The article says that "Subtitle files... are not encrypted". Netflix subtitles are really interesting to me, because they're aligned in different languages. A lot of unofficial SRT files have different timestamps.
The reason is that I'm trying to collect data for learning languages, especially Chinese. Kind of like VoiceTube [1] and Youglish [2] are doing for English. So far it's only for personal use, not a revenue-taking company.
I tried investigating a Netflix stream, but the subtitles weren't plain text! They were distributed as PNG files [3].
Does anyone have more information about this? Do the pirates really OCR the subtitles for their MKV files? (I doubt it). Is there another way to get the plain text? Contact me directly if you're afraid to comment publicly.
The reason is that I'm trying to collect data for learning languages, especially Chinese. Kind of like VoiceTube [1] and Youglish [2] are doing for English. So far it's only for personal use, not a revenue-taking company.
I tried investigating a Netflix stream, but the subtitles weren't plain text! They were distributed as PNG files [3].
Does anyone have more information about this? Do the pirates really OCR the subtitles for their MKV files? (I doubt it). Is there another way to get the plain text? Contact me directly if you're afraid to comment publicly.
[1] https://www.voicetube.com/
[2] https://youglish.com/
[3] https://www.slideshare.net/RohitPuri23/timed-text-at-netflix...