The steps to add a subtitle using VLC are as below. Step 1: Downloading a Subtitle Download a subtitle from internet (subscene, OpenSubtitles, moviesubtitles, etc.) or follow the above instructions to download a preferred subtitle for your video automatically. Mar 1, 2017 - Tutorial explaining how to permanently embed subtitles as an overlay to video clips using VideoLAN (VLC) media streaming capabilities.
VLC for Mac, VLSub subtitle plugin If you you love movies in original version and you are not good in foreign languages, you will be in need of subtitles in your language. They are available on various subtitles websites, but it can be very annoying at times to check these servers and find the right one. Luckily, the popular VLC Media Player supports plug-ins and one of them called VLSub can help you to find subtitles directly in VLC Player.
VLSub is available on developer's GitHub, or VLC addons website. VLC Media Player from version 2.0.3 and later contains VLSub plugin in its installation package. It is also available in VLC upper menu → Extensions option. VLC Extensions option If you have older version of VLC Player then 2.0.3. Read the section. If you have version 2.0.3. And later you can skip How to install part and go to section.
How to install VLSub plug-in to VLC Media Player for Mac There are two ways how to install VLSub plug-in to VLC Media Player for Mac. At first download the.zip archive with VLSub to your Mac.
Open the archive and copy the vlsub.lua file to clipboard ( CMD+C shortcut). If you want to install VLSub for only current user on your Mac open Finder, or other file manager and go to the: /Users/%yourname%/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/extensions/ and paste the vlsub.lua file to this folder. If you want to install VLSub for all users of your Mac, copy vlsub.lua file to clipboard → open Finder → Applications folder. Right click on VLC app and select Show Package Contents from menu. Go to the: Contents/MacOS/share/lua/ → create folder called extensions → open it and paste vlsub.lua file here.
How does VLSub work in VLC Media Player for Mac? Open a movie in VLC Media Player. If you want to search subtitles go the VLC upper menu → Extensions → and click on VLsub option.
Now you can fill the Title: box and search for subtitles by name, or by hash. You can also set the subtitles language, or fill Season/Episode boxes, if you search for subtitles of TV shows.
Select subtitles and click on Download selection button. VLSub will save subtitles to the same folder, where is stored the movie and view it in VLC Media Player.
VLC player is a great application to play all sorts of your media files. But what if you want to watch a movie with subtitles, but the file you have acquired has none? Don’t panic, you can add them yourself! It really is simple, once you know how to do it. Here’s a quick run down: First of all you need to download a subtitle file for your movie. If your source was a DVD or Blu-ray file, please make sure to search for a subtitle file that matches that particular media type. This will ensure good audio/subtitle syncing.
As a general rule of thumb, you should look for a subtitle with a file name, which closely resembles the video file you have. The most common file type for subtitles is.srt. There are lots of websites that provide.srt files for subtitles. Why not check out to get you started. Once you have downloaded the file, now you want to move the subtitle file into the same folder as your video file.
Next, rename the subtitle file with exactly the same name as your video file, so you have two files such as; samplevideo.avi and samplevideo.srt. Now you can play your video in VLC Player and you should see subtitles appear over your movie. If for any reason you don’t, then check the.srt file has been renamed correctly to match the video file. Now just close and restart VLC before playing the file again. You will be happy to know that the process is the same using both the Windows and of VLC player.
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