# Subtitles Tools?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\
**Created:** [February 3, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955 "2016-02-03T14:06:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![JayDz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaydz/32/154834_2.png) [@JayDz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JayDz)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/1 "2016-02-03T14:06:09Z")

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Maybe this is the wrong location but I’ve tried different tools to download subtitles.  
I have tried filebot, sublight and now sub-zero. American horror storie season 01 / Orphan Black Season 02. All those files seem to grab not synced subtitles. Some start good but end not synced, wrong frame rate I think. Sub-Zero seems nice, I’ve tried version 1.3.20 and also sub-zero downloads the not synced subs. What am I doing wrong? File example name:  
Orphan Black - S02E09 - Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done - ECI.mkv (ECI is release group)

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**Author:** ![JayDz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaydz/32/154834_2.png) [@JayDz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JayDz)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/2 "2016-02-03T14:07:28Z")

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Edit filename is original downloaded file name:  
Orphan.Black.S02E09.Things.Which.Have.Never.Yet.Been.Done.-.ECI.mkv

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**Author:** ![STaRDoGG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stardogg/32/89128_2.png) [@STaRDoGG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/STaRDoGG)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/3 "2016-02-04T01:21:50Z")

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Ever try [Subtitle Edit](http://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit/ "Subtitle Edit")?

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**Author:** ![JayDz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaydz/32/154834_2.png) [@JayDz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JayDz)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/4 "2016-02-04T09:32:30Z")

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> @STaRDoGG said:  
> Ever try [Subtitle Edit](http://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit/ "Subtitle Edit")?

I think that only works for 1 subtitle at the time?  
I got like 15 series with all dutch and english subtitles, that would take too long for me.

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**Author:** ![STaRDoGG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stardogg/32/89128_2.png) [@STaRDoGG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/STaRDoGG)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/5 "2016-02-05T01:54:04Z")

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> @JayDz said:  
> I think that only works for 1 subtitle at the time?

I’m still pretty new to it myself, so not sure if there’s a batch feature to it. I did notice it has some nice things in it, like an “auto fix” feature. Maybe just running a sub through auto fix will sort out the timing issues. If that did solve the timing issue, it also has some command-line ability for converting between sub formats, haven’t checked if it supports other command-line features, but if it supports it, you could probably write up a quick .bat file to run all of your subs through it doing an auto fix for each sub.

Side note, I always check any .mkv I download in MKVMerge (toolnix GUI) for any non-english subs and just remove them, since I’m only interested in English subs. If you’re wanting to remove the Dutch ones, that’s an option.

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**Author:** ![JayDz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaydz/32/154834_2.png) [@JayDz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JayDz)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/6 "2016-02-05T08:36:21Z")

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> @STaRDoGG said:
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> > @JayDz said:  
> > I think that only works for 1 subtitle at the time?
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> I’m still pretty new to it myself, so not sure if there’s a batch feature to it. I did notice it has some nice things in it, like an “auto fix” feature. Maybe just running a sub through auto fix will sort out the timing issues. If that did solve the timing issue, it also has some command-line ability for converting between sub formats, haven’t checked if it supports other command-line features, but if it supports it, you could probably write up a quick .bat file to run all of your subs through it doing an auto fix for each sub.
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> Side note, I always check any .mkv I download in MKVMerge (toolnix GUI) for any non-english subs and just remove them, since I’m only interested in English subs. If you’re wanting to remove the Dutch ones, that’s an option.

Thanks I will look into it later, I want to have english and dutch subs btw 😛

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**Author:** ![JayDz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaydz/32/154834_2.png) [@JayDz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JayDz)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/7 "2016-02-05T08:46:17Z")

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> @STaRDoGG said:

Where do you find the auto fix? Do you mean visual sync? (I dont think that visual sync can be automated by batch do you?).

And the command-line utility, i think you need to manually enter the framerate to change that, it would be so nice if subtitle edit would detect the video framerate also. Sorry havent used this before :)\>-

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles-tools/133955/8 "2020-01-08T19:55:07Z")

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Closed on January 8, 2020, 7:55pm UTC


