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Voracious
Voracious is a video player app for Mac/Windows/Linux with special features for studying foreign languages (esp. Japanese).
Voracious lets you:
- Scan and browse your media collection ala Kodi or Plex
- Simultaneously display multiple subtitle languages/tracks (all common formats supported)
- Quickly replay the current subtitle and navigate forward and back by subtitle using the keyboard
- Train your listen/reading/comprehension with special viewing modes that automatically pause and hide/reveal subtitles
- Automatically generate furigana annotations (Japanese only)
- Hover over words to see dictionary definitions (Japanese only)
- Import and use EPWING dictionaries (limited to certain popular Japanese EPWINGs)
- Export subtitles as sentence cards to Anki (with audio and/or image, ala subs2srs), instantly via AnkiConnect
- (coming soon) Search for words/phrases over your entire library of subtitles
Using Voracious (Quick Start)
Before using Voracious, you need to have a media collection that’s organized and named the same way you would for Kodi or Plex (each show/movie in its own directory, subtitle filename matching video filenames, etc.). Note that Voracious cannot currently play some popular video/audio codecs, including H.265 and AC3. Also, keep in mind that Voracious won’t be useful unless you have subtitles in the language you’re trying to learn.
If your media collection is ready to go, open Voracious and hit the Add Collection link. Select the folder where your collection lives, and give it name, and add it. On the Library page, you can browse your collection and play videos (videos without any available subtitles will appear grey). In the player, check the help overlay for keyboard controls, and try different subtitle modes.