Suggestions and Requests when Downloading Subtitles with Video in Subtitle Edit 5

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#12,558 opened on Jul 17, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: csharp
Domain: desktop

Research direction

Start at the Open video from URL dialog and its yt-dlp download flow. Review how the dialog currently offers yt-dlp installation or updates, then determine the scope for separate video and subtitle downloads, autogenerated YouTube subtitles, and multiple subtitle selection. Done should cover the agreed subset with clear behavior for each download option.

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Description

Hi,
Here are a couple of suggestions for the Open video from URL feature - Specifically downloading subtitles)

I've made a video explaining what I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_yH6ILHPg

Can we have only one instant of the Download yt-dlp? If I click on Open video from URL it prompts me to download it. But the button in the Open Video from URL dialogue box should be more for like an update.
Button to download subtitles only. So in this case we can have like 2 buttons i) to download video ii) to download subtitles
Support for downloading autogenerated subtitles from YouTube
Download multiple subtitles when available in a video (not necessary for editing in Subtitle Edit)

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks.

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