Merge your subtitles with movie file VLC Media Player vs HandBrake vs MKVMerge Software
Edited by Ronniel Javier, Lynn, Alma, Lister Jhan Dugho and 19 others
Many people love to watch movies, and subtitles may be needed for you to able to understand, especially if the sound and video quality are bad, or if your hearing is not great. When you turn on subtitles in the movies that you watch, it can help you to understand the whole movie story. If you want or need subtitles on the movies you watch, you can merge the subtitle file to your MKV file so that the subtitles will always be available to you. You will need an MKV file of your movie for this merging process will work. But don't worry if your movie file is not MKV because you can convert it to an MKV file.
We've included two additional methods; VLC Media Player, which is also free and will work with multiple video formats, not just MKV, as well as HandBrake. Remember that you need to have your subtitle file (SRT file) in the same location as your video file, and they both have to have identical filenames.
Method 1: VLC Media Player
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- 18You should see your subtitles displayed along with the dialogue. To verify that the subtitles are hardcoded, right-click and select "Subtitles". If there is no option to turn them off, you've successfully merged your subtitle file with your video.To make sure your subtitles are hardcoded, open the video file in VLC.
Method 2: HandBrake
HandBrake is a free, open-source video transcoder that works well for converting various types of video formats. It's also a great tool for adding or burning in subtitles to a movie or video file. Before proceeding with the steps below, go to HandBrake's Download page, download your version, then run the installer. If you have HandBrake already installed, skip to the steps below.
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- 3Once your movie is loaded, select the Video tab, then select Same as source from the Framerate (FPS)
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Method 3: MKVMerge Software
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