Sometimes raws can also be obtained from invite-only private trackers.

For broadcast streams, capping means recording the analog stream and then digitizing it with special hardware or, for internet simulcasts (digital), means stream copying with special software.

Otherwise, existing VHS/LD/DVD/BD or web rips can be of acceptable quality. Consider buying Anime DVDs/BDs to support the industry.

If not, then capping can also mean buying the retail media.

The best sources are usually raw Digital Video Disc (DVD) or raw Blu-ray Disc Movie (BDMV) but uploads are not always available.

Theory: The idea is to obtain the source media.

A day in the life: blog post, Interviews, and YT playlist and what it used to be like: /web/20021013081748/, PDF.

Random Fansubbing tips (group oriented).

Aegisub’s Main Documentation, PDF, path specifiers and bookmark this: ASS Override Tags.

Aegisub: the core tool for fansubbers.

tekeremata’s whatever this is (Spanish, scroll down).

Typesetting Guide, PDF-White, PDF-Black, PDF-old.Doki’s Fansubbing Process Overview, Portable Document Format (PDF).Theory: Anime Fansubbing History and The State of Fansubbing: It’s Dead.

Markdown and white version available here, alternative, click on “Raw”.Note: If any links are broken or you know of any more useful guides, please contact me with any suggestions.

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