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Holy batman the takes in this thread are pretty terrible. You can still get full data dumps, you can still use the free API but they are limited the number per

Holy batman the takes in this thread are pretty terrible. You can still get full data dumps, you can still use the free API but they are limited the number per period. As a heavy user of OpenSubtitles this change looks completely reasonable for such a wonderful service.

RainaRelanah 3y ago
The site is down so I can't read the full post, but going off of what's been said in this thread, I generally agree w you. This doesn't stop your casual Plex user from using OpenSubtitles. Viewers all download their subtitles from their own IP, and can authenticate/pay if they want more. It does punish pirate streaming websites from taking thousands of subtitles per day while illegally publishing content.
- petemir 3y ago
  The Archive link was posted in the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38289869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38289869
bugfix 3y ago
The "full data dump" contains only some metadata and the download link for the file. You can't get all the subtitles from the dump.
- infecto 3y ago
  Well you can, it just takes the extra step of grabbing the download from the page. I have done it before but I dismissively misspoke and should have said full index of subtitles available.
  - CRConrad 3y ago
    But can you -- without paying? AFAICS, only if there are fewer items in that full metadata list than the number of pages you can download for free. And the impression I got from this discussion was that this is definitely not the case.
  - bugfix 3y ago
    If you don't pay, they'll limit you to 5 downloads per 24 hours. If you pay for a "VIP" account you can download 1000 subtitles per 24 hours. How long would it take for you download all 6.260.893 subtitles listed in the "dump" with these limits in place?
elaus 3y ago
This is the second commend I read from you where you argue that a full data dump is still available for free, so the change wouldn't change anything about the service being 'open' – but it seems to just be incorrect: the only data dump that I can see is meta-data, arguably of not much use for most of the users.
- infecto 3y ago
  Yes metadata + url to the page which I have easily parsed out the download link before. Your right, the way I said it was not the best.
yokoprime 3y ago
No, you cannot get full data dumps
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RainaRelanah 3y ago

The site is down so I can't read the full post, but going off of what's been said in this thread, I generally agree w you. This doesn't stop your casual Plex user from using OpenSubtitles. Viewers all download their subtitles from their own IP, and can authenticate/pay if they want more. It does punish pirate streaming websites from taking thousands of subtitles per day while illegally publishing content.

petemir 3y ago
The Archive link was posted in the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38289869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38289869

bugfix 3y ago

The "full data dump" contains only some metadata and the download link for the file. You can't get all the subtitles from the dump.

infecto 3y ago
Well you can, it just takes the extra step of grabbing the download from the page. I have done it before but I dismissively misspoke and should have said full index of subtitles available.
- CRConrad 3y ago
  But can you -- without paying? AFAICS, only if there are fewer items in that full metadata list than the number of pages you can download for free. And the impression I got from this discussion was that this is definitely not the case.
- bugfix 3y ago
  If you don't pay, they'll limit you to 5 downloads per 24 hours. If you pay for a "VIP" account you can download 1000 subtitles per 24 hours. How long would it take for you download all 6.260.893 subtitles listed in the "dump" with these limits in place?

elaus 3y ago

This is the second commend I read from you where you argue that a full data dump is still available for free, so the change wouldn't change anything about the service being 'open' – but it seems to just be incorrect: the only data dump that I can see is meta-data, arguably of not much use for most of the users.

infecto 3y ago
Yes metadata + url to the page which I have easily parsed out the download link before. Your right, the way I said it was not the best.

yokoprime 3y ago

No, you cannot get full data dumps

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