It's getting impossible to watch a specific show as an English learner (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Sites with closed captions are a challenge to find; I've managed for a bit, and I found great ones.

However, now I'm trying to watch a show called Tokyo Vice where open subtitles aren't working, and I have to find Nova ones.

However, sites that have them don't work 99% of the time for this show; I've tried hundreds.

The frustration of not being able to watch a show and chill before bed is huge; this show I quoted isn't even available in my country.

So yeah... This was my rant.

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[-] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I only watch an episode every 1-2 days, and I don't consider a paid VPN worth for torrent this little, neither I wanna torrent without one in this age.

After like 3-4 nights I spent trying different sites rather than watching, I'm considering just going without closed captions even if I don't understand everything.

Totally sucks if you ask me, it's getting a challenge to be a pirate lately

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Is learning a language and enjoyment of your show not worth $1-2 a month? How are these dodgy sites safer to rawdog than Usenet or torrents?

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Torrents expose you to uploading risk unless unless you turbo leech I guess.

Users if the dodgy sites aren’t on the radar of the media companies in the same way torrent downloaders are.

[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

If you're willing to set up Stremio, Torbox is only $3 a month for its cheapest plan with API access.

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Some players can shift timing of the subtitles. Then you can just adjust timing of any subtitles with correct framerate. You can even adjust the framerate. Once you learn how to do it, it's fast and simple.

[-] dfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can use stremio with http addons (that's what I actually do) https://stremio-addons.net/addons?categories=http+streams&sort=popular

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