Tips & Tricks for finding Pesky Subtitles

[keep_it_breezy]

Hi Guys,

I'm wondering if we could get a thread together where we share tips and tricks for finding subtitle files (especially when they're closed captions, they seem to be a nightmare sometimes).

Of course they're easy to grab when they're defined in the .mpd, or if you can find them in a .srt / .vtt that are just requested by the browser, but how are people finding them when it's not obvious? When they're not in a clearly defined file?

Would love to hear your tips and tricks. Thanks.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

The easiest way is to let all requests load and save them all as HAR collection in a single Txt file. You then search for your subtitle using lucky random keywords: srt, subtitle, vtt, etc. Sometimes you'll get the subtitle URL in a random JSON response. Sometimes you'll get the subtitle not as a file or URL but its content directly as a JSON response. If you don't find anything look for base64 responses, decode them, and repeat. Other times the subtitle isn't even found in the requests, but rather the JS code. I didn't manage to find a subtitle for this URL until I debugged the javascript.

https://vuighe3.com/akuyaku-reijou-level-99-watashi-wa-ura-boss-desu-ga-maou-dewa-arim...i-den-hoc-vien

It's rare but some are that desperate to hide some subtitles. If you debug the js, you may not even get a URL in some cases but the content directly in some random variable. I think your post fits better into the "Subtitle" section of the forum.

[LZAA]

https://vuighe3.com/subtitle/2024/01/10/147862_en.vtt

[keep_it_breezy]

https://vuighe3.com/subtitle/2024/01/10/147862_en.vtt

Could you please walk through the process for finding this? Did you do something to what the poster above suggested?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

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This is one way to go for it. I dunno if it's the easiest one for this specific case but it's nice to know it exists as a viable solution.