Merge your subtitles with movie file VLC Media Player vs HandBrake vs MKVMerge Software

3 Methods:

VLC Media Player

HandBrake

MKVMerge Software

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.

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   Launch VLC Media Player.

   

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   From the top menu, click "Media", followed by "Stream".

   

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   On the Open media window, click "Add".

   

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   Browse to and open a video file.

   

   Notice the .srt file in our example has the same filename and it's in the same location.

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   Once your video file is open, click "Stream".

   

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   In the Stream Output window, click "Next".

   

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   Next on the Destination Setup window, click "Browse".

   

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   Now you can browse to a location to save your new video file (with hardcoded subtitles).

   

   Once you've picked an output location, click "Save".

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   Next on the Destination Setup window, confirm that the location is correct, then click "Next".

   

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    Here on the Transcoding Options window, make sure "Activate Transcoding" is checked, then click "Edit selected profiles".

    

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    On the Profile window, click the "Subtitles" tab.

    

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    Here on the Subtitles tab, ensure both "Subtitles" and "Overlay subtitles on the video" are checked

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    Also, from the drop-down, select T.140 as the codec, then click "Save".

    

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    On the Transcoding options window, be sure "Activate Transcoding" is still checked, then click "Next".

    

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    On the Option Setup window, we need to delete the following text from the Generated stream output string

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    "scodec=t14," without the quotes.

    

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    Once you've removed the text, click "Stream".

    

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    VLC will now begin to hard code your subtitles into your video file

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    You will see the video's timer counting, but the screen will remain blank.

    

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    When VLC completes merging your subtitles, you will see your new video file in the location you chose earlier.

    

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    To make sure your subtitles are hardcoded, open the video file in VLC

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    You 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.

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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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   Launch HandBrake, then select Open a single video file.

   

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   Navigate to and select the movie you wish to add subtitles to, then select Open.

   

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   Once your movie is loaded, select the Video tab, then select Same as source from the Framerate (FPS)

   drop-down menu.
   

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   Select the Subtitles tab.

   

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   Select Import Subtitle, then select Browse.

   

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   Go to the folder containing the subtitle file (.SRT), then select Open'.

   

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   Place a checkmark next to Burn In, then select Browse

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   Navigate to the location you wish to save your merged video, name it, then select Save.

   

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   Select Start Encode.This may take some time depending on both your computer's speed and the length/size of your video file.

   

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   Once your movie is encoded, play it with VLC to see if it displays the subtitles.

   

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