Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On?

Re:Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? by ajolly on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:47AM (#36927899)

I watch them with a 2 second delay on subtitles so I don't read the text before the audio plays.

But if something isn't clear, I can then glance at the subtitles.

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Re:Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? by tdubhro1 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:10AM (#36928027)

I never knew you could set a delay! Is this widely supported?

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Re:Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? by porridgeraisin on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:24AM (#36928424)

SRT is a text file with a awk-able format that you can just write a script to update all the timestamps of. There's also a bunch of online services that do it. VLC has it built-in (track synchronisation - you can set delays on video audio and subtitle tracks individually).

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Re:Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? by kebsup on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:34AM (#36929764)

A great thing in VLC are "h" and "k" (I think) shortcuts, which shift the subtitles 100ms forward and backward.

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Re:Why Is Everyone Watching TV with the Subtitles On? by justinclift on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:10AM (#36929967)

Yes, changing the delay of subtitles is extremely widely supported and has been for many years.

At least, that's in the common Open Source video players such as vlc, mpv, mplayer, etc.

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