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How to Download Movies Subtitles Automatically Using Media Player Classic. you should have two files.

Freeware program Media Player Classic to find and add subtitles through Media Player Classic. the open source media player Media Player Classic.

The other night I was watching my Frozen DVD on my computer with the Russian language enabled, but as I was watching the movie I was thinking; What if I could have both Russian and English subtitles at the same time. That way I could gain both auditory and visual input to my Russian learning. After fiddling around with it for a good few hours I finally managed to make it work. After posting the result in the Polyglots Facebook group, it got quite a response of people who wanted to emulate what I had set up. So I decided to write this in-depth guide.

The end result of this guide.

What you will need to watch movies with 2 sets of subtitles

VLC Video Player or any alternative video player that accepts. ass files – no pun intended

Two subtitle tracks you would like to merge in. SRT format – Important.

The movie you wish to watch with dual subtitles – can be any video file on your computer or a DVD

Patience. – It takes a little while to set up, and sometimes it will take you some time to locate the subtitles.

Not always required : Notepad or similar text editor – You might need this if you are downloading subtitles in foreign character sets like Cyrillic for Russian.

Optional – Is a software that integrates with subtitle websites and organises your videos. I have no experience with this software, but it might prove useful.

Step 1 – Locate the subtitles for your movie or video

This is the hardest step in the process. If you have acquired your video file from the internet one way or another it is likely that you can obtain a subtitle this way. Be warned though that the subtitle files are often based on the English version of an international film. So for instance finding the same Russian they actually speak in the Russian version Frozen proved to be quite a challenge.

Method 1: Try these sites to find your subtitles

Note: Be careful with some of these sites and exercise normal sensible browsing logic. If there s a DOWNLOAD in big banners and letters and it links to something like adserver.something.org.753434 then it s probably not your file. Sadly it s a normal bad advertiser policy to try and distract you with big download buttons that just redirect to ads.

Method 2: Use VLC to detect subtitles

VLC Media Player has a built in VLCSUB extension which allows you to search for subtitles based on the video s hash-information, or as I understand it, the information embedded in the file. If this method works you will have a file that fits perfectly with you video, as it takes it way more into account.

To access this extension: Go to view - VLCSub

If the extension does not show up for you, either update your VLC, or get the extension manually via: Addons.Videolan.org

You will be presented with a window. Note that you should launch the extension first, then load your video. Once you have the movie loaded you can click the Search by hash without filling out anything else. While you can also search by name I have not found this function to be particularly good.

Once the search is completed it might take a while you can download the corresponding subtitles directly.

Method 3 – If you are desperate but own the DVD

The last resort if everything else fails is to simply rip the subtitles off a DVD. The reason this is the last resort is because it is time-consuming. I m adding it here anyway because it might be worth the time for language learners to do it, as you can watch movies with dual subtitles many times. The software you will need is called SubRip and can be gotten with the link below.

SubRip – Allows you to rip subtitles from a DVD.

Be warned though. Not only does it take over an hour for the software to extract the subtitles you also need to sit at the computer and tell the software exactly what letter is what. It uses a recognition software, but since DVD subtitles are saved as images and we need text, you have to do this. Luckily it learns pretty quickly. The whole process will take a long time though.

Step 2 – Merging the two subtitles

Now that you have spent time locating your pair of subtitles, it s time to join them together. Luckily this step is usually the easiest. However you might run into a problem with the charset. The way to make sure everything is fine is to open up the SRT file you acquired in step 1, using any notepad software. If the characters are legible you are good to go. If they are not, skip to Step 3 before you continue with this step. Make sure the two files are saved in the same encoding. UTF-8 is recommended. In the normal windows Notepad you can see encoding in the save menu underneath the filename:

Remember to save your srt files as. srt and not as. srt.txt which you might end up doing if you don t select all files in the filetype field.

You are very unlikely to have this problem if you are using languages that use Latin characters or whatever your computer s default character set is

Merging the two SRT files is easy, you simply go to the below link and input your two files. They must be in the same encoding. Once you submit you are given the. ass file which contains both your subtitle tracks.

Save your new file in a place where you can locate it again.

Step 3 – How to fix your subtitles looking weird

Note: As I mentioned above, if your subtitles looked fine in the test – move on to Step 4.

If, after having downloaded your subtitles they come out weird, like this demonstrated on the right here, you have an encoding problem. The only way I found out how to fix this was using Notepad but I m sure other options are

This was supposed to be Cyrillic characters.

available. If your computer often runs with the characters that the subtitle contains like if you were Ukranian and downloading Russian subtitles You are unlikely to run into any problems.

The way to fix it is you open your SRT file with Notepad and then you do the following: This is for Cyrillic characters

Encoding - Convert to ANSI

Encoding - Character Sets - Cyrillic - Windows-1251

Encoding - Convert to UTF-8

Save your file

This should work with all character problems you might run into.

