Many HN readers won't be familiar with the fansub culture that this writeup originates from, so sharing a helpful resource in case anyone is interested in learning more:

ENTRY LEVEL FANSUBBERS' BEGINNERS GUIDE:

https://github.com/zeriyu/fansub-guide

Hope this helps anyone interested in the ancient art of subbing Japanese animes!

Be sure to read every link thoroughly, and don't worry, there are more link lists linked from the above link list.

Arigatou gomenasai!

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ambicapter an hour ago | parent [-]

Wait, so this categorical dismissal of VLC is just coming from a specific fandom community?

	▲	sho_hn an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To be fair, it's a fandom community with high requirements and standards toward video players and that really knows its stuff.
	▲	RulerOf 29 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I generally dislike anime and tend to reflexively roll my eyes when someone suggests I watch it, but I've been complaining about VLC for at least 15 years. Its main claim to fame is that it "plays everything," and it rose to prominence in the P2P file sharing era. During this time, Windows users often installed so many "codec packs" that DirectShow would eventually just have an aneurysm any time you tried to play something. VLC's media stack ignored DirectShow, and would still play media on systems where it was broken. We're past that problem, but the solution has stuck around because "installing codecs will break my computer, but installing VLC won't" is the zombie that just won't die.
	▲	SSLy 43 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		VLC also fails playing live action media too, if that clears up anything.
	▲	M95D an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The only one who cares, apparently...