Subtitle Searcher - SS

Command line script for searching video subtitles using OpenSubtitles.org APIs.

Features

• Recursive search: Search subtitles for all videos inside a directory (and sub-directories), making it easy to download subtitles for TV shows packs.
• Multiple languages: Search for more than one subtitle languages at the same time.
• MKV embedding: Can automatically create an MKV file with embedded subtitles, which is easier to carry around. Requires mkvmerge.

Install

Install using pip:

pip install ss

Requirements

• Python 2.6+, 3.3+, PyPy.
• guessit.
• mkvmerge (optional).

Usage

Pass the name of one or more video files or directories:

It will try to find the best match online, and automatically download and move the subtitles to the same folder as the video files.

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.ss.ini (or C:\Users\<user>\.ss.ini on Windows) as a standard ini file:

[ss]
languages=eng, pob
recursive=yes
skip=yes
mkv=no

The following options are available:

• languages: 3 letter codes with the languages to search subtitles for, separated by commas. For a full list of available languages, see http://www.opensubtitles.org/addons/export_languages.php.

• recursive: if directories should be recursively searched for movies (yes|no).

• skip: if movies that already have subtitles should be skipped (yes|no).

• mkv: if yes, it will automatically create a mkv file with embedded video and subtitles. Utility mkvmerge must be available in the $PATH environment variable (yes|no).

• parallel_jobs: number of concurrent threads used to download subtitles and create mkv files. Defaults to 8.

Support

If you find any issues, please report it in the issues page.

Changelog

See the releases page.