Step 4 – Playing the movie with your new fancy subtitles

The only thing that remains is to go to VLC, load up your movie and go to Subtitle - Add Subtitle File and enjoy your movie in true bi- or even trilingual style. Have the audio and one subtitle in your target language and the other in a language your understand, but are not at a native level in. Two birds with one stone.

I hope you enjoyed this guide on how to watch videos with two subtitles, if you have any questions or comments feel free to add them below.

Media Player Classic the project in two main veins. The version known as Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 was with support for subtitles and.

Except VLC Media Player, all others media GOM Player is the best media player to play movies with subtitles. Media Player Classic is good with subtitles.

Guide: How to watch any video with 2 sets of subtitles

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I have installed the Media Player Classic and wanted to load the subtitles for my rmvb video file but I got this instead

Do you know how to change the video renderer type for a rmvb file. I would really appriciate your help :

go to view - options - playback - output and check the video renderer you want. it says there which ones you need for subtitles to work.

11-17-2005 PM

bobarnas

Feedback

30 people found this useful

Thank you bobarnas..

10-31-2006 PM

Francis Uy

I had the same problem like you with Volver with Penelope Cruz, very nice movie but subs suxs. I ve been trying VLC and Media Classic and BS Player with no result. A big help was to reinstall directx and all the codecs also a new version of subs for the same movie. All these players use their own codecs and play subs if you keep them in the same folder. If your subs are ok and work the player show you subs.

11-01-2006 AM

Marcus Aurelius

I could not load subtitles of the file The.Restless.2006.DVDRip.XviD-PosTX in media player classic can anyone have any idea of how to load subtitles. It would be a great help thnak you

08-29-2007 AM

001

Hey, how do i actually get the subtitles to display. I just don t get it.. It s an MKV file btw if that matters

08-01-2008 AM

Just a guest with a problem

Hey guys,

I had the same problem with media player classic. A lot of the advice I read left out one crucial point which I help put here

In media player classic go to View - Options - Playback - Output - DirectShow Video - VMR7 renderless or VMR9 renderless. Then when you play the file, go to File -- Load Subtitle.

That works for me. I hope it helps someone else.

12-19-2008 AM

alternipunker

24 people found this useful

Thanks, worked for me

12-25-2008 PM

Shooter Mcgavin

nice, it works :D

02-21-2009 PM

che

if the subtitle file is. sub sometimes it would play only the default language and most player won t show options to choose a different sub language so after changing to VMR7 or VMR9 you can access the option from

Play- Filters- DirectVobSub auto-loading version -

and you ll see the list of subtitle languages available, choose the one you want

06-12-2009 PM

vanwalter

Thanks man..it s work..

07-04-2009 AM

drec

Oh god thank you thank you so MUCH bobarnas.

If I could I would kiss you. I am so happy for being able to watch K-on. 3

Love from Norwegian Girl, Christin

07-09-2009 PM

Kyelil

obrigado amigos

10-08-2009 PM

amigo

thanks a lot alternipunker godbless :D

12-24-2009 AM

John Eman

hey guys just change the sub tiltle name. it shud be same.

like movie file name is G-Force.mp4 then change the sub title file name too G-Force.srt it sud be in a same folder.

01-09-2010 PM

bujju

Can someone help me out here. I m having trouble getting embedded subtitles to display when viewing MKV files in the latest version of Media Player Classic updated it last week. The files are MKV, with H264 encoding, Vorbis audio, and Advanced SubStation Alpha ASS embedded subtitles that is, no separate subtitle file. I ve followed all the advice I can find, and after extensive Google searches on the topic, I ve hit a brick wall.

I ve tried both VMR7 renderless and VMR9 renderless DirectShow video output as well as every other output option, JIC. I ve tried using the DirectVobSub and MPC internal subtitle renderers. I ve tried all available options under Navigate- Subtitle Language. I ve set Compatibility- Autoload VSFilter to Yes under the Haali Media Splitter. And, of course, I ve restarted MPC after accepting each of these changes, just to make sure.

I ve tried playing the files in VLC Media Player, and the subtitles do, in fact, exist. Sadly, VLC runs very poorly for me, so I d rather stick with MPC which runs great, aside from this issue. I ve tried these files on two different machines, with the same results.

Does anyone have any other suggestions, aside from giving up on these files. Thanks.

02-03-2010 PM

PGFish

PGFish wrote:

Does anyone have any other suggestions, aside from giving up on these files. Thanks.

I had a very similar problem, but I have Windows Media Player Classic v6.4.9.0 and Vista 32bit. I followed what you did, setting the DirectShow video output to VMR9 renderless, and it worked. Nothing else worked, and I couldn t find much else on the Internet about this issue. I was thinking though, if it tried what you did and I got the same results that you did, I was going to just convert the. mkv file to another format and try to see if that would, either run smoother on VLC or work on the Media Player Classic.

