Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ssangchu Heaven's Guide To Watching Dramas With Subtitles :)

There are many fansubbing groups out there and most of them prohibit uploading hardsubbed videos of their subs, BUT they allow downloads of these subtitle files for personal viewing. As many opt to watch the videos on sites like youtube, viiki etc because it's the easiest way, I would like to tell you right now the wonders of HQ video files hahaha! It's very easy! [And there is also the issue of many users viewing the same file as you (viikii) or videos getting deleted before you get to watch it (youtube) xD]

I am a fan of Japanese movies also, so I wanna share with you some tips and tricks of a drama/movie fan :)

I apologize as these are very rough instructions right now, but just feel free to ask if you happen to stumble upon errors and whatnot xD

Downloading:
  • Having Orbit Downloader is very useful. Why? If you're downloading from say, Megaupload, they do not allow you to download multiple files at the same time. However OD can let you bypass this :) And there is no download limit also *evil laughs*
  • But if you only need to watch an episode at a time, downloading normally is perfectly fine ^^
Viewing:
  • I have Windows 7 so I didn't need to use a special player. Windows Media Player Classic is mostly used, also you can use WM of your own but you gotta install a bunch of codecs if ever you do not hear or see the video. I personally recommend installing VLC. This player does everything for you without the need to installing codec packs! :D
  • Direct Vobsub is used to view subtitles in your raw videos. Install the file on your computer and you should be ready to view nice subtitles!!! Just make sure the video file (mostly on .avi) and your subtitle file (mostly .srt, .ass, .sub files) are in the same folder. Also make sure they have the same names!
If you haven't watched Playful Kiss Episode 1 yet, and wish to see it in high quality, try these links:

Subtitle File: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R32UXTVV

**These two files have different file names so you have to rename them.
Ex: PK1. avi and PK1.ass (and remember they have to be in the same folder okie?)

That's it! Hopefully it works hehe~