CHDBits open interview!

**Lucifer9999** · 04-07-2011, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by hotshot6473

it isn't the encoders job to OCR the subs for you. It is a tedious process and is more trouble than it is worth. Also they release the English subs rather quickly after the encode. Plus they are separate from the movie which is the best way to use them anyway and in the database forever

exactly!!

@megabyteme - 1. "proper" means nothing in p2p releases world..
2. they do not reupload the same release with the subtitle, they just add a link with the subtitle on the torrent's page

for me as a romanian is simple (and this goes for all non english natives), because no matter for the language of the movie (english, french, italian, russian, chinesse, etc..), and even it is english with parts in others languages, they all are foreign for me, so a unitary subtitle in romanian or english for the whole (when romanian is not available) is all what i need (and they can be found quite easy on sites specialized on subtitle -> so, i do not need that the encode to contain any subs...)

let's presume u are a native english speaker.. on chd u can find movies from a lot of countries, once again easy to find a subtitle in english on a specialized site (except u have the bad habit to prefer silly dubbed movies)
in the particular case when u are a native english and the movie is mostly in english, but parts of it is in other language (s), i am sure u can find other sources to fulfill your needs...

**shipwreck** · 04-08-2011, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Lucifer9999

who the fu*k gives a sh*t about subtitles or commentary audio streams, or, even worse, audio dubbing?? all that matters is the quality of the encode (cleaner the better)... don't be lazy, search for the subtitles (there are so many specialized sites), if is out of sync , synchronize it, it is very easy, for example use "subtitle workshop", or improve your english for US releases

'Foreign' movies? I actually hate dubbing and always prefer a movie in the original language, but while I do speak and understand a few languages, I don't speak all of them. And some English movies can only be truly understood with subtitles, e.g. those with very obscure accents.

It's not just subs, chapters (which only take a few seconds to add, for example) and other 'goodies' the MKV format allows would also be really appreciated.

P.S.: As I've said earlier, CHD and other chinese trackers actually do provide subtitles after a a while, including English ones. Thing is, they are often the very first source on various Blu-rays, so it's simply not possible to find working subtitles for them on those various subtitle websites. And synching subs yourself all the time is rather tiresome.

**mjmacky** · 04-08-2011, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by shipwreck

And synching subs yourself all the time is rather tiresome.

Not only that, but syncing subtitles kind of ruins the experience of watching the movie. I've done it a couple times before with a Thai and a French movie, and you end up watching some of the same scenes 10 times over. It gets to be even a bigger pain in the ass if you're doing forced subs, because you have to track down that scene. In many of these cases you're trying to sync the subtitles with audio in a language you don't understand.

**Emtorro** · 04-11-2011, 08:49 AM

Why are you guys talking about OCRing? It's very simple for the encoder to include the original PGS subs. The English subs that are linked at CHDbits practically ALWAYS contains tons of errors so the only thing I use CHDbits for is BD.
Also if you have access to the PGS subs you can OCR SRT subs if your crappy media player don't support PGS.

**shipwreck** · 04-11-2011, 10:06 AM

PGS subs are only relevant for remuxes. Encodes have basically always had text based subtitles (.srt or .ass) for compatibility reasons, making OCR a necessity. If the encoder was "lazy", crappy looking vobsubs (.sub / .idx) are included, converted from the original PGS subs.

My media player supports PGS, so I personally wouldn't mind and actually appreciate them to be included. But maximum compatibility is most important when it comes to encodes (that's why dxva compatibility exists, for example, and restrictions of reference frames etc.), and only few, newer media players support PGS. To fully enjoy remuxes (e.g hd audio), a newer media player / htpc is a necessity anyway, so PGS compatibility is less of an issue there. But there still are millions of first generation WDTV users out there, with no firmware updates to expect. The groups want their releases to be compatible as possible, so everyone can enjoy them.

**cibu** · 04-11-2011, 10:55 AM

I've just written a huge email and I hope i'll get the invite .

**shipwreck** · 04-14-2011, 03:06 AM

Re subtitle issue

To my pleasant surprise, HDChina, arguably CHDs most serious competition as far as Chinese HD trackers are concerned these days, have deciced to include 'retail' PGS subtitles in the encodes of their internal group by the same name. Not only that, they even include (titled!) chapters and extras in a seperate .mkv file. Considering the fact that they actually are the very first group to release an encode of that particular release ('Sacrifice', 2011), it's even more praiseworthy. Their internal group is really stepping up, and with such attention to detail, they are an excellent alternative to the already established groups like CHD and WiKi. Encoding quality is just as good from what I could see so far.

HD China are actually quite often the fastest to release full Blu-rays, too. Speeds are ridiculous (downloaded at 105Mbit/s right now). This ongoing, tough competition between the various chinese HD trackers is to the benefit of all. So if you can't or don't want to fulfill the CHD criteria, HDChina is an excellent alternative that has gotten even better now.

China = HD heaven.