Questions tagged [subtitle]
A subtitle is a title placed under another title, usually with a smaller text size. Subtitles can also be text that is placed along the bottom the screen for a video, so that the deaf can understand what is being played.
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Extract subtitle from mkv files
The problem is that videoplayers in Ubuntu have a problem with integrated central european subtitles.The solution is to extract them. Does anyone knows if there is a command in the terminal or a ...
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How to show subtitles under the video in VLC?
Using VLC 1.1.12 on Ubuntu 11.10, I'd like to show subtitles under the video so that they don't disturb me.
I tried to change it: Interface > Preferences > Subtitles & OSD > Force subtitle ...
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How do I add and/or keep subtitles when converting video?
I have a MKV video I want to convert to MP4, but every which way I try and convert it (Handbrake, WinFF, FFmpeg, MEncoder,...) I lose the video's subtitles. How can I convert the video, keeping the ...
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What apps to sync movie subtitles easily are available for Ubuntu?
I have a subtitle file that is about 3 to 4 seconds behind. What tools can I use to automatically move all the times in the subtitle file so they are correct with the time of the movie? Something that ...
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How can I embed subtitles into a movie file?
My TV can only play subtitles if they are embedded into the file (eg a MKV or hardcoded over the video).
So given a film in a format (eg MP4) and a subtitle as something like a SRT, how can I combine ...
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Displaying two subtitle tracks simultaneously
Is there a way to display multiple subtitles at the same time? It would help a lot while learning a new language. I have some *.mkv movie with two embedded subtitles, how would I turn them both on, so ...
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VLC : Error, Unable to save subtitles
I use Ubuntu 18.04 with VLC 3.0.7. Since some time ago, I am not able to automatically download subtitles through VLC. I have to use the Click here to open the file option in the error dialogue and ...
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Ubuntu VLC subtitles blurry
When I watch a film with subtitles in either VLC or other movie players, the subtitle isn't as clear as on Windows.
It's thin and seems to be grayed out, whereas in VLC on Windows I have a clear ...
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How can I convert IDX/SUB DVD subtitles into a text SRT subtitle file?
I have a pair of .idx/.sub subtitle files with multiple languages and I need to convert them to single-language .srt files because neither Totem nor Gnome Mplayer can show that type of subtitles.
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How to Play Bulgarian/Cyrillic subtitles
Hello members I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit my only problem is that I'm from Bulgaria and when a download movie with Bulgarian subs VLC player is not showing them properly how can i fix that ?
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Cli tool to shift timing of subtitles
I'm searching for a command line tool that can shift the timing of a subtitle file (*.srt, *.ass).
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Insert subtitles permanently and convert video
I need to do two things with an .avi video:
Insert subtitles (.srt) permanently without modifying its timing or the video intself.
Convert the new video (with the permanent subtitles) from .avi to ....
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Hebrew subtitles are gibberish
I tried adding subtitles to a video with gsubedit (gnome subtitles), but it's showing the subtitles as gibberish and also I opened the file and saw there gibrish.
I used the subtitle also in windows ...
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Subtitle editor for 16.04
I normally get English subs for certain movies. I want to translate them to my regional language. Is there any subtitle editor for 16.04 using which I can open an .srt file and edit it to replace ...
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How to set subtitles to 'none' as a default for totem?
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Opening videos has always the English subtitles (embedded) on by default, I have to turn them off every time I open I new file.
How to turn it to none as a default?
There is a checkbox ...
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Can't see the subtitles in totem
I have successfully managed to load subtitles in totem and it says that the subtitles are run but,the problem is that I can't see them.
Does anybody know a fix for it?
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Unable to play file; no PGS subtitle decoder for Totem
I am trying to play a MKV file with Totem and on some files I get the following message:
Unable to play the file
PGS subtitles decoder is required to play the file, but it is not installed
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VLC does not show any text at all, not only subtitles
I have installed yesterday Ubuntu 16.04 on my new laptop, and I have an annoying problem: VLC won't show subtitles.
Not only that, it doesn't even show the title of the video file, despite the option ...
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How to install Subtitle Edit 3.3?
I'm a subtitle translator in Sri Lanka. So, I used Subtitle Edit (http://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit) in Windows to create/edit/translate subtitles into Sinhala language.
But, is it possible to install ...
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position subtitles as low as possible in VLC
How to show subtitles under the video in VLC?
I couldn't write in the above thread so I will ask a new question instead.
My goal is the same as the thread above. But the instructions that are given ...
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How to change font color of subtitles in totem movie player
Is there a way to change the font color, not the size, of subtitles in totem movie player?
I would like to change the color to some kind of yellow so there is more contrast between the movie and the ...
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Gnome-subtitles removed from Ubuntu 18.04
I just notice that Gnome-subtitles is no longer available for Ubuntu 18.04.
Is there an alternative to such tool ? I mean allowing to insert subtitles but also to synchronize them within the video. ...
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Any video player that can show two subtitles at a time?
I am using Ubuntu 13.10 .
Is there any video player that can show two subtitles at a time while watching?
Thank you.
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How to change font style and size of subtitles in Celluloid?
How to change font family, font size, or even font color for subtitles in Celluloid? There are no relevant options in the settings (Preferences) like in VLC or Totem.
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Saving subtitles found by the VLC extension "Subtitle Finder"?
I found a VLC script called 'Subtitle finder' (here) that downloads and displays video subtitles 'on-the-fly': they are downloaded and displayed during playback, and it works great, but does not saves ...
