It is very common for many foreign movies and series in a language other than ours. In this post we will tell you how to put subtitles on your movies with a simple trick.
It is possible to add a subtitle to a movie or series, the method will change depending on whether the file in question has subtitles incorporated or not.
Knowing how to incorporate subtitles is also an excellent way to incorporate people who have hearing difficulties, as this way you will know what is happening in the video without having to listen to the audio.
How to subtitle your movies quickly and easily
In the event that the movie you want to play already has subtitles incorporated, we just have to go to the audio option of the video. This will depend on the program or platform you are using.
If it is a movie from a platform such as Netflix or Amazon Prime, to place the subtitles we just have to look for the language option to change the language and have the movie played dubbed in your preferred language. Or we can go to the subtitles section to add them and reproduce the film in its original language.
Generally these options of the language and audio of the video can be found at the bottom of the screen without any problem.
As you can see, putting a subtitle on a movie or series when it already has them incorporated is very simple, we just have to modify the playback preferences.
How to subtitle a movie with an SRT file
The problem arises when we have the movie downloaded on a USB stick or on your computer and we want to play it with a video player. Many times .mp4 video files do not have subtitles built in.
Don’t worry, you can get an SRT file. These files contain information inside that will allow you to add subtitle tracks to your movies. You can download it from the browser with the name of the film or in the case of series, by its name and chapter.
You must verify that the file has an SRT extension. To be able to locate it more easily, we recommend that when you save it on your computer, you do it in the same folder where the movie is located and if possible with the same name.
In this way the search will be more practical. There are many video players, however, we recommend VLC Player. In case you have it, you can download and install it in a few minutes with the help of the wizard, you just have to follow the steps that it indicates.
We recommend this player because it is one of the easiest to use, and it is compatible with various video formats. Now let’s get to the important thing:
How to subtitle a movie?
Once you have the SRT file on your computer, we are going to play the movie. Once you have the screen with the video playing you must right-click with the mouse button.
In the drop-down list you must search and position yourself on Subtitles and then choose the track. Some SRT files have more than one track, each with the name of the language it will play.
Another way to add a subtitle in case you cannot visualize the tracks is by clicking on the playing video with the right button of the mouse and positioning ourselves on Subtitle and then on Add subtitle file.
The file explorer will open, find it in the folder where you downloaded it and select it. Then click OK to add the file.
Now we only have to choose the language that we want to translate the movie within the language options that the SRT file allows us.
As you can see, it is very simple to put subtitles to a movie with this trick. If you have questions about this tutorial you can leave it in the comments.