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How to install Penguin Subtitle player on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install Penguin subtitle player on Ubuntu 16.04

Penguin Subtitle Player is an open-source, cross-platform standalone subtitle player, as an alternative to Greenfish Subtitle Player, SrtViewer (Mac), SRTPlayer, JustSubsPlayer and Free Subtitle Player. The Penguin Subtitle Player is especially useful for online video streaming websites that don' t support subtitles or don' t allow custom subtitles. You can also use Penguin Subtitle Player to display subtitles in a custom position, like on the black top/bottom bands, or to display multiple subtitles in the same time. This article explains the installation procedure of Penguin Subtitle player on Ubuntu 16.04.

Features

  • 700+ encoding supported (default: UTF8)
  • Auto encoding detection
  • Multiple subtitle formats supported (.srt, .ssa, .ass)
  • Drag & drop fileCustomizable layout (Frame size, Background color & Opacity, Font data-style)
  • Time fine tuning (Fast forward / backward with customizable time interval)
  • Skip to previous / next subtitle

Installation procedure

To begin with the installation procedure, add the dependency package into repository via ppa.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
The main Web Upd8 PPA maintained by: http://www.webupd8.org/
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: /tmp/tmpdjy3g83m/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4C9D234C: public key " Launchpad webupd8"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

After adding the dependency packages. Update the machine by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] 
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Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [26.1 kB]
Fetched 434 kB in 1s (263 kB/s)          
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the penguin subtitle player by running the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install penguin-subtitle-player
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  penguin-subtitle-player
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up penguin-subtitle-player (1.0.1-1~webupd8~xenial0) ...

The penguin application is installed successfully. Now launch the penguin player from ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.

Open your favorite online streaming site, load the subtitle file into the player, and enjoy.

The About Penguin subtitle player contains the latest version of the installed player in your system.

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FAQ
Q
What are the benefits of relying on standalone utilities in Penguin Subtitle player?
A
An added advantage is the fact that Penguin Subtitle Player can be run from removable memory devices, such as USB sticks, with no traces left behind in the host’s registry, something which will sit well particularly with the IT advanced individuals.
Q
Why I getting this error E: Unable to locate package penguin-subtitle-player
How to solve this problem?
A
The package is not available for ubuntu 17.10 just yet.
but is available for ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. you should wait for the release or contact them for adding support in 17.10 or just try bu
Q
Why does the transparency/opacity feature not work for me on Linux?
A
You need to have a compositing window manager set up and enabled.
Q
what are the supported platform for Subtitle player?
A
Penguin Subtitle Player for Windows, macOS (aka Mac OS X), and Linux
Q
How to remove penguin subtitle player?
A
run the command as follow
"# apt-get remove penguin-subtitle-player".