02-10-2010 AM

boddah

I feel terrible about the double post but I think I might have found the best solution:Click.

boddah1

for MPC player name of subs and name of movie file have to be same so it can be loaded. then go to view options playback output: VMR7 renderless or VMR9 renderless. other options dont touch leave it to system defaults. restart MPC. file load subs if it doesnt load at start. if strange characters show up go: view options subtitels default style font: in drop list should find yr country or region. cya

02-22-2010 AM

asume

Bluray: Problem with forced subtitles

I ask for help to solve this problem.

forced subtitles are those subtitles that appear when a scene requires it and then disappear. This subtitle, other than permanent, turn on the actors speak a language other than the one selected, or when it is always a sign written in different languages.

In the case of film Angels and Demons Italian version in the opening scene from 3.54 to 4.40 minutes is spoken French language losing part of the meaning of the scenes, this is a very important fact for the understanding of a film.

This is the example of Bluray Angels and Demons seen with PowerDVD9 in Italian

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Wonder if you can resolve this problem with some setting or codec would be a major step forward for this great player to play Bluray, but should be complete for the navigation of the menu, but I think this is still possible for a matter of licensing.

Thank

ocinem61

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someonee..please help mee.. how i gonna appear my subtitle in media player classic.. actually.. my cd was dvd.. it is korean drama.. but.. the subttile don t want to come outt.. i don t know what to do now please help meee.. :

04-09-2010 AM

zaza

thx all brothersss :

07-07-2010 AM

asd

I finally got the subtitles to show up, using the tips left here, but the video itself is nowhere to be seen

Someone please help me with this

08-04-2010 PM

jinxie

thanks to alternipunker. whew

10-13-2010 AM

lanerfy

tks

11-08-2010 PM

Is there a way to keep the subtitles on the video like whenever you open it their there and its like witht he file

11-26-2010 PM

lastone05

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU :

12-06-2010 AM

Grateful

Thanks bobarnas. Now I can play subs in mkv vids. :D

12-20-2010 PM

GVK

Thanks bujju. This is what worked for me, I changed the name of the movie to exactly what it was inststead of those long names with like dvdrip2010xvid.avi at the end of the title but when u do that you have to change the name of the subtitle file to whatever you change it to. Thanks that worked.bujju wrote:

hey guys just change the sub tiltle name. it shud be same.

like movie file name is G-Force.mp4 then change the sub title file name too G-Force.srt it sud be in a same folder.

12-31-2010 PM

Burnquist

alternipunker wrote:

Hey guys,

That works for me. I hope it helps someone else.

excellent, ,, awesome,,,, it worked for me too,,, long live u, , and ur progeny.: : :

02-05-2011 PM

varun

THANK YOU. That last bit of info File, Load Subtitle did the trick.

03-12-2011 PM

The Animal

I am playing a video in MPC and its got embedded subtitles. I ve used the KLM Mega Codec Pack and the subtitles work just fine. The only problem is they appear in simple Arial instead of the preset version. It works in VLC where i get to see the subtitles in their original font size, shape and colour. But for MPC with KLM or without it they get resized and modified to a simple white Arial bold font. I d rather like to see the more colourful version for MPC. I ve tried everything that s given above and it hasn t worked yet. So I d be grateful if someone could help me out.

03-28-2011 PM

SABER

Thanks a lot

04-10-2011 AM

Shahriar

please help to solve this prob. with media player classic:how to switch subtitle on,i cant save any subtitle,when i click on subtitle after 30 seconds it says:cant find subtitle database,please answer me.tnx.

05-26-2011 PM

salas

how to set subtitle in media player classic.

06-04-2011 AM

shakti

every time i try to load subs downloaded from subscene my km player just wont load it.a box appers and says update codecs.i dont knw wat to do,plz help me.

07-01-2011 AM

ankon

thank u so much.. was trying to change the sub file to srt, n then i came upon this

07-21-2011 AM

eddy ryan

my video movie dont have a subtitle,what should i do. please help me

07-28-2011 AM

aishah

ok, goog.

10-28-2011 AM

thatlaquada

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Actually there is no Options below the view menu.

12-24-2011 PM

Thanks a ton. it worked.

01-04-2012 PM

Simha

you r rocks man its work fine////// tnx / tnx / tnx

04-24-2012 AM

designpro nirjhor

I viewed the very same. mkv in mpc.. but in different laptops

the other my cous had subtitles.. and the other mine had none..

i had no whatsoever saved files for subtitles..

and i dont quite get the idea of the subtitle database

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what should i do

05-13-2012 AM

komeme

Thank you so much : This worked for me and I ve been looking for ages. Carry on you magnificent stallion.

04-04-2013 PM

AfricanWoolf

TopicYour replyVerify you re human.

Subtitles in Media Player Classic

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Summary changed from Dual Subtitle Display to Display multiple subtitles at the same time; This is a duplicate of 251. Note.

PotPlayer can show two subtitles on the video at the same time. How to add a second subtitle onto the video is very similar to KMPlayer, Media Player Classic.

In media player classic go to View I ve tried playing the files in VLC Media Player, and the subtitles do I ve tried these files on two.

In media player classic go to View Enlarging subtitles Media Player Classic Can t play a MOV file in Media Player Classic; Classic Media Player and VLC.