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Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by Semaphor on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:56AM (#42644369)
A while ago I used whisper (or rather an OSS subtitle tool that used whisper, sadly can’t remember the name; it also converted burned in subs to proper ones via OCR) to generate subtitles for a season of a Show (4 season DVD set, 1 had proper subs, 2 burned in subs, 1 no subs -.-), too old and not popular enough to have "scene" subs, it worked impressively well. The most memorable thing for me was that a character’s scream was properly attributed to the correct character.

I’d love a feature like that for Jellyfin eventually.

Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by stzsch on Thursday January 09, 2025 @07:10AM (#42644461)
You can setup a bazarr instance to use whisper as a subtitle provider.
Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by Semaphor on Thursday January 09, 2025 @07:23AM (#42644549)
Looks like it only works if you use the *arr stack, which I don’t.
Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by diggan on Thursday January 09, 2025 @07:38AM (#42644696)
If you're already using Jellyfin, then why not? Don't want to complicate the stack?
Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by aquova on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:05AM (#42644933)
I've seen this sentiment a lot, and it's always confused me a bit. I only use Jellyfin as well, I've never really seen the appeal of the *arr stack. I really don't see the appeal of having a firehose pointed at my Jellyfin instance, which requires like eight additional services that need to run.
Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by diggan on Thursday January 09, 2025 @08:24AM (#42645141)
> I've never really seen the appeal of the *arr stack

Automation I suppose. I only run Sonarr/Radarr, so two additional services. They both work exactly the same, so it's basically "configure once, run twice".

I eventually ran out of patience to find the right releases and what not, and now enjoy a life where I can just input the title, then return one hour later to everything setup for me. Any new episodes/movies will just be available automatically in Jellyfin next time I open it up on the TV. Helps that other people in the household are also able to use it, so we've got rid of all streaming services now.

Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by internet101010 on Thursday January 09, 2025 @12:28PM (#42647844)
I am mostly in the same camp but there are a few quality of life improvements that I recommend:

1. Overseerr - add tv/movies in one place 2. Custom feeds as import lists so that new, popular stuff is automatically getting added 3. Kometa (for Plex users) - custom collections via trakt and burning imdb/rt/metacritic scores into cover art

Re:VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles by diggan on Thursday January 09, 2025 @01:36PM (#42648539)
> 2. Custom feeds as import lists so that new, popular stuff is automatically getting added

What do you mean with this? Are you automatically downloading things based on popularity solely, or does this mean something else?