where to get subtitle files?

[Sequoyan]

Is there a site that collects and shares subtitle files?

Thanks for any links.

[TRILIGHT]

It would be helpful, sure, but many people do subtitles in different ways. There is no set standard, really. Especially considering there are so many different authoring programs out there. Also, you have to take into account that such material is almost assuredly considered copyrighted and such a site would be attacked quickly.

What I would personally like to see is a compilation of CCE .VAF files available for everyone to use. Since this is nothing more than information about the stream, it would not be subject to copyright violations. That file would enable one to completely skip the first pass in CCE and work directly with the .VAF file to attain the desired bitrate. As far as I know, this file can be used anywhere, provided it was with the same source and transcoded the same way. (Either Avisynth or VFAPI with the former being the most popular)

[Adex]

I've looked in the past and yes there are sites that collect and share subtitle files (DivX-Digest has some links to get you started) but like Trilight said there is no standard subtitle format which makes it a pain to deal with the files you get from those sites.
A few other problems like mislabeled languages (i.e. downloading what's supposed to be an english file only to get Hungarian subtitles)and people purposely uploading seriously out of sync files make it not even worth it half the time.

I'm not saying don't bother but I just thought I'd warn you and maybe save you a little time and frustration down the road.

[Sequoyan]

thanks for all the info.

This is a real pain, I've ripped some subtitles and am trying to get them in sync using subripper and scenarist.