How to Use Video Subtitles
Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added information to help viewers who are deaf and hard-of-hearing to follow the dialog or for the people Who cannot understand the Spoken Language or have accent recognition problem.
For some foreign movies that are not dubbed or hard subbed in English, you may need to download subtitles with extensions .sub and .idx
Subtitles can be in the forum of .sub, .srt, .idx…
First, just make sure the movie (.avi) and the sub files (.idx and .sub) are in one folder with exactly the same file name (except for its corresponding extensions, of course).
Example:
the.myth.2005.dvdrip.xvid.espise.avi
the.myth.2005.dvdrip.xvid.espise.idx
the.myth.2005.dvdrip.xvid.espise.sub
**notice that the file names are exactly the same, except for their extensions. Now, put them in one folder and use VLC to play.
How Do You Load the Video with its Subtitle?
Simplest way is to use VLC Player, which you can download for free.
http://www.videolan.org/mirror-geo.php?file=vlc/0.9.8a/win32/vlc-0.9.8a-win32.exe
** VLC player is one of the best media player that can read more codecs than windows media player.
1. Use VLC Player to play the movie. VLC Player can automatically load the subtitle for you (as long as you put the files in one folder with the same file name. )
2. When you play the video and if the default subtitle is not in English, you can select the language by clicking VIDEO (a dropdown menu will show), then choose SUBTITLES TRACK (another dropdown menu will show), then choose the language of your choice.
What about .srt?
Well, it’s the same. Just put everything in one folder and use VLC Player.
What If the Movie and Subtitle don’t have the same file name, can I still load the sub?
Yes.
While movie is playing, click VIDEO tab on VLC player and then choose SUBTITLES TRACK from the dropdown menu. Your computer directory will open, choose the right srt for the movie.
