After being frustrated trying to find proper subtitles to my films I decided to code my very own desktop gadget. A few of the programs I found out there want you to pay to use. While they do offer a lot of functionality, I am not that keen on shelling out top dollar for something I use once in a great moon! So I got busy and programmed a very modest and easy to use gadget for just that purpose. My gadget extracts the 64bit hash of any film file then locates using the OpenSubtitles API the proper subtitles for that film. Some of the handy features include:
[*] Simple drag & drop design
[*] Semi-transparency (so it won't bother you.)
[*] Keep on top/bottom options
[*] Lookup by movie name (IMDB support as well.)
This little application has already helped me out a lot in the downloading of proper subtitles for my films. I hope that someone out there can find use for it as well. I enjoyed creating it, and I hope that the community enjoys using it as well! Below is a picture of the gadget.
You can download directly from here: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/SubtitleGadget.rar
Source Code Download: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/Su ... get.sc.rar
:: See Installation Notes ::
Video Demonstration (1080p available)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMU9CesQDpo
*Installation Notes:
This program has not been tested on the MS-Win(XP) platform and therefore additional downloads & libraries may need to be installed prior to core application. To install the gadget please follow these steps carefully, if you have any questions regarding installation or operation (as well as suggestions) please feel free to post via this board. You may also email direct at: [email protected]
Install Instrutions:
[*]Download the Application (using the given link above.)
[*]Extract the contents of the RAR file (if you do not have an application for RAR, please visit: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)
[*]Open the Extracted Folder
[*]Run Setup.exe
Additional libraries maybe downloaded via the automated installation kit included with the application at the time of initial installation. However, in some cases these installations fail. Known libraries needed are Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 (which maybe obtained via:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en. Other tools maybe needed as well, this program was tested on Windows 7 64bit build (but was compiled to run on 32bit systems as well.) I hope that you enjoy this little application as much as I enjoyed the creation of it. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you, and enjoy!
:: UPDATE ::
Yeah, I konw about thirty minutes after compiling and then publishing my widget I noticed a very small flaw with the program. I couldn't stand that so I just had to go in and redo the application. So I fixed the flaws, and added a lot more detailed comment to the source as well. Here are a few things that I added/fixed with the application.
[*] Now you can drag & drop no more than (5) files at a time (as I dropped 1,300 on to it, and you don't even wanna know what happened to my PC LOL ) You can drop 10,000 + onto the widget but the widget will only render results for the first five.
[*] Made the widget go into a hibernation state whenever a connection with opensubtitles.org cannot be established (no sense opening those web browsers up if you can't get out anyways, right?)
[*] The program will not accept drag and drops if opensubtitles.org cannot be reached (either due to downtime, or no Internet connection.)
[*] Added a monkey-load of helpful comments to the application that will allow my fellow programmers to take this bull by the horns, and run with it!
Future Updates:
Right now there are now official future updates planned. However, that does not mean that they will not come if/when/as needed. I may include a feature that will recursively scan a given movie folder and then allow you to download all of the subs you desire at once. However, that project may branch off into it's own seperate program - am not sure how that is going to work out yet. Other than that if you are a programmer and see a bug with the widget that perhaps I missed then download the source: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/Su ... get.sc.rar and give it a go! If you are not a programmer and would like to suggest a change/modification please feel free to reply to this post and I will do what I can to assist/help you out - just as quickly as I can! Thank you all!
DOWNLOAD LINKS: Updated: 8/14/210 @ 11:04 MST (USA)
English: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/SubtitleGadget.rar
Spanish: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/Su ... get-ES.exe
Chinese: http://superfarm.freeftp.eu/download/Su ... get-zh.exe
Please Note: That we are continuously adding additional languages and features to the application. If your language is not currently present then please feel free to post a comment on this board asking for you language. You may also contact me directly through PM. We will do our best to have your language ready within a few hours of your initial request.
Upcoming Languages: (By 8/21/2010)
[*]Arabic
[*]Hindi
[*]Portuguese
[*]Bengali
[*]Russian
[*]Japanese
[*]German
[*]Navajo
[*]Cherokee
If your language is not listed in the upcoming releases, then please do not worry - just attach a post to this board and we will be happy to create a language version just for you! The great thing about open source is the willingness to recognize that not everybody speaks English as their primary language (though I do), and the ability to not be limited in your creations - by providing the best service possible to those whom are different! Thank you everybody!