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I read the rules and it looks like this is allowed? not asking for links.

I gave up on piracy years ago. My big issue, at the time, was how often my torrents for movies didn't have subtitles for the foreign language parts. I know there were subtitle packs i could get but that didn't work for me because, at the time, my thing was tossing it on a flash drive and playing it on my TV. The day I broke and started paying for digital movies on things like google play was when i watch both Civil War and Apocalypse in the same day. So many parts of those movies where i had NO IDEA WHAT WAS BEING SAID

I just now have set up my plex server. I got it running over there on my TV and dusted off my old piracy folder to test it out. My big question now that im coming back to this world is.....whos the big names I should be looking for on torrents? Is there someone who solves my subtitle issue? Back in the day YIFY was my favorite for consistent quality.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there someone who solves my subtitle issue?

Yes! Bazarr is specifically made to make this task completely automated. Other people have mentioned Radarr and Sonarr, there's also prowlarr/jackett for adding uploaders to grab from. I'm using this setup, along with overseerr to handle grab requests, and as soon as I click a button to request media it usually shows up in 10-20 minutes on the server with subtitles. If you're interested in setting any of this up feel free to DM me!

Alternatively some great folks have been working on something potentially even better that uses Debrid to speed up the time it takes for the media to be on your server: https://lemmy.world/post/6196363

I have barely looked into this and I really couldn't say anything for sure, but you might be able to use that+Bazarr to accomplish the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay you've given me a lot! I'll probably be messaging you soon I'm very lost on all of this. Piracy has come a long way! I used to just download a torrent and watch the damn thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bazarr tip is great, especially if you use radarr and sonarr. Even without it, Plex will let you search for subtitles and can find decent ones most of the time. I ran into enough cases where tv shows didn't have subtitles so I made a bazarr docker-compose, pointed it at my movies and tv directories, and have had zero issues since. Automatically grabs it and everything, if you want subtitles on something you just downloaded you can go into the webui and search immediately instead of waiting too

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will there be subtitles specifically only for parts of the movies that are foreign language though? That's my big thing I don't want subtitles the entire time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh, that's more difficult, but should be doable in theory. It will likely have to be done manually (not sure if bazarr has a setting for it), you'll be looking for subtitles that have "forced" in the name somewhere. I know the subtitles you can get natively in Plex sometimes offer forced versions, but I don't watch many shows with foreign language in them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hrm shit. ill look into that. that was literally what drove me away from piracy in the first place lol. so many movies have random chunks where they slip into a foreign language. Like Apocalypse. Horrible movie but the shit with Magnetos family being killed was actually good.....the second time I saw it and knew what was being said anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I looked into it, bazarr does have an option for looking for forced subtitles so it can handle that automatically for you too! (Also hearing impaired and exclude audio options). You can set it on a per-language basis too if you happen to speak/read multiple languages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome thanks!!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YSK that there are plenty of DVDs you can lend at public libraries. Bring them and then rip them. No subtitle problem, high quality rip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to rip DVDs when I rented them from Redbox many many moons ago. But now that I have a 4K TV DVDs are simply beneath me and I'm sure the library doesn't have 4K

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly I never pay attention to who is uploading when it comes to movies, I just sort by most seeders.

Not sure if its part of the torrent or if its implemented by the app, but Stremio integrates subtitles really well in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll read up on that thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just make sure you read about the plugins

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In addition to plex you can set up software such as Radarr and Sonarr. This software can search for the media for you and you can set up quality profiles so you don't have to worry about who specifically uploads; just that it meets your quality threshold.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ok that sounds awesome