dotsub 2.0 is up!
We are happy to announce that dotsub 2.0 is up and running.
You can check out the new and improved dotsub at http://dotsub.com/
Getting screen shots from dotSUB.
Getting screenshots for your movies is simple if you know the ID of the film.
Simply type in http://www.dotsub.com/media/665bd0d5-a9f4-4a07-9d9e-b31ba926ca78/p and the screenshot should appear in your browser.
This would also allow you to programatically create list views with the screenshots on your own website.
Methods for online video acquisition using Windows
There are two easy methods that can be used to save videos from the internet to your hard drive. Each method revolves around the use of a specific program. These programs are Firebug and FLV Grabber.
Note: The programs are available at http://getfirebug.com/ and http://www.flvgrabber.com/. FLV Grabber is easier to use than firebug. However, it only runs on a Windows operating system. On the other hand, firebug works on non-Windows operating systems.
How to acquire videos using FLV Grabber:
Step 1: Open FLV Grabber in your startup menu.
Step 2: Play the video you wish to download. Once it has started playing, copy the URL and paste it into FLV Grabber.
Step 3: Click on the “Grab it” button. FLV Grabber will now begin to download the file onto your computer.
Step 4:Once the video is downloaded, click the new button. The directory in which the file was saved will be opened. Once you have located your file, you will be able to upload it to other sites.
How to acquire videos using Firebug
Note: Firebug is a free extension for the Firefox web browser. Amongst other things, Firebug allows users to download videos from video sites. To acquire a video from a website using firebug, you must be using the Firefox web browser.
Step 1: Play the video you wish to download. Once the video has started, open firebug in the “tools” menu.
Step 2: In firebug, select the “net” menu tag
Step 3: Look for a file ending in “.flv”; this is the video file. *Disclaimer: On youtube, the .flv file in firebug is conveniently named “get video”. The name of the file changes when your mouse cursor is over it.*
Step 4: Right-click on the .flv file and select “copy location”
Step 5: Paste the URL in your Firefox search bar.
Step 6: A download will begin.
Step 7: Once the download is complete, single-click on the file to edit its name.
Step 8: Re-name the file so that it ends with “.flv”
Step 9: The file is now ready to be uploaded to other websites.
The dotSUB embed schema explained:
The DotSUB Flash player is available in 3 different sizes (soon to be 4), and each one can be embedded in your HTML with a simple line of code:
<iframe src="http://www.dotsub.com/media/c986a31f-3218-4e8e-ad14-9aab17bdb206/e/m" frameborder="0" width="420" height="347"></iframe>
The IFRAME code in this example references the medium sized player. You’ll notice at the end of the URL, there is a “/m” for “medium”. To change the size, you can simply change the “/m” to a “/l” for large, or an “/s” for the small player. If you change the URL in the IFRAME code, you’ll also need to change the height and width attributes to make sure the player fits inside the frame. The sizes are as follows:
Small : width="320" height="272"
Medium : width="420" height="347"
Large : width="480" height="392"
A default language can also be set in the embedded player by adding the 3 letter ISO language code to the end of the URL scheme. For exmaple, here is a reference to a small sized player with Spanish as the default language:
<iframe src="http://www.dotsub.com/media/c986a31f-3218-4e8e-ad14-9aab17bdb206/e/s/spa" frameborder="0" width="320" height="272"></iframe>
This will set language dropdown list in Player to Spanish, and the Spanish subtitles will start playing immediately, since the default behaviour of the player is to start playing when a language is selected from the drop down box.
If a language is not set in the URL, the player will pick up the default language from the browser. To over ride this behaviour and force the user to select a language by have the default item “Select Language…”, add “none” to the end of the URL as follows:
<iframe src="http://www.dotsub.com/media/c986a31f-3218-4e8e-ad14-9aab17bdb206/e/m/none" frameborder="0" width="420" height="347"></iframe>
We are working on a fourth player for large “cinematic” 16×9 widescreen films, and it may even be available by the time you read this post. You can check it by pointing your browser to
http://www.dotsub.com/media/c986a31f-3218-4e8e-ad14-9aab17bdb206/e/xw