They just need a paid account and they can keep appending to it.

"Open"subtitles has like a 1k dowload/day limit, which should cover most media.

Thanks! But I just found the former redditor/data hoarder who did all the real work.

In the era of VPN, many users share the same IP too. You can reach the limit before downloading anything.

Then create a free account and it's no longer limited by ip and you get double the anonymous limit.

How many subs do you download at a time??
Juat spread it out or cough up some cash ... >_>

Since you deleted the comment I replied to:

There's six big ass bold numbered paragraphs detailing the differences between the 'VIP' (paid) users and 'non-VIP' (free) users.

There's also a link to the REST API docs where the first thing it details is exactly how authentication is handled. Specifically: an application looking to interface with opensubtitles will have an api key embedded by its developer and without logging in further will have 5 free downloads/day, that can then be expanded by the end user logging in with their (free or VIP) account.

That documentation lists anonymous accounts (not signed in as a specific user) as rated limited to 5/day. That doubles to 10 for signed in (but still free) users and grows further with VIP.

The OP doesn't, but the REST API Docs say:

Your consumer can query the API on its own, and download 5 subtitles per IP's per 24 hours, but a user must be authenticated to download more. Users will then be able to download as many subtitles as their ranks allows, from 10 as simple signed up user, to 1000 for VIP user.

https://opensubtitles.stoplight.io/docs/opensubtitles-api/e3750fd63a100-getting-started

Though that's not fully 'unauthenticated', as the above is discussing the use of a developer API key. Though that would be built into whatever app is being used.

I mean I've been a pirate for a WHILE and you generally do see ads on opensubtitles subs. Generally it's opensubtitles saying you can advertise with them, or credits for subtitles that stay on the screen for way too long, but this has been a thing forever now, I don't recall a time when this wasn't done.

I don't think I can take the moral high ground on it seeing as...well, I am a pirate lol. We out here doing our best to stay afloat, opensubtitles included.

Oh, no harm done then, lets keep allowing every online resource to implement shitty money grabbing tactics

Do they include subtitles for every language?

Also, wrong fucking audience. The people using this are pirating.... what do they think is going to happen when they put a paywall in front 😂

.....make money off a crowdsourced service. They didn't write the damn subtitles.

Ah the reddit formula

This will just create new competition for them. I have been watching anime for several years and never once had to go through opensubtitles. Most releases now have the subtitles integrated so what is the value they bring to the whole thing?

Edit: I just realized I'm replying the one an only db0, you are the best, cheers!

That is why I pay for open subtitles

Lost me right here. Personally I'm not ever going to pay for a service where the work done by volunteer users, for free, is filling some random person's pockets. An argument can't even be made a la RedHat here - there's literally no value being added to the volunteers' work by OpenSubtitles...

OpenSubtitles literally has pulled a shXtter here IMO

you know.... most companies include subs in the DVD or file.
For free.
You're paying for a service that should be the universal standard.

Opensubtitles does not create the subtitles, that's done by the community, which is being monetised and sub authors get nothing out of it.

Would you work for free for your workplace without a compensation beyond a $5 bill and a pat on the back at times because your boss felt generous?

Misleading question. These kinds of communities are volunteer-fed, so you are basically asking me if I would work for free for a charity, which is the point. Things change notoriously when the boss then decides to monetize the entire thing for themself and not for you.

Yeah probably all integrations are gonna break 😐

I hate them for injecting embedded ads to subs anyways, so hopefully they ruins the platform more so an alternative can emerge.

5 downloads a day is pretty generous as I used them four times in my life for my pirated movies.

True, but quite often the subtitles are in vobsub which sucks.

Is it? It's a simple text file, the download costs them close to nothing. 20 subtitles per day is laughable, especially because other people make the subtitles.

Do you get ads in the subtitles though?

"Subtitles downloaded by VIP members are free from any embedded ads, offering a cleaner viewing experience."

I haven't used opensubtitles much but have been considering setting up bazarr, using a source that embeds ads in subtitles would be a non starter for me.

I would even be totally willing to pay for increased download limits but not if it means supporting putting ads in the free subtitles.

We can't and the addon doesn't seem to be open source, I could modify it to let us login

Shit I just started using Jellyfin. How do I do this?

Plex uses .com for sure. .org has been deprecated for a while.

I think in the email they sent out they mentioned that each IP would be able to download 5 per 24 hours and "registered users" 10 per 24 hours. Paid members would be restricted to 1,000 per 24 hours.

It's 15 bucks a year for VIP, if I understood it correctly, then I am of the opinion there is nothing here to get mad about for "regular users".

Idk where you read that. In the article, if you click to read about their new REST API:

Your consumer can query the API on its own, and download 5 subtitles per IP's per 24 hours, but a user must be authenticated to download more. Users will then be able to download as many subtitles as their ranks allows, from 10 as simple signed up user, to 1000 for VIP user.

I did, it includes none of the information you posted regarding non-VIP accounts.