Question About Finding Subtitles in Different Languages with Matching Release and Timing

[bogyka00]

Hello,

I have a question regarding subtitle matching on OpenSubtitles (API).

My app always displays an English subtitle (order_by: 'download_count', first match). I would like to obtain one subtitle for each language that corresponds to the same release and timing.

For example: https://api.opensubtitles.com/api/v1/su ... load_count

English Subtitle Example:

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json "slug": "arcane-s01e02-some-mysteries-are-better-left-unsolved-1080p-nf-web-dl-ddp5-1-h-264-tepes-en", "release": "Arcane.S01E02.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-TEPES", "file_hashes": ["5833a147253e5285", "00f458c360b87a1c"]

Using the file_hash (e.g., "00f458c360b87a1c"), we were able to find the corresponding Spanish subtitle:

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json "slug": "arcane-s01e02-some-mysteries-are-better-left-unsolved-1080p-nf-web-dl-ddp5-1-hdr-hevc-tepes_track11", "release": "Arcane.S01E02.Some.Mysteries.Are.Better.Left.Unsolved.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.HDR.HEVC-TEPES_track11", "language": "es", "file_hashes": ["0a3a09c18f581e7c", "00f458c360b87a1c"]

However, we were unable to find the Swedish version using the same file hash or the English release name:

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json "slug": "arcane-s01e02-some-mysteries-are-better-left-unsolved-1080p-nf-web-dl-ddp5-1-x264-tepes", "release": "Arcane.S01E02.Some.Mysteries.Are.Better.Left.Unsolved.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.x264-TEPES", "language": "sv", "file_hashes": ["0a3a09c18f581e7c"]

In some cases, there is no file hash provided, or the release name is slightly different, but the subtitle still includes a common identifier like "TEPES", which could indicate the same release, regardless of details like resolution (720p vs. 1080p, etc.).

Is there a way to reliably match subtitles across different languages, even when file hashes and release names differ slightly?

Thank you in advance for your help!

[oss]

Hi

we have this functionality in opensubtitles.org API. It is called SubTSGroup/SubTSGroupHash - the idea is to match timing from one subtitle to another one.

With API on .com not sure when this functionality will be implemented.