Why do people make hardsubs and not just release sub files?

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

For fansubbers, Hardsubbs are more fun to do. You can add little messages permanently on the video like "TOMOYA NAGASE IS UBERLY HOT" and not worry that people will just be annoyed and delete it. Ok ,Well, maybe they will still be annoyed pinch

. With softsubbs it's just straight translating. Sometimes it gets boring espeically if you've watched an episode 10 times already.

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Let's use Densha Otoko that recently was hardsubbed, and has already been partially softsubbed, as an example.

The softsubs: Are much farther through the series, you can fix yourself, you don't have to re-download video.

The hardsubs: Based on the softsub translations, no extra translating work. The timers and editors couldn't translate something else anyway, it's not what they do. Couldn't sub another series anyway.

Also, it's listed on animesuki, a LOT more people see it there than on D-Addicts. Also shows up on D-A as being eng subbed, so people who don't even look at the RAWs here on this site will still see it.

Some people are... not very computer litterate. Some people really can't manage to install vobsub or download MPC or BS Player, or can't figure out how to name the sub and video the same in the same directory. Some people wonder what a directory is. It does happen. The hardsubs "just work."

The hardsubs have kareoke. Some people care.

Both are good. I prefer soft, but I see how hard can be useful.

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I prefer soft subs for a number of reasons:

1. I'm not able to get hardsubs because I can't download torrent files
2. I may already have the vid file either on vcd or one of my friends has it and all I need are the subs.
3. I can change how the subs look to my liking with regards to font, size, colour and positioning.

If anyone knows of more places that offer softsubs for Korean/Japanese/Taiwanese series could you pm me because there are some shows out there that's I'd like that are not listed under the soft sub section here.

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

To me both are fine, but I really like softsubs because as my Japanese gets better, I can try to see the video without them, with hardsubs my brain is already fixed on reading them even if I try not to look at them Roll Eyes

But, watching a good series, and thanking the subbers, that's what I'm happy with.