aRGENTeaM
| ARGENTeaM | |
| URL | https://argenteam.net/ |
| Status | Closing |
| Archiving status | Unknown |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Argenteam (stylized as aRGENTeaM) is an Argentine community that makes and hosts Spanish-language subtitles of movies and TV series; transcribed, translated and synced by its members.
On 2023-12-04, the moderators announced that the website would be shutting down at the end of the year. They also said that "in the coming days" they would make a torrent available with all the subtitles on the site.
Site structure
The main part of the website has individual pages for each movie (eg. https://argenteam.net/movie/148927/Saw.X.%282023%29) and TV series episode (eg. https://argenteam.net/episode/148548/Bodies.%282023%29.S01E04-Right.Up.the.Wazoo). These pages contain a synopsis, poster image, thumbnails, a link to download the subtitles, a magnet (BitTorrent) or e2dk link for the corresponding video file, and a link to the forum thread for that movie or episode.
There is a single ID space for both movies and episodes. The slug is unnecessary, but /movie/$id for a TV episode ID will redirect to the /episode, while /episode/$id for a movie ID will fail. Therefore, to enumerate all IDs, you have to use /movie/$id. The "canonical" URL with the slug is available in a <meta name="og:url"> tag.
Forum
In addition, there is a phpBB forum at foro.argenteam.net with general discussion about subtitling and translations, and with threads for each and every movie and TV episode. (I have mostly seen just "subtitles are ready" and "thanks!!" posts in those per-movie threads, but some may have more extensive discussions.)
Unfortunately, large parts of the forum require login. Forum IDs 4, 11, 35, 46, 55, 64 (as passed to viewforum.php?f=X) are publicly accessible. Forum IDs 1, 14, 27, 63, 66, 67, 73 require login. Anyone can register an account and access them, there are no additional restrictions, but archiving logged-in pages (and especially putting them on the Wayback Machine) is generally problematic. Other forums say "you have no permission to access this forum"; they're probably private forums used by moderators or by approved long-timer subtitle transcribers.
Archival
No plans yet. User:Nicolas17 has started enumerating the IDs.
The site admins said they will post a torrent with all the subtitles, but it is not yet available.