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What is asbplayer?

A video language-learning assistant​

asbplayer helps you learn languages through subtitled videos and Jiten. With asbplayer you can:

  • Mine subtitle sentences to Jiten with optional audio and image attachments.
  • Load text-selectable subtitles onto local and streaming video.
  • Seek through subtitles using a navigable subtitle list.
  • Use playback modes such as condensed playback, fast-forward playback, auto-pause, and repeat.
  • Customize keyboard shortcuts for mining, playback, and subtitle navigation.
  • Review mining history and download captured media or subtitle sections.

A website and browser extension​

The website works with local video files. The browser extension works with streaming video. They can be used independently or together.

Why use asbplayer?​

  • You want text-selectable subtitles while watching video.
  • You want to send multimedia sentence context to Jiten.
  • Your video source is not supported by another subtitle tool.
  • You want a free, open-source tool that works with local and streaming video.