Hi, I’d like to suggest an AI-powered real-time subtitle translation feature.
Problem:
Many shows and movies I watch in Infuse have no subtitles in my language (Chinese). Downloading subtitles via OpenSubtitles doesn’t always help — sometimes Chinese subtitles simply don’t exist for a title.
Existing request:
I found an earlier suggestion covering the same idea — “AutoTranslate Subtitles” (Dec 2024): AutoTranslate Subtitles. It’s been almost two years and there seems to be no visible progress on this. Meanwhile, VLC demoed real-time AI subtitling at CES 2025 supporting 100+ languages, so the technology is clearly maturing. Is this on the roadmap at all?
Suggestion:
Add an option to automatically translate the active subtitle track into the user’s preferred language in real time during playback.
How it could work:
- In subtitle settings, add “Auto-translate subtitles to: [language]”.
- When the active subtitle track is not in the selected language, Infuse translates each line on the fly and displays the translation, optionally keeping the original as a second line (dual subtitles).
- Processed on-device where possible, or via cloud with user opt-in.
This would be a huge help for non-native speakers, especially for content where translated subtitles don’t exist at all. Similar features already exist in browser extensions (e.g. dual-subtitle extensions using DeepL / Google Translate), so the tech is proven — it would be great to have it natively in Infuse.
Thanks for considering!