Is possible to add .srt subtittles to a movie, so then i can turn it on or off by pressing the "language button"?

Hi YoyooArratia,

It is a little unclear to me exactly what you are asking, but if subtitles are already included in the video you are watching you can turn them on or off. See this article -

iTunes for Windows: Closed Captioning and Subtitles

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5912

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Best,

Brett L

Use VLC for ios to transfer more than just mp4. You can view MKV files in VLC for iOS. To add subtitles, download subtitles from online or use the .srt you have, and then name it the same name as the video file. In VLC for iOS, you should be able to select the sub track and enjoy!

Hi there :)

I'm yet to find a method that works every time for this issue.

I have a number of films in mp4 format which are in my iTunes library, and have experimented with A LOT of options and work-around's. From my many hours of trying to do this, it would seem that simply adding the srt to the same directory doesn't work. I've had to 'burn-in' the titles which is fine for what I want, but in your case probably not. It would also depend on where you're sourcing the video from. If you're copying a DVD, you might have luck if you try ripping the ISO, and then exporting it as and mp4 using something Handbrake, but if the video file comes as is and you're trying to merge the two, it might be a little more complex.

I've found a lot of help on VideoHelp.com where entire treads are dedicated to this exact stuff, like this:

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/339923-Adding-Subtitles-to-MP4-Files

This is my first post on here helping someone, so I hope I've made a positive contribution back after it's helped me so much in the past :)

I developed a Mac App called Subtitle Writer. That's for adding SRT subtitle to Mov, M4V, MP4 and 3GP movies. It's available on Mac App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/subtitle-writer/id889582450?ls=1&mt=12

With Subtitle Writer, it’s a snap to add subtitle track to your movie and video. Of course, it’s working for iPad and iPhone movies. You can easily watch multi language subtitled movie on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. It’s not hard coded and no video quality loss. You can turn the subtitle on or off. You can even extract the subtitles to a SRT file by using SRT Extractor on Mac App Store.

Visit http://www.finalsub.com/subtitlewriter.html to learn more before you buy it.

-Mov, m4v, mp4, 3gp are supported. iOS video format supported.

-Soft coded subtitle. No video quality loss.

-SRT file needed.

-Multiple subtitle tracks burn to video at one time.

-Choose language for Quicktime X auto language detection.

-Mac OS 10.9 or above.

-Use Quicktime X to toggle CC on on Mac to see the subtitles.

-Turn on Closed captions on iPhone and iPad to see the subtitles.

-You can Download SRT Extractor to extract the subtitles from video.

-You can download SRT Edit to make new SRT file or edit an existing SRT file.

Important Notice:

-This Subtitle Writer Version 1.0 only support Quicktime Player X. Quicktime Player 7 is not supported to see the subtitle track.

-If you want to add subtitle for iOS compatible video, make sure your video format is ready for iOS devices. If not, please use video converter to make it iOS compatible. Then add subtitles to the video.

-On iOS device, please turn the Closed Captions on by Settings->General->Accessibility->Subtitles & Captioning ->Closed Captions+SDH.

As far as I am aware iTunes, iPhone, iPad, and QuickTime only officially support two types of subtitle - Closed Caption and a text based Subtitle track. Both of these are embedded in to the movie file. In other words officially they do not support .srt files.

It has been possible in the past to use Perian on a Mac only as an add-on for QuickTime and this has allowed using .srt files. (Obviously this will not work on iPhone etc.) However Perian is not supported any more and even even though you can still download it in Mavericks it only works in QuickTime Player 7 and not QuickTime Player X. As a result it also does not work in iTunes.

Therefore you probably as intimated by other posters here need to look at using a tool to convert your .srt files in to embedded subtitles inside the MP4 video file. There are various tools to do this and the Mac is particularly well-served in this area, it seems Windows is less well endowed. 🙂

However have a look at http://www.aegisub.org you would want to use soft-subs and embed them in the video (MP4) file.

You could also have a look at HandBrake which is available for both Mac and Windows. The following article might help http://www.winxdvd.com/resource/how-to-use-handbrake-add-movie-subtitle.htm

My work around is to burn subtitles into the video. Most converters can do this.

Yup VLC can let you add external subtitles when playback, but it's not so good when watch on iPad.

From an article on where to get subtitles and how to add subtitles (SRT, SSA, IDX, and SUB, etc) to MP4 , I learn that:

Here we list two ways to obtain subtitles for use:

Method One: download subtitles from special websites like moviesubtitles.org, subtitles.hr, etc.

Method Two: Just extract subtitle from video and then add the extracted subtitle to other video

Three steps to add subtitles to MP4

Step 1 Add MP4 to the program

Step 2 Add SRT to MP4

Step 3 Starting adding SRT to MP4

Hello,

I was having this same problem and got to this forum to check for possible solutions. The app that liubin developed works like a charm for me, I have tried several other methods including a method on windows that took more than hour and a half to put the subtitles on the mp4 file (it took that time just to complete about 20% of the whole process). The app from liubin works perfect, it took 2 minutes to do the job and I have already verified that the subtitles are selectable and working from my iPad. I also verified the file using quicktime on Mac OS X, it works fine as well.

liubin, I was wondering if you have any similar app to run on Windows. I have friends that want to do the same thing with the mp4 files to transfer the files with subtitles to their iPads, but they don't have Mac computers, only PCs.

Thanks for your help.

You need to add soft subtitle and embed the subtitle to a single track.

The easiest way i found is to use external subtitle player.

After playing both video and loading subtitle in external player

Look at time difference and which ever is advance, pause it a little.

original post http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/add-subtitles-to-streaming-online-movi e-video/

download link https://github.com/carsonip/Penguin-Subtitle-Player