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One-Click Anime Cards - Autocards

An all-in-one solution for making cards (WITH picture + sentence audio) with one click.
No clunky setup required. NO MANUAL RECORDING. NO MANUAL COPY AND PASTING. Compatible with existing Yomitan setups.

Prerequisites

  • Windows
  • Anki
  • AnkiConnect (extension id: 2055492159)
  • Yomitan (guide here)
  • Card type with fields for "Expression", "Picture" "Sentence" & "SentenceAudio". Lapis is compatible. Find it here.
  • Yomitan already set up for card creation (minimum requirements: Expression & Sentence. Autocards will take care of the rest.)
  • Local video (e.g. .mkv) with local subtitles (e.g. .srt or embedded).

Download

[Download link]

Initial setup

  • Download the file Autocards.zip
  • Extract the .zip file and run the bundled mpv.exe
  • Drag and drop a video file (with synced subs) onto the MPV window.
  • The web interface will launch in the default browser, the address is http://127.0.0.1:6969/. This is where your subtitle lines will appear.
  • Click the settings gear icon in the top right. Configure your settings:
    • Mining Deck: "YOUR DECK IN QUOTES" — Keep the quotes, put your Anki deck's name down exactly. e.g. for the deck name Shoui cards, you would write "Shoui cards"
    • Sentence Field: Sentence — preconfigured for Lapis.
    • Expression Field: Expression — preconfigured for Lapis.
    • Picture Field: Picture — preconfigured for Lapis.
    • Sentence Audio Field: SentenceAudio — preconfigured for Lapis.
    • Previous Sentences: 0 — How many lines of previous context do you want on the card?
    • Next Sentences: 0 — How many lines of further context do you want on the card?
  • Click "Update" to save. Initial setup is now complete.

Adding a card

  • Use the bundled MPV to watch your video with subs. When you want to mine a new word, go to the web UI and use Yomitan to hover over the word, then press the green + button. You're done. That's it!

Sentence audio, picture (video frame) and context (if you wanted it) will automatically be added! Your card is complete! No fuss.

Tips

  • Want to watch raw but mine when you need to? Just press v to toggle the subs display to hide the subs. When you want to mine something, just Alt-Tab to the browser window of the web UI (http://127.0.0.1:6969/), add the card and go back to watching.

Troubleshooting

  • The subs aren't appearing in the web UI! — if the subs are embedded, it could take a while for the subs to appear because it needs to extract the subs from the video first. It does this in the background.
  • [thumbfast] ERROR! cannot create mpv subprocess — you can ignore this. It's a weird error that doesn't matter.
  • Picture & sentence audio not being added to card — this can happen if you look at the card preview too quickly.

Acknowledgements

Autocards was made possible by open source software and the work of its contributors. The following software is bundled in the package: