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Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

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1113 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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ksdnjweusdnkl21 ◴[18 Aug 24 07:26 UTC] No.41280757[source]▶
It sounds stupid but the killer feature for me is possibility to have multiple subtitles visible, all easily configurable with a few keybinds (track, offset, position, size etc). No streaming service provides this, and they actively omit subtitle languages that aren't "relevant" to your geolocation. I cannot respect a service like that.
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1. iwishiknewlisp ◴[19 Aug 24 00:47 UTC] No.41286833[source]▶
Mpv is great with subtitles. Not just being able to switch through subtitle tracks and configure positioning, but also being able to automatically find and play external subtitle files when playing a video. I wrote an article about this: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/mpv-subtitles-automatic. Only issue I found is the documentation for what subtitle formats are supported is lacking. You have to look through ffmpeg code to actually find what formats are actuallly supported.

Additionally, https://subdl.com/ with https://github.com/alexanderwink/subdl is a great resource for finding and downloading subtitles from the comand line.