Today I planned to share a very common and useful thing, i.e, how to create movie subtitles with just a notepad. Generally, when there is a language difference, subtitles are used for better understanding of movie's conversations. A specific type of file format called .srt file are globally used for movie subtitles. Today I am going to tell you how to create a .srt file using notepad.
What is .srt file ?
.srt file stands for SubRip Text files. It contains simple formatted text data which was first written in France. The data in the .srt file is written in the following format.
The Start time and End time are written in hours:minutes:seconds,milliseconds format.
How to write ?
- To create a subtitle just open your notepad and start editing it as per the video.
- Just see the below example and you will have a better understanding.
- I will suggest you one thing here, just copy and paste the above code in a notepad file and save it with any name in .srt extension.
- Now open any mp4 file with VLC media player and drag-drop the .srt file on it.
- Similar to above code you can also write more subtitles for your movie.
Explaining the code
- The text is not at all difficult to understand. It has been written in plain text but with a specific format.
- You just need to be careful about the timing. For example I can tell you, if you play the above .srt file, the dialog "Oh sorry, I really forgot to go there ?" will come at 24 second 900 millisecond and will stay on screen upto 27 second 700 millisecond.
- So you just play your movie and side by side go on adding as much dialog as you want in the notepad by setting proper time.
I think the above tutorial is sufficient for your understanding. But if you still face any problem, you can just drop a comment to make me know.
how to make the subs at the top of the movie?
Can’t save a file in .srt extension in Notepad ? Is there any solution for this?
Jack, Can you tell me what problem you are facing during save ? In the save as dialog, provide a file name with .srt extension and change the Save as type to All Files.
hi, if I want to insert a long text (a monologue) will it scroll automatically or I need to set it sentence-by-sentence? Thanks!
How to change the font size of the subtitles that appear on screen?
i dont think we can change the font size…
I want to create Tamil Subtitles for movies. I have downloaded some Tamil subtitles from net. But when I change the letters, Tamil fonts did n’t appear. Even when I run the movie with that subtitles file, instead of Tamil letters some other boxes appeared. Please help.
how can we synchronize subtitles with video means without to drag n drop or item add subtitle from vlc and display subtitles in separate panal…
i want to display subtitles in separate panel instead of on picture…and display automatically instead of drag n drop or add through add subtitles(vlc)..plz guide me..
Thanks 🙂
how can i change the font color???
Still no Working?
Try it, Subtitle Workshop Tutorial and download :
Create subtitle :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5HR2gTT2E
Edit or Change Subtitle font style :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99nJzEC5hIc
Edit or Change Subtitle Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFpjmKN8yLk
Hi, thanks. very helpful for beginners like me. Worked fine. Just one thing .. how to avoid the time stamps coming up with the subtitle?
very nice