Are there any plans to port this project to Python 3? Esp. wrt official Python 2.7 support ending next year, and many major projects dropping it by 2020 as well.

https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/23.10beta6

The Qt5 compatibility code is now off by default, which may break some add-ons that haven't been updated to support Qt6 in the last 2 years. If you find any have broken, please report the issues to the add-on author, and start Anki after setting the env var ENABLE_QT5_COMPAT to 1 to temporarily restore the compatibility code.

Hello,

I did everything as it should be but I still cant get it to work.

When I click on "go" and I choose "desktop" as my directory , the folder is there but when the process is to the end the folder is empty, the folder which should contain all files which are going to be moved in home/anki/user/collection.media

Thanks in advance...

Sometimes importing causes a hexadecimal number to be appended, which makes the addon ignore the note type, which is just confusing.

I can't generate cards with the movies2anki - subs2srs setting. Here's the full error message from Anki:

Error
An error occurred. Please start Anki while holding down the shift key, which will temporarily disable the add-ons you have installed.
If the issue only occurs when add-ons are enabled, please use the Tools > Add-ons menu item to disable some add-ons and restart Anki, repeating until you discover the add-on that is causing the problem.
When you've discovered the add-on that is causing the problem, please report the issue on the add-on support site.
Debug info:
Anki 2.1.43 (0fbae6bc) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Mac 10.16
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-04-18 23:35:38
Add-ons possibly involved: ⁨Watch Foreign Language Movies with Anki⁩

Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/tom/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/939347702/movies2anki.py", line 1158, in run
call(cmd)
File "anki/utils.py", line 278, in call
File "subprocess.py", line 854, in init
File "subprocess.py", line 1583, in _execute_child
File "posixpath.py", line 152, in dirname
TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType

I actually want to split small videos into pieces to use in ordinary cards, so I don't need to split a big TV series episode at the time (which also wouldn't work on my smartphone).

Using a search query would be even more useful, for using a separate card to configure that.

Maybe you know a program that could do that on GNU/Linux?

Очень понравилось идея изучения языков при помощи этой программы, но не получается установить её до конца.

Я далёк от программирования, но вроде разобрался и установил через терминал все необходимые дополнения, на последнем 5 этапе запуска "python movies2anki.py" выдаёт ошибку и не находит файл.
В своей криворукости я не сомневаюсь и уверен что что то я делаю не правильно.
Был бы очень благодарен если подскажете что именно.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

After attempting to create a couple decks on my windows anki, the audio stalls and the flashcard deck loads in very slowly and flickers through the deck. When I click out of the review session the audio will finish for the card that was last flipped to.

I uninstall the add-on and the review works as normal. But the cards themselves are messed up. The text repeats on loop.

This problem occurred after using auto-generated subtitles from a VTT subtitle file.

I tried deleting everything including my anki folder and starting over, but the problem keeps occurring now when I install the add-on.

WebVTT is a subtitle file format based on SRT (so they are very similar). It is supported by Web browsers and used by YouTube.

Hi, thanks for developing the Add-on, I just wonder if you could fix the broken images from the anki add-on webpage and
also, adding the explanation in the read me about the difference between the button Movie and Phrases that you commented some time ago to a user.

For phrases, the add-on will only use timings from the subtitles to generate cards, i.e. everything that doesn't have subtitles will be ignored like the start of the video or scene changes where usually no one speaks and there are no subtitles.
For movie, the add-on will change the subtitles' timings to make them continuous to be able to watch the video from start to finish without missing anything, i.e. the end time of each line in the subtitles will be changed to match the start time of the next line.

I think it would be more user-friendly, specially for the newer users. thanks

sometimes, the subtitles just have a little time lag to Videos.

For one, .webm is missing. Anki 2.1 seems to be using a system list, but it has no WebM, either (so there is no way to see WebM files in the list).

Pad Timings: 750.
Gap between Phrases: 0
[ ] Split Long Phrases
(*) Phrases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axsm6x3Cij8

1
00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:13,800
Wie viel Uhr ist es?

2
00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,380
Es ist ein Uhr.

3
00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:20,820
Es ist zwei Uhr.

4
00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,980
Es ist drei Uhr.

and so on.

The first two subtitles are merged into

Wie viel Uhr ist es?
Es ist ein Uhr.

A few pairs of subtitles further in the file are also merged.

Maybe use a temporary folder location for encoding.

