[Daiz]

This is the result of a ton of research into Crunchyroll's recent subtitle changes that have tanked the service's first-party presentation quality to an all-time low. The article ended up being quite long, so I highly appreciate anyone taking the time to read it in full!

[gblargg]

I didn't find an answer skimming: are they actively deleting old good subtitles and replacing with low-quality ones (as the title seems to suggest), have they simply changed their process for new subtitles, not spending as much to make nice ones? If they're actively deleting old good ones, that seems malicious.

[Daiz]

I did find instances of them actively deleting old subtitles and replacing them with lower quality ones in the back catalog, yes. Which seems indicative of Crunchyroll wanting to eventually get rid of good subtitles altogether.

[tmtvl]

Does Netflix really only allow 2 lines of subtitling on screen at a time? That's really stupid.

Also I remember when CR killed the Kodi plugin, that irked me enough to stick to DVD imports + fan subs for a while.

Finally, Ruri Rocks is such a good show, it got me to resubscribe to CR after not having subbed for years. If they screw with its subs I'm gonna root for this mess to bankrupt CR for good.

[Daiz]

See for yourself: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215...

> 4. Line Treatment

> 2 lines maximum

[makeitdouble]

> Ruri Rocks

This could be the toughest show to sub with all the geological explaination and jargon the adapter must be familiar with.

Adding to that the line limit, The bar to cross sounds quite hard.

[askl]

> Finally, Ruri Rocks is such a good show

I only had time to skim the article, so adding this show to my to-do list has been my main takeaway so far.

[ashirviskas]

Never used Crunchyroll, but this is a pretty interesting read! Did not finish it yet though.

I see you doing a ton of styling, which makes it a very pleasant reading experience, may I ask what techniques do you use? Is cyan just to replace bold or something else?

[Daiz]

The cyan is basically just bold, but also a highlighter. I was using just plain bold initially but started experimenting with it and landed on this. Pairs quite nicely with the pink links, IMO.

[JumpCrisscross]

> that have tanked the service's first-party presentation quality to an all-time low

Would you pirate for better subtitles? Assuming Crunchroll has the legal rights to the content pinned down, that may be the only way to apply legitimate pressure.

[Citizen_Lame]

Irony is Crunchyroll, started as a pirate service.

[Suppafly]

One thing I've noticed is that they outright refuse to let you pick english audio and english subs, despite the audio and the subs being two different settings that theoretically should be independent of each other.