SubRip Subtitle Files (SRT) take the subtitle information from a film or video and put it into a plain-text format that can be displayed during playback. How do you use subtitles in media player (if you use it at all)? Do you have a better trick to share? Do let me know in the comment.First, let’s cover what an SRT file is. It allows you to watch online videos with subtitles. Since we are discussing subtitles, you may want to check out Penguin subtitle player.
It has just one subtitle source: opensubtitle. It saves some time for sure.ĭrawbacks include lack of subtitles sources. You don’t need to go on web looking for a subtitle, download it, extract it and then add it to VLC. In case you are absolute beginner, try the following command to go to the downloaded directory: cd ~/Downloads/vlsub-master/Īnd then copy the file to the extension directory: sudo cp a /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/ Now move or copy the a file in the above mentioned directory. Use the following command to create the desired directory for vlsub. For that you need to create the extension directory first. You need to add this file to VLC extension. This will open the VLsub interface where you can add details for searching and downloading subtitles.
Next, hover down the options available and click on “ VLsub” as shown in the screenshot above. Open VLC and head over to the “ View” option from the menu bar: VLC Subtitles Automatic I presume that you already have VLC installed. The plugin searches for subtitles for the file it is playing on based on the name or hash of the file. VLC now comes with a plugin called vlsub to enable VLC to download subtitles automatically. However, now, it’s a matter of a few clicks. Previously, you had to manually install a plugin. Use VLsub to download subtitles automatically in VLC Talking of VLC and subtitles, I’ll show you how you can make VLC download subtitles automatically and save some effort in going to Google and searching for one. You can also synchronize the subtitles manually in VLC. Apart from playing almost all kind of media files, it can also do several other things which you will hardly find in other video players for Linux.įor example you can use VLC media player to watch videos from internet with subtitles. I consider it one of the best open source software. VLC is my all time favourite video player.
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