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Questions tagged [subtitles]

Use this tag when referring to subtitles on videos/movies etc...

Subtitles are a written version / translation of the speech in a video/movie/play etc. They are usually near the bottom of a video.

Use this tag when asking about video subtitles, for example:

You may also want to use this tag with the video player / editor you are using, for example or .

Please only use this tag for video subtitles.

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How can I re-sync the subtitle and the video using VLC media player?

When I play a movie with subtitles (on VLC media player), the text is often displayed too soon or too late. Is there a way to delay the starting point of the subtitles?
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How to extract subtitle from video using ffmpeg?

I am trying to extract subtitle from video as .srt file, I used the following command: FFMPEG -i mytestmovie.mkv -vn -an -codec:s:0.1 srt sub.srt But, I got an error as Unrecognized option codec:s:0:1 So, can you tell me the exact command and how…
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How to extract subtitles from MP4 and MKV movies

I'm trying to extract subtitles from MP4 and MKV movies. I'm using mp4box (on OS X) but cannot figure out how it works. Any hints?
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Open source command line subtitle converter

Are there any open source, command line, subtitle converters - preferably for Linux?
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How to add and remove subtitles in an MKV file?

I have a good quality MKV file that has several subtitle options. I want to add an additional subtitle file to the list. I'm using OSX. Some search online led me to use video converters, and basically re-encode the movie into a new file. That seems…
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Remove embedded subtitles from an .mkv file?

Is there a way I can remove subtitle data from an .mkv?
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Extracting Subtitles from mkv file

I have installed MKVToolNix and Subtitle edit. I was able to extract subtitle using Subtitle edit through OCR. While it usable, it comes with a lot of errors. Now I thought of using MKVToolNix to extract the subtitle. I can see it listed among…
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Use Media Player Classic to resynchronize subtitles?

I see that in Media Player Classic, under View - Subresync, there is a tool that should serve to resynchronize subtitles. What is the procedure exactly?
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FFMPEG mkv to mp4 conversion loses subtitles

Currently trying to convert my mkv library to mp4 (Iphone 6 plus) I've managed to get to mkv to mp4 conversion correctly, but I'm missing the subtitles part (SRT) Here's my code: dir/b/s *.mkv >mkvlist.txt ///////// this gets a list of all the mkv…
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Add another subtitles to matroska file, on Linux

I have Matroska file with some subtitles already built in. How can I add another subtitles, with proper language setting and encoding? Tried: mkvmerge -o output.mkv -S source.mkv new-subtitles.srt but it looks like it removed all other subtitles.…
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How can I change the subtitles font size in VLC Media Player?

That's my question: How can I change the subtitles font size in VLC Media Player? I try with Preferences > Video > Subtitles/OSD, but I can't find an option to change the font characteristics.
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moving subtitle text up in *.srt file format

there is some formatting in srt subtitle files. for example blah blah blah for italic or blah blah blah for underline or ... for colorful text. there is a code for moving the text up the…
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Subtitles in VLC are displayed as question marks

I can't reproduce what made it happen, but since yesterday, for all the movies I play with VLC - their subtitles (Hebrew) are displayed as question marks. Any resolution? Way to find the source of the issue? Here is an excerpt from the subtitles…
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Hardcoding Subs with ffmpeg?

Is it possible to hardcode subs with ffmpeg? By hardcode, I mean overlaying the subtitles as pictures on top of the video, and would be unremovable because they would be a part of the video. I tried to convert the subtitle to .ass and then tried to…
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Combining video and subtitle files as one video?

I have a video file (in the format of .mp4, .mkv, .avi or whatever) and a subtitle file (.srt). I want to embed the subtitle file into the video file so that I have only one file - the video file in contrast to the video and the subtitle file. Is it…
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