To make sure most of the special symbols of the file are displayed correctly make sure the subtitle file you load is encoded as UTF-8. VLC extensions work better with UTF-8 encoded text.
Just check the " Remove tag" box before making a search.
InstallationĬopy the subtitle_word_a file in one of the following directories depending upon your operating system, and the availability you want for other users:
VersionsĬheck releases to download a specific version. This way you can look up online dictionaries to get translations, meanings, and others. With this VLC extension you can search on web search engines the words displayed in the SRT subtitles of a video. How do you use subtitles in media player (if you use it at all)? Do you have a better trick to share? Do let me know in the comment.Search for words in the SRT subtitle files of your videos playing in VLC.
It allows you to watch online videos with subtitles. Since we are discussing subtitles, you may want to check out Penguin subtitle player. It has just one subtitle source: opensubtitle. It saves some time for sure.ĭrawbacks include lack of subtitles sources. You don’t need to go on web looking for a subtitle, download it, extract it and then add it to VLC. In case you are absolute beginner, try the following command to go to the downloaded directory: cd ~/Downloads/vlsub-master/Īnd then copy the file to the extension directory: sudo cp a /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/ Now move or copy the a file in the above mentioned directory. Use the following command to create the desired directory for vlsub. For that you need to create the extension directory first.
You need to add this file to VLC extension.