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 Displays subtitles in pure html/javascript/css. No server, no phoning home,
 just views .srt files.
 
+Best viewed in landscape mode (left-to-right width greater than up-to-down
+height).
+
 [Self hosted instance here](https://burnedkirby.com/subtitle)