mmmm the idea behind the program is great but something that's been missing... (sorry for my english, I am spanish spoken) ...
No problem. English is not the first language of most here. Otherwise we wouldn't be as interested in most of these subtitles.
Let me explain with this example, the file: "the_west_wing.1x01.premiere.ac3.dvdrip_xvid-fov.avi", but I know that the same file (or tv episode) maybe to stay with diferent names on the net... and diferent hashes because it came from diferent people that ripped the same movie/tv-series from tv or DVD, and if the subtitles aren`t well sincronized, I can sincronize it later with the "subtitle workshop", from urusoft...
One quick clarification:
If you have different hashes then you have different files.
You can't confuse the hash with a specific movie or filename. A Hash is a unique identifier for a file. The contents of the file are irrelevant.
If you have a .mpg of a movie and a .avi of a movie it doesn't matter if it's the same movie. The hashes will be different and they will refer to two different files.
It's important to be clear about this or it can lead to some of the confusion you have.
Your first example doesn't show any problem, just misunderstanding.
Another examples:
"The 4400 - 4x04 - The truth and nothing but the truth by sanchitos 2" or: "The.4400.S04E04.DSR.XviD-ORENJI" (names of the files that I saw for this file) may be these files, are the same, but the program only let me browse for the EXACT NAME of the file, and NOT type only "4400" and let me pick the (one o more) subtitles that are useful for me (sorted by date) ... in this case, the soft perhaps never found a subtitle (because this file has very different names in the net) and the name that I have is not the same that are in opensubtitles now.
SubDownload is a program especifically made to search for hashes, not filenames. You can only search by using a file to be hashed.
This is not a bug or an error. This is like this by design. If you want to search by name then you have to use the webpage. If you want to search by hash you have to use SubDownloader. This is so as to be able to have some sort of ads and banners that could pay for the service you enjoy for free.
SubDownloader makes it easier to search on the web allowing you to right-clic on a file without subtitles and search by name on the webpage.
If you want to search by your own name then you use opensubtitles.org directly.
Remember, SubDownloader doesn't care about the name of your files. I rename all my files as soon as I get them. SubDownloader searches by hash (which is unique in each file).
I want to say that a movie or tv show can be the same, no matter if the name of the file, the file himself (and the hash) are diferent... the computers do not watch the movies that we like
they look only for the files that have the audiovisual contents...
You misunderstand how SubDownloader works, clearly. This is not a bad thing but it leads to all sorts of misconceptions.
These is the intended process, so you can understand better how it all works:
1.-You get a new file (movie, tv program, etc.). You can rename it or move it to a specific directory.
2.-You run SubDownloader on it.
2.a.-You get one or several subtitles for it. You select one (for each language if you download more than one) and download.
2.b.-You don't get any subtitles. In this case you:
3.-right-click on the file without subtitles and select to search for it in the website.
4.-From the results in opensubtitles.org you see if any seems to belong to your file. You download and test it.
5.-If it works then you upload it using SubDownloader so others can benefit from your work.
Also, if you adapt subtitles so they work with your files you should also upload these for others to benefit as well.
We can talk about this in spanish if you prefer, but you need to create a new post in the spanish forums and let me know about it.
And more, I ever rename the files as: "01x01-westwing.avi" and so on, because my dvd player (that let me watch them on TV) only recognizes the first letters of the name.. If I rename the files BEFORE the search, the soft will maybe unable of find a subtitle, no matter the hash maybe...
Again. You misunderstand how hashes work.
The ONLY thing SubDownloader uses to search for subtitles is the moviehash and the bytesize. It doesn't matter where the file is or what's its name.
I think that the soft needs a "search box" or the names that it picks from the files, would be more "generic" or that I can take only a part from the name of the file...
That's what the website is for. You go and search manually if SubDownloader can't find anything. It's not hard to implement a search box, but Opensubtitles.org lives through banners and advertising (or did you donate to it?) and these only show in the webpages.
The program is very AMAZING, but seems to me that without these functionality not works for me (and maybe, another people...)
You're free then to move to a better alternative, if you can find any. Let us know what else is there that does so much for automation of subtitle downloads.
we will ask capiscuas. He is now movin from WX to QT, changing GUI etc. I think next version should be 2.0
