subdivx.com
I have never had this experience. I spend hours trying to track down a decent quality download of a movie that I have been waiting for weeks (or maybe months) to watch, but I always find it. I try all of the free movie streaming sites on the web (using my lists of reviews, of course), but I always find it. I try every premium streaming site that I have credentials for, but sometimes they are not available. But usually, if I wait a little bit, the site will be available again.
I am sorry to hear that you are having difficulty finding subtitles for your movie. There are a few websites out there that offer high quality subtitles for movies in various languages. Perhaps one of these websites will be helpful to you.
Many subtitle sites are more than simply websites that provide downloadable subtitle files. Websites that are best in this category attempt to create a community of passionate enthusiasts and amateur translators who are interested in film as an art form. Furthermore, these communities make it their goal to ensure that film, as an art form, reaches a greater level of globalization.
Every film should be accessible in as many languages as possible. It is truly a noble thing they do, those who go through the trouble of translating subtitles into numerous different languages. Often, too, people do this tedious work for no pay. These heroes and heroines deserve all the applause in the world, utilizing their free time to make sure that films can be enjoyed by all. Cheers to you!
Despite this, I said earlier; there are many different subtitle sites out there. And, as is the case with any kind of site, not all are created equal, far from it. This goes, of course, for the design of the site itself (how user-friendly, intuitive, organized, and responsive it is). But there are several other factors to take into account as well.
For one thing, the quality of closed captions that are available can vary greatly from one site to the next. There are a lot of closed captions out there which are simply generated by audio to text converter. These closed captions, as you might assume, tend to be pretty terrible. For a reference of what this type of closed captioning might look like, just turn on the subtitles on YouTube and watch how blatantly wrong the text frequently is.
One of the main factors to look for when selecting a subtitle site is how strong the community is. Sites with plentiful social and community features, such as forums, blogs, chat rooms, etc., are often higher quality because they provide a place for enthusiasts to find and share subtitles. If there are dedicated subtitlers and translators who participate in the community, the quality of the resulting subtitles will be higher.
We are evaluating a Spanish Subtitles website known as Sub DivX. This site has a strong and active community, which is not a lacking component. However, does a large number of high-quality subtitles always result from a strong and active community? Well, let's dive in and take a look!
Design
Although the website design is not my favorite, I must admit that it does not look as bad as some of the other websites I have seen. However, this site needs a complete overhaul in order to look better.
When you land on the home page, you will be greeted by a plain white, gray, and blue theme. Instead of finding some convenient ways to browse subtitles or a sleek-looking archive of recent uploads, for some reason, you will land on a forum page first instead. This forum is just awkwardly placed in a box just off-center with a few options for browsing posts: Home, New, Most Commented, Most Voted, and Most Read. Below these options, allow the confusion to grow as you'll find a large selection of cryptic looking icons. Hover your cursor over them to learn that they represent the various forums available on this site.
Box on the right has Best Comments, another box below it marked Improve Thread. Scroll down to find word cloud of site's most wanted subtitles in another box. Access latest subtitles and list of users who have donated in last box.
There is a weirdly chunky and stout search bar located at the top of the page, with a dropdown menu next to it where you can search by subs, forums, or processes (whatever this means). You will also find the main site menu bar below this, offering an ineffective way to navigate the site, with no decent browsing mechanisms insight.
Content and Features
So, we have previously established that SubDivX has many forums. And that they are separated by topic. Engage in whatever conversation you want on any one of the following forums: News, Politics, Troubleshoot (problems), About, General, Bizarro, Adult, Recommended Movies, Film Reviews, Other Sites, Soccer, PC Games, Software and Subtitle Request. As you can see, SubDivX - if nothing else - is a very large and diverse forum. Unfortunately though it seems as if it has traded in its powers as a subtitle site in the process.
Subtitles on SubdivX are in numerous languages and the site has a large community. The SubdivX archive has 582,876 subtitles. However, there is a better way to browse this archive if there was one.
Mobile and Desktop Experience
Regarding the mobile experience of this site, the good news is that Sub DivX will load on your smartphone and tablet. Unfortunately, I am afraid that the good news ends there. The site is not fully optimized for mobile devices, being awkwardly sized and requiring a ton of side-scrolling in order to even read full forum titles or subtitle names. To say that this is not the most mobile-friendly site would be an understatement. However, it is doable if necessary.
Suggestions that I have for subdivx
I urge Sub DivX to invest in a comprehensive web design overhaul. This site appears to be well-funded, based on the significant donations users are making. I believe that the resources could be better used by hiring a talented web designer to completely redesign the site from scratch. The Sub DivX community is devoted and passionate, so I believe that this could be one of the best subtitle sites on the internet.
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