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Where to get Aegisub?
Where can I get new Aegisub? Ubuntu reps have only 2.1.9 which is VERY buggy (it doesn't support cyrillic lower case, it's unaceptable for me). I found only source, but I'm not sure, that I can do ...
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Is there software to automatically add subtitles to the videos?
I am looking for a software or media player that has subtitles automatically.
For example with VLC, if I do not have the subtitle file, I can not have the subtitles.
Is there any software that allows ...
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How can I adjust subtitles in Totem?
How do I adjust subtitles in Totem player so that I can forward or delay it?
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Can I make MPV player to pick up any subtitles available in the folder?
GitHub Source Page
i'm using this really amazing video player in ubuntu, i just want to make little change in it's behaviour with subtitles (.srt files)
Default Behaviour
currently MPV shows ...
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Play subtitle on online streaming movies
I want a player which can play subtitles while I am watching online movies.
I have tried VLC network streaming. It's not happening.
Well, there is a Windows app called Greenfish Subtitle Player, ...
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Problem with encoders in Subtitle Editor
When I try to open a .mp4 with subtitle editor I get the following message
GStreamer-plugins missing.
The playback of this movie requires the following decoders which are not installed:
H.264 ...
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Watching a video with subtitles
Recently, I was looking for a way to watch a video with subtitles. I downloaded HandBrake and now I can merge the files but that way I need to wait around an hour or even more to watch a 40-minute ...
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How can I burn vobsub subtitles using ffmpeg?
I have an MKV that I am using to create a DVD using DeVeDe
The MKV has embedded subtitles in vobsub format, which DeVeDe does not support (or bugged, not sure)
I decided to burn the subtitles to the ...
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How to open . srt files in Ubuntu
My problem is that I can't open .srt files. This file is in an .rar archive along with a .txt file. When I extract, only the .txt file gets extracted. I downloaded several programs that are supposed ...
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Why is Aegisub no longer available in Ubuntu?
I recently updated to Bionic Beaver but Aegisub is no longer available in Ubuntu repositories.
I don't know of any other alternative and it's not the first time I've lost a program when upgrading :(
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Video player with good subtitle rendering
Is there any way to improve the subtitle rendering capabilities of Totem? The subtitles positioning seems to be hard-coded in it and even though the style is user-customizable, it does not confirm to ...
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How can I get Subliminal to work?
How can I get Subliminal to work and then integrate it with a file manager?
I have downloaded Subliminal which is a program that downloads movie subtitles.But when I test it at the console with a ...
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subdownloader error: Unable to download subtitle
(blablabla = a name of a movie)
The subdownloader gives me this error: Unable to download subtitle blablabla.srt.
If somebody knows please answer with simple english since i'm new to ubuntu and new to ...
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How to create accurately timed soft video sub titles?
I know how to create soft subtitles with a text editor and saving the text file as a srt file. But it's taking very long and and timing isn't the best as I am starting and stopping the video using ...
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Ubuntu video player, central european subtitles
I am living in Romania, a central european country and I am trying to see a movie with an integrated subtitle . The problem is that the default video player does not display characters like 'ș', 'ț' ...
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media software to combine video and audio
I need something that can help me combine my video files with .srt subtitle tracks.
Any ideas? I dont want to use the terminal and command lines, just a simple programme like AutoGK used to be in ...
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Auto generate English subtitles from video file
Is there any good tool which we can use to generate subtitles in English from a video file ? I have a couple of TV shows which would be good if there is a subtitle. I am not looking for a 100 % ...
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Malayalam Subtitle font rendering issue with VLC for 16.04
When I use a Malayalam (a very popular south Indian language) srt file with VLC (UTF-8 + Malayalam font in preferences) for Ubuntu 16.04, the subtitles are displayed. But not correctly. Certain joint ...
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Subdownloader is not working anymore
It was a great application once, but for me at least it hasn't worked for the last several months.
I can search for subtitles, but when I try to download one, it always displays the message Unable to ...
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Bangla subtitle(connected letter) problem in VLC and gnome-mplayer
I am trying to run a srt file written in unicode Bangla. I have changed the encoding settings to UTF-8 and select a Bangla unicode font in VLC subtitle settings.
I can see normal letter but not ...
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How to synchronize subtitles with Subtitle Composer?
I know how to do that with Gnome Subtitles:
opening the subtitle and the video
pausing video when the proper subtitle line is selected
adding a sync point at the beginning and at the end
This ...
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How to install SubtitleEdit on Ubuntu 16.04
I use Subtitle Edit 3.5.9 on Windows all the time, but would like to get it running on Ubuntu too. (Maybe as preparation for Windows 7 EOL).
It states for SE359.zip:
This also works on Linux (when ...
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How to merge subtitles with video using mkvmerge with special characters?
When I use mkvmerge to make a hardcoded subtitle with special characters as ã, á, à, â it replaces it with "?".
I use the following command to embed subtitles:
mkvmerge -o output.mkv video.mp4 ...
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terminal can't find enchant while running ./configure
I'm working on Ubuntu Studio 14.04, and I'm trying to upgrade Subtitle Editor, whose version in the repositories is 0.41.0, even though, as I see here, version 0.51.0 is out since April.
So, I ...
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Video player with TTML support
Is there any video player for Ubuntu that supports the TTML (Timed-Text Markup Language) subtitle format?
I have tried VLC (version 2.2.2). Neither MPlayer supports it according to its documentation.
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