Images in the readme file are broken

Getting that error when trying to install movies2anki in my Linux computer

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "movies2anki.py", line 15, in <module>
    from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
ImportError: No module named PyQt4

Zorin OS 16 (focal)

I added file-1.mp4 … file-3.mp4, restarted Anki, then added file-4.mp4 … file-6.mp4 and file-% .mp4

Anki 2.1.22 (0ecc189a) Python 3.8.1 Qt 5.14.1 PyQt 5.14.1
Platform: Linux
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=1
Add-ons, last update check: 2022-01-15 13:36:32
Add-ons possibly involved: ⁨Watch Foreign Language Movies with Anki⁩

Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/movies2anki.py", line 1574, in start
    self.startSingleMode()
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/movies2anki.py", line 1705, in startSingleMode
    self.model.save_settings()
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/movies2anki.py", line 695, in save_settings
    config.set('main', 'recent_deck_names', ",".join(reversed(self.recent_deck_names)))
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/configparser.py", line 1198, in set
    super().set(section, option, value)
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/configparser.py", line 892, in set
    value = self._interpolation.before_set(self, section, option,
  File "/home/anki/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/939347702/configparser.py", line 401, in before_set
    raise ValueError("invalid interpolation syntax in %r at "
ValueError: invalid interpolation syntax in 'file-%,file-6,file-5,file-4,file-3' at position 5

Unable to split the subtitles properly when i import youtube automatic captioning.
But Manual uploading of subtitles is normal.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8Tz2RzubE
Script for downloading subtitles: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/5368-youtube-subtitle-downloader-v28

Some files have a different volume. I couldn't get a file-specific configuration file to work.

How to output screenshots?

Cutting files is too slow. Why not set a timestamp instead?
Like this: https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/start-playing-audio-from-a-timestamp/5315

It happens if main Anki window is not focused.

movies2anki's config contains:

"preferred languages": "english",

The .conf file loaded by MPV contains:

sid=3
aid=2
alang=eng

MPV output:

 (+) Audio --aid=1 (*) 'español' (ac3 6ch 48000Hz)
     Audio --aid=2 'english' (ac3 6ch 48000Hz)
     Subs  --sid=1 (*) 'español forzado' (subrip)
     Subs  --sid=2 'español' (subrip)
 (+) Subs  --sid=3 'english' (subrip)
     Subs  --sid=4 --slang=mkv

A random older version from this year's backup plays the English stream.

Как насчёт их поддержки? Чтобы не перекодировать.

When i export .apkg file on win10, the .mp3 is not exported, but img is Normal export.
What's going on here?

So....does this Anki plugin no longer work or what...? I'm guessing not since I see no new reviews on YouTube or comments that are more recent than a year or two ago... I get to the end of installing all the different stuff through Terminal and I get this error code. I can't prompt Movies2anki plugin to open. Anybody...?

When "Split Long Phrases" is 5, the first two are merged:

1
00:00:33,791 --> 00:00:35,291
Woohoo!

2
00:00:35,333 --> 00:00:37,083
Ya-haa!

3
00:00:37,125 --> 00:00:40,500
Hurry, friends!
Time for another adventure!

When it's 1, supposedly nothing is being merged that is not in the same chunk.

I don't want it to merge multiple short complete sentences into a single hard item.

Using a vagrant linux on a Mac, I'm able to get GUI up and set parameters, but when I hit Go or Preview nothing happens.
On Mac itself, I have some QT incompatibilities and can't even get the GUI up.
Is there a simple command line way I can use this without QT ?
Or how would I modify this to do that?

Debian GNU/Linux testing

Anki
Version 2.0.52
Qt 4.8.1 PyQt 4.9.1

FFmpeg is /usr/bin/ffmpeg

When I choose "Generate Mobile Video Cards…", the following message appears, with a "Close" button. When I press the Close button, a progress window appears with the name of the oldest video I have added, and "0%". There is no additional CPU load.

An error occurred in an add-on.
Please post on the add-on forum:
https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/add-ons

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/fc/.local/share/Anki2/addons/movies2anki/player.py", line 464, in run
    self.fp = subprocess.Popen(cmd.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()), shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo = info)
  File "subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
  File "subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Hello, I have reviewed the previous issues and followed your suggestions. but the problem still persists.

Python 3.9.15 Qt 5.15.2 PyQt 5.15.5
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\monster\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\939347702\player.py", line 841, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd_debug)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ffmpeg\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe" "-y" "-ss" "0:01:18.120" "-i" "C:/Users/monster/Desktop/S01E03 - Heart of Ice.mp4" "-t" "3.586" "-af" "afade=t=in:st=0.000:d=0.100,afade=t=out:st=3.486:d=0.100" "-map" "0:v:0" "-map" "0:a:0" "-ac" "2" "-vf" "scale=\'min(-2,iw)\':\'min(320,ih)\',setsar=1" "-pix_fmt" "yuv420p" "-sn" "-map_metadata" "-1" "-c:v" "libx264" "-profile:v" "main" "-level:v" "3.1" "-movflags" "+faststart" "C:\\Users\\monster\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\anki_temp\\S01E03_-_Heart_of_Ice_0.01.18.120-0.01.21.706.wemb"']' returned non-zero exit status 4294967274.

