Install and use Polyglot Subs

Before you start

For everyone, on any device.

• Create your account at app.polyglotsubs.com (free trial). On your account page, add Polyglot Subs to Stremio.
• Languages: Japanese, Spanish or German, each with English. For anime, Japanese can also be paired with Spanish or German.

Windows

1. Install Polyglot Subs from the Microsoft Store and sign in.

2. Play an episode in Stremio. The two-language lines appear over the video.

The Windows app works with Stremio 5 for Windows, free from stremio.com/downloads.

Using it

Click any word

See its meaning.

⚙

Display settings: languages and their order, furigana, romaji, karaoke, sizes.

⚑

Report a problem.

Phone & tablet (Android)

1. Install the app. It's coming soon to Google Play. Until then, download it here: app.polyglotsubs.com/android.apk. If the phone asks, allow installing apps from your browser.

   Download the app

2. Open Polyglot Subs and sign in with your email. You get a 6-digit code, no password.
3. In Stremio, go to Settings → Advanced → Default Player → External.
4. Play anything and choose Polyglot Subs player (tap Always).

Using it

Tap a word

Pause and see its meaning. Tap elsewhere to play on.

Double-tap anywhere

Pause or play. Double-tap the far left or right edge to go 10 seconds back or forward.

Slide sideways

Move through the video. The picture follows your finger, and it shows where you'll land.

Slide up or down

On the left half for brightness, on the right half for volume.

Tap the picture

Shows the buttons: 🔒 lock the screen, ⧉ small window, ⚑ report a problem, ? help, Aa display settings.

Fire TV

1. Install the app. It's coming soon to the Amazon Appstore. Until then, install it with Downloader:
   1. Go to Settings → My Fire TV → About and click your device's name 7 times. Developer options appears.
   2. Search for and install the free Downloader app.
   3. Go to Settings → My Fire TV → Developer options → Install unknown apps and turn on Downloader.
   4. Open Downloader, type app.polyglotsubs.com/android.apk, press Go, then Install.
2. Open Polyglot Subs. It shows a code and a QR code. On your phone or computer, open app.polyglotsubs.com/tv (or scan the QR code) and type the code.
3. In Stremio on the TV, open Settings and turn on Always start video in external player (on older versions: Play in external player). Then play anything and choose Polyglot Subs.

Using it

With the remote: see Using it on a TV.

Google TV & Android TV

Including Sony, TCL, Philips and Hisense TVs.

1. Install the app. It's coming soon to Google Play. Until then, install it with Downloader:
   1. From Google Play on the TV, install the free Downloader app.
   2. Go to Settings → Apps → Security & restrictions → Unknown sources and turn it on for Downloader.
   3. Open Downloader, type app.polyglotsubs.com/android.apk, press Go, then Install.
2. Open Polyglot Subs. It shows a code and a QR code. On your phone or computer, open app.polyglotsubs.com/tv (or scan the QR code) and type the code.
3. In Stremio on the TV, open Settings and turn on Always start video in external player (on older versions: Play in external player). Then play anything and choose Polyglot Subs.

Using it

With the remote: see Using it on a TV.

Using it on a TV

On Fire TV, Google TV and Android TV, with the remote:

OK

Pause or play.

◀Left ▶Right

10 seconds back or forward. Press again to go further.

▲Up

Pause and open the meaning of the word being said. With a word open, ◀ ▶left and right move to the word before or after (into the lines around it). Any other button plays on.

▼Down

The timeline and the player's buttons. Back hides them.

Menu

The display settings, and “Report a problem with this moment”.

Questions