The Easy Way to Find and Sync Subtitles

In a continuation of my earlier post about how watching movies and cartoons in French helps my child improve their language skills, I ran into a problem that many language learners (and movie lovers) eventually face: subtitle desynchronization. 👉 Read the first post here: How French Movies Help My Child Learn the Language The Problem Let’s take a real example — a movie I recently bought sealed for only €2: The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro* (2014), directed by Marc Webb. We really enjoyed the original trilogy with Tobey Maguire, and this reboot felt like a great addition. ...

June 3, 2025  · 3 min · 541 words   

VLC + Android TV: Stream Shared PC Folders

Streaming videos directly from your PC to your Android TV box or Smart TV can be easy and efficient when using VLC Media Player and a shared folder on your local network. This guide explains how to set it up step-by-step — no internet required. What You Need A Windows PC with your video files. A Wi-Fi router (no internet needed). A TV or Android TV box with VLC installed. VLC Media Player installed on both PC (optional) and TV box. Step 1: Share a Folder on Your PC (Windows) Choose the folder with your movies (e.g., D:\Movies). Right-click on it → Properties → Sharing tab. Click “Share…” → select “Everyone” from the dropdown → click Add. Set permission level to Read (or Read/Write if you want to manage files). Click Share, then Done. Go to Advanced Sharing… → tick “Share this folder”. Click Permissions, ensure Everyone has at least Read access. Click OK and close all dialogs. Now the folder is accessible over your local network. ...

May 31, 2025  · 2 min · 400 words