Open Subtitles

Add subtitles to any HTML5 video sites such as Youtube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and other stream sites.

Open Subtitles Add-On for Firefox: Enhance Video Viewing

"Open Subtitles" is a Firefox add-on that offers comprehensive subtitle support for all HTML5 video sites. With features like auto detection of video title, subtitle synchronization, and customization, it hopes to revolutionize your video viewing experience. This user-friendly extension supports popular sites like Youtube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and more, allowing you to add and customize subtitles as per your need.

Add-on stats

Users: 1,964
16
Version: 6.3.8 (Last updated: 2023-10-02)
Creation date: 2022-05-18
Weekly download count: 135
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • https://*.plus-sub.com/*
  • https://gqlos.plus-sub.com/*
  • https://*.opensubtitles.org/**/*
  • https://*.opensubtitles.com/**/*
  • webRequest
Size: 657.85K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Open Subtitles (v6.3.8)
3.50 (20) 9,000
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Open Subtitles extension provides subtitles experience to any HTML5 video site (youtube, netflix, amazon prime, hulu and other streaming sites)

Features: • Search - autodetection of title, download and view subtitles in videos from OpenSubtitles.com • Drag and drop subtitles file if you want custom subtitles • Supported subtitle formats: *.srt, *.vtt, *.ass, *.ssa • Works on iframes (embedded videos) • Synchronize subtitles to video • Customize Subtitles color, background color, transparency, font size • See transcription/text of video/subtitles, possible copy with shift+left-click • Jump to timestamp with left click

How to use:

  • Install the extension to your browser.
  • We recommend to pin it to navigation bar, so you can use it easily
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well without ads
  • Simple and effective
  • Excellent for movies missing subtitles
  • Has many useful features
Cons
  • Synchronization issues with videos due to ads
  • Subtitle overlap when font size is increased
  • Does not work with some sources
Most mentioned
  • Subtitle synchronization problems with ads
  • Effective for playing local subtitles
  • Useful features for subtitle management
User reviews
by Gripi_, 2025-01-23

This add-on works well - when there are no ads interrupting the video. But nowadays (in the West) this is rare. I have this streaming website called shout.tv, where I watch 30 minutes TV serials episodes. At the 0 second, when the website's player starts to play after I made a video request, it begins to play a 15 seconds long ad. And after that begins the video. But no matter when I start the opensubt add-on, and when I load into it the local subtitle from my computer, it could be during the ad or after a few seconds that the requested video begins, the subtitle is already 15 seconds ahead of the (requested) video. So the time of the subtitle, which can be seen on the add-on, and the time of the video, which can be seen on the website's player in the lower left corner, are different, by the duration of the first ad, which is 15 seconds. Let's say, the video shows that the time is 37 seconds into the video. But the subtitle add-on shows that the time is 52 seconds (37 + 15) and it shows me not the right subtitle, that would be the subtitle that is at the 37 sec time moment. So the subtitle shown on the video is not in sync with the video (and thus, the audio, the thing that is speaked). Surely, this can be fixed by applying a 15000 ms delay (because subtitles must appear 15 seconds later), and after that everything works fine. That is, until the next ad!... which is around the half of the video. And after that second ad, there's need for another adjustment. And is just not feasible, running around, patching time delays. I want to relax, not to get stressed. One fix at the beginning of the video it's okay. But not more. I don't know how subtitle add-ons in general know what time it is in the video? And if they can differentiate between an ad and a video that are played in the same player, one after the other, maybe based on some video ID?... Because if a subtitle add-on simply begins when the website's player starts, and there are ads intertwined into the video, then it's not OK. On billibilli, which is a Chinese streaming site, there are no ads, and this add-on works excellent. Usually, there's no subtitles to the videos there, the website's player doesn't have a subtitle button, and this add-on is a lifesaver, because I can play a local subtitle on top of the remote video, so that I can have a subtitle at all. Having video and subtitle coming from different locations, and combined together. That's genius. But back to shout.tv: I have to use the website's player's subtitle, that they provide. The subtitles are in sync with the videos (but if not, there's no subtitle adjustment possibility on that player). It's just that sometimes, with two rows subtitles, they just overlap each other, and I lose a part of the context. That's why I would need a (working) subtitle add-on.

by TechyonHavok, 2024-12-05
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Open Subtitles requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Open Subtitles has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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