finding content?

[bronze kettle]

besides all the great spreadsheet resources, how do you yall keep continuously finding youtube channels with soft subs to mine from? (every thing i like doesn't have subs :/ )

[little folio]

<@&1248039856404431062> finding content?

[livid oak]

You can use https://filmot.com/ and type in a keyword or phrase in Japanese with quotation marks around it and then search manual subs to find videos about topics that interest you.
For example, here's a search for videos with the keyword マイクラ (Minecraft):
https://filmot.com/search/"マイクラ"/1?channelID=&gridView=1&searchManualSubs=1

I have a spreadsheet with a bunch of random channels with soft subs by typing in phrases or words into filmot, but obviously it's far from complete
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For filmot searches:
I like to try filtering by channel results on a filmot search to see if I can find a channel with lots of subbed videos

So I'll try clicking on this first channel here and then only 2 subbed videos show up

So then I click on "show details" and delete the original keyword I searched with (in this case マイクラ) and replace it with just the hiragana letter の

And now I see this channel has 10 subbed videos

If the stuff that you like doesn't have subs, I would still suggest to keep watching it, because being engaged in what you're watching is very important.

But you can also try seeing if there are any similar channels with soft subs to throw into the mix

If you know what kind of channels you're looking for I can try and see if I can find anything, but I can't promise I'll find something. Soft subs are a bit rare on Japanese YouTube

[long root]

Sometimes a channel will only have subs on their most popular/older videos, so you can sort by most popular and see if that helps at all. I personally never worried abt watching with subtitles and just did a lot of separate reading. You can always read and look up unknown words from the comments and/or description box before watching a video, that can help boost comprehension.

[livid oak]

Reading the description box and comments before the video is a great idea! I sometimes read them after the video, but they contain a lot of keywords used in the video, so reading them before hand makes a lot of sense

[bronze kettle]

thanks I'm having a much easier time finding stuff fr ^_^

[bronze kettle]

just curious, what type of content did you read separately?

[long root]

Disney novels with furigana, “easy” manga, instructions on craft supplies 😅

[open marten]

with yomininja you can also mine from hardsubs

[livid oak]

Hi there! Just to let you know, in our server rules, self promotion (like linking to a site that you created) needs approval from a staff member before posting

[cloud jungle]

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[bronze kettle]

damn 😭

[livid oak]

Hi there! I clarified the rules with the other staff and it looks like I made a mistake, because you already had permission from another staff member to post your site previously. I'm so sorry about that.

When you share your site, can you make sure to say that it's your site/product. Thank you 👍

[cloud jungle]

Ahh ok, thanks!

So this is something I co-created together with a japanese native to do some research and write. It contains tips for finding Japanese Youtube videos: https://www.hayailearn.com/blog/guide-to-finding-japanese-youtube-videos-for-language-immersion. It's a blog article from my immersion based website

[bronze kettle]

dude this is actually super helpful and in depth, thx!

[pine beacon]

Something I do a lot is just type the word I'm hearing into jisho, mine it from jisho with yomitan, and then go back to the video with autogenerated subs and clip the audio/image with ASBplayer

This is assuming the autogenerated subs are incorrect although a lot of times they're fine