Automatically download subtitles in mpv using subliminal.

autosub.lua

-- requires subliminal, version 1.0 or newer
-- default keybinding: b
-- add the following to your input.conf to change the default keybinding:
-- keyname script_binding auto_load_subs
local utils = require 'mp.utils'
function load_sub_fn()
    subl = "/usr/local/bin/subliminal" -- use 'which subliminal' to find the path
    mp.msg.info("Searching subtitle")
    mp.osd_message("Searching subtitle")
    t = {}
    t.args = {subl, "download", "-s", "-l", "en", mp.get_property("path")}
    res = utils.subprocess(t)
    if res.status == 0 then
        mp.commandv("rescan_external_files", "reselect") 
        mp.msg.info("Subtitle download succeeded")
        mp.osd_message("Subtitle download succeeded")
    else
        mp.msg.warn("Subtitle download failed")
        mp.osd_message("Subtitle download failed")
    end
end

mp.add_key_binding("b", "auto_load_subs", load_sub_fn)

My distro does no have subliminal on the repos, but your script can use qnapi too instead of subliminal, the only difference would be the arguments:
t.args = {subl, "-q", "-c", "-l", "en", mp.get_property("path")}

and the binary path, of course:
subl = "/usr/bin/qnapi"

But they are pretty similar. I used it and works well. Thanks.

It's not working for me...

@sunrisewestern Change invocation to

    t.args = {subl, "download", "-l", "zh", "--", path}

Works great with qnapi on Windows with @racuna's modification.
With path in line 7 as
subl = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\QNapi\\qnapi.exe"

And line 11 as
t.args = {subl, "-q", "-c", "-l", "en", mp.get_property("path")}

I am using Ubuntu 18.04. when i am pressing b. I am getting subtitle download failed.

If you're still in need, I made an improved version of this script with clear setup instructions:
https://github.com/davidde/mpv-autosub

Could you make it work when playing videos streamed by webtorrent? Thanks!