For this one show (John Oliver) I download, I always get ALL CAPS and poorly synced subtitles. The text seems OK, but it’s barely usable because very off-sync. I’m curious: where do these subs come from?

  • @Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    91 year ago

    The subtitles could be for an alternate release of the show that is either offset by a fixed amount or runs slightly faster or slower.

    • @nicocool84@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      31 year ago

      Nah, because it’s like no text for 30 secs, then “3 lines per second” (faster than you can read), then more or less synced, then again too slow/too fast. That teletext explanation someone else gave is more plausible. I cannot believe that the original are that bad, so my guess is that the way they’re ripped has issues.