtitle_downloader
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Developer: ach-raf
License: MIT License

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