HomeLooking for a hassle-free way to add a subtitle to your recorded videos so that you could share it with some friends. It won't be a big deal if you find the right software. This tutorial will show you how to add subtitles to your recorded videos.
To load your desired subtitles to any format movie you have, a good subtitles adder comes to help you easily complete the task with no hassle. Here we list some good program that can add subtitles for you.
Part 1. Top 3 programs for adding subtitles
| Top Program with Add Subtitle Feature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Products |  |
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| Pavtube Video Converter | Pavtube HD Video Converter | Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate | |
| Subtitle Supported | |||
| *.srt | Y | Y | Y |
| *.ass | Y | Y | Y |
| *.saa | Y | Y | Y |
| Add Subtitle to/from Recorded Video Container | |||
| H.265(HEVC) | Y | Y | Y |
| MP4/MKV | Y | Y | Y |
| MTS/M2TS/M2T | Y | Y | Y |
| XAVC/XAVC-S/XAVC-L | Y | Y | Y |
| MXF/P2-MXF | Y | Y | Y |
| Add Subtitle to/from Other Video Container | |||
| AVI/WMV/MPEG/DivX/MPEG | Y | Y | Y |
| MOV/VOB/ASF/3GP/DivX | Y | Y | Y |
| M3U8/M4V | Y | Y | Y |
| DVD/Blu-ray | - | - | Y |
| Output Added Subtitle for Devices Supported | |||
| iPhone preset( iPhone SE, iPhone 6S,etc.) | Y | Y | Y |
| Android preset(Galaxy S7, Xperia XA, Nexus 6p,etc) | Y | Y | Y |
| Windows preset(Windows Phone 8/10) | Y | Y | Y |
| Gaming systems, Projectors, 3D, HDTV, etc. | Y | Y | Y |
| HD Media Players | Y | Y | Y |
| Output Added Subtitle for NLEs Supported | |||
| Adobe Premiere | Y | Y | Y |
| Sony Vegas | Y | Y | Y |
| Avid MC | Y | Y | Y |
| Final Cut Pro X/7/6 | Y | Y | Y |
| iMovie 11/10/9.. | Y | Y | Y |
| Built-in Editor Functions | |||
| Trim & Crop Video | Y | Y | Y |
| Merge & Split Video | Y | Y | Y |
| Reset Audio Channel/codec | Y | Y | Y |
| Adjust Video bitrate/size | Y | Y | Y |
| Image/Text Watermarking | Y | Y | Y |
| Conversion | |||
| 2D to/from 3D Conversion | Y | Y | Y |
| Batch Conversion | Y | Y | Y |
| GPU or Multicore Acceleration(Windows Olnly) | Y | Y | Y |
| Tail & Buy | |||
| Win 10 Supported | Y | Y | Y |
| El Capitan Supported | Y | Y | Y |
| Support OS | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8,10 |
| Support OS | Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 | Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 | Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 |
| Windows | download | download | download |
| buy | buy | buy | |
| Mac | download | download | download |
| buy | buy | buy | |
| Price($) | 35 | 35 | 65 |
Part 2. How to create a .srt file
You can create .srt format subtitles totally on your own. To make .srt format subtitles,you can follow below steps:
Open Notepad, WordPad or other text editor. Edit subtitles shown as below:
Type "1" (without quotes) and then press "Enter" to start creating the first subtitle phrase.
Enter the time span to display the subtitle phrase when playing the movie. For example, if you want the first subtitle phrase to be displayed from the second minute to the third minute of the movie, type "00:02:00 --> 00:03:00" (without quotes) and press "Enter."
Type the subtitle phrase and press "Enter" to finish creating the first subtitle phrase.
Type "2" (without quotes) for the second subtitle phrase and follow steps 3 and 4 to create the second subtitle phrase. Do the same for the other subtitle phrases that you want to create, but ensure that you separate the subtitle phrases into numbered sections.
Save the file in the SRT file format after you finish creating it. To do so, click "Start" and then click "Save." Select "All Files" from the "Save as type" drop-down menu. Next, type a name into "File name" field and type ".srt" (without quotes) after it. Click "Save."
Notes:
1. Save .srt file as "ANSI" if using English subtitles.
2. Save .srt file as "UTF-8" if using non-English subtitles.
Part 3. How to add a .srt file to recorded videos
So here"s a guide that will teach you how to add subtitles to videos for free and hopefully not make you completely frustrated!
Step 1. Drag and drop this MP4 file to Pavtube Video Converter.
Step 2. Choose output file format.
From "Format" bar drop-down list, select one of your desired formats to convert to, here, to keep a balance between video quality and file size, it is ideal for you to output H.264 MP4 format.
Step 3. Click "Edit" or the pencil icon edit video to switch to the editing interface, where you can find multiple editing functions and "Subtitle" is just one of them. Click the "Subtitle" tab and check the "Enable" box to allow you to add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to MP4 videos. Then Click "Browse" to find and import the downloaded SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles.
note: Pavtube Video Converter only supports SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles, and make sure that the subtitle file and your MP4 video files are kept in the same folder sharing the same name.
Step 4. Start inserting subtitles to video.
Go back to the main UI and click "Convert" to start inserting SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to your videos. If you don"t want to keep the original MP4 format, just click the format bar to choose the output video format you want before conversion.
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