Re:Why did Crunchyroll's subtitles just get worse?
by o11c on Monday October 06, 2025 @08:14PM
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It really shouldn't be "extremely expensive to re-encode each language’s video files!". Has this industry not heard of transparent overlays?
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Re:Why did Crunchyroll's subtitles just get worse?
by Izkata on Monday October 06, 2025 @08:31PM
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That explanation doesn't make sense because they are doing that: there's a few groups that explicitly rip and share Crunchyroll's subtitles (one is mentioned in the article).
Re:Why did Crunchyroll's subtitles just get worse?
by silicon5 on Monday October 06, 2025 @08:42PM
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Most anime on Crunchyroll are softsubs. There's a single video file for each supported resolution, an audio file for each language, and a subtitle file in the highly versatile .ass format (Advanced SubStation Alpha). There are some anime in hardsubs, but usually older legacy series such as were originally DVDs.