===Add-ons (active)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
Add Hyperlink ['318752047', 2023-06-18T14:39, 'None', '']
Advanced Browser ['874215009', 2023-10-21T17:34, 'None', '']
AwesomeTTS - Add speech to your flashcards ['1436550454', 2024-04-15T17:06, 'None', '']
Batch Editing ['291119185', 2023-10-26T03:38, 'None', '']
Edit Field During Review Cloze ['385888438', 2024-01-03T10:19, '6.18', mod]
Editor Scripts  Symbols ['2065559429', 2022-07-25T20:48, 'None', '']
Image Editor ['307397307', 2022-09-08T07:09, 'None', '']
Image Occlusion Enhanced ['1374772155', 2022-04-09T10:15, 'None', '']
Review Heatmap ['1771074083', 2022-06-30T04:43, 'None', '']
The KING of Button Add-ons ['374005964', 2024-01-27T13:19, 'None', mod]
Watch Foreign Language Movies with Anki  movies2anki  subs2srs ['939347702', 2024-04-29T21:36, 'None', mod]

===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===
1374772155 1436550454 1771074083 2065559429 291119185 307397307 318752047 374005964 385888438 874215009 939347702

===Add-ons (inactive)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
'' ['Pop-up Dictionary', 0, 'None', '']
BetterSearch ['1052724801', 2024-03-06T19:25, 'None', '']
DeepL Translator ['972129549', 2024-04-26T23:11, '1.0.0', mod]
Paste Images As WebP ['1151815987', 2024-04-23T13:42, 'None', mod]
Review Hotmouse ['1928346827', 2024-01-03T08:51, '2.8', mod]
Review Lookup ['1745211643', 2022-06-22T10:12, 'None', '']
Study Time Stats ['1247171202', 2024-02-24T19:59, 'None', '']
Zoom24 - Keep zoom level after reboot Fixed by Shige ['1923741581', 2024-05-02T04:23, 'None', mod]

Some videos have "hardsubs" in them, which could be removed by cropping, but there is no such feature in this add-on. MPV-like players have such features, but what is the best way to do it?

subs2srs has a similar feature: "Crop Bottom: A crop may be applied to the bottom of the snapshot. This might to useful for removing hard subbed subtitles."

This is only a suggestion, because I've seen only a couple sources of .ass subtitles with any names specified, and I don't even know of a good way to replace/update the movies2anki cards I already have.

https://thedoctorteam.ru/project/mlp/season-1/friendship-is-magic-part-1/original
https://media.thedoctor.team/videos/season1/1x01_EngSubtitles.ass

In this example, the Style column contains the name of the character to color the text a character-specific color. "Somepony" is not a specific character, but "Default" is a narrator in that context.

Tags like "subtitlecharacter::Twilight" or "SubtitleStyle::Twilight" could be used for https://github.com/Rct567/FrequencyMan to put them in different targets and learn some voices separately.

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Default,Arial,30,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,20,1
Style: Twilight,Arial,30,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H009C1B9F,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,2,2,10,10,20,1
Style: Somepony,Arial,30,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H007D7E80,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,2,2,10,10,20,1

[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text

Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:11.57,Default,Default,0,0,0,,Once upon a time, in a magical land of Equestria...

Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.58,0:01:27.64,Default,Default,0,0,0,,The elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon....
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.84,0:01:31.30,Twilight,Default,0,0,0,,...and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.65,0:01:39.14,Twilight,Default,0,0,0,,Hm... Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard of those before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:41.06,Twilight,Default,0,0,0,,But where?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.88,0:02:23.97,Somepony,Default,0,0,0,,There you are, Twilight!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.97,0:02:27.47,Somepony,Default,0,0,0,,Moondancer is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.66,0:02:28.78,Somepony,Default,0,0,0,,You wanna come?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:33.16,Twilight,Default,0,0,0,,Oh, sorry girls. I gotta lot of studying to catch up on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.86,0:02:38.30,Somepony,Default,0,0,0,,Does that pony do anything except study?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.32,0:02:42.07,Somepony,Default,0,0,0,,I think she's more interested in books than friends.