De: https://www.veed.io/learn/how-to-hardcode-subtitles
How to hardcode subtitles with VLC media player
You now know that hardcoding subtitles comes with too many perks to ignore. So let’s get you started with adding burned-in subtitles to your video.
On a side note, if you prefer learning by watching, here’s a video walkthrough of how to hardcode subtitles into a video:
Using a VLC media player for this job is ideal for folks who are looking to add hardcode subtitles once in a while. Say, you are a creator who doesn’t focus much on video content.
If you’re a creator or social media marketer who lives and breathes video content though, feel free to skip this section and jump straight to adding hardcode subtitles the easy and fast way.
Now, for adding hardcoding subtitles with VLC.
What is VLC?
Developed by VideoLAN project, VLC is a free, cross-platform media player. It’s available for use on desktop and mobile platforms including Android, Windows, and iOS.
You'll need the following:
- Your masterpiece – the video
- The SRT file containing video’s subtitles
- The VLC player itself. Download and install on your computer for free from their website.
Pro Tip: If you just want to add subtitles with the click of a button and don't want to deal with a clunky freer alternative use VEED's online video editor and auto-subtitle generator.
Heads-up: Make sure your SRT file is the correct one. If it’s wrong and you end up adding the subtitles, you’ll have to restart the subtitling process from scratch to add the correct subs.
To add the subtitles, follow these steps:
1. Open VLC media player
Open the VLC media player. There’s no point selecting your video and opening it using the “open with VLC” option since you’ll be selecting the video in the next step anyway.
2. Add your video within the stream menu
Hover over the media tab and click on Stream. Alternatively, use the shortcut CTRL+S and the Stream menu will open up.
Now, click the Add button to select the video file you want to burn the subtitles into.
3. Select the subtitles you want to hardcode
After you’ve added your video, tick the Use a subtitle file box and click Browse to find and import your SRT file.
At the bottom of this window, click on the Stream button. Once done, you'll see the next page. Here, confirm the video source by clicking Next in the bottom right.
4. Add stream output file destination
Next you need to create the output location for your new video file. To do so, select File in the dropdown menu and tap the Add button next to it.
Now, a File tab will open up and you’ll have to name that file whatever you want to call it. Don’t forget to make sure you add the “.mp4” extension to the end of your filename.
Done? click on Next.
5. Activate transcoding subtitles option
In the transcoding options section, make sure you tick the Activate Transcoding box. Then click on the spanner icon next to the dropdown menu.
This will show a new window pop up. Here, under the subtitles tab, make sure that you tick the Subtitles and the Overlay subtitles on the video boxes.
Click Save, followed by Next.
6. Save new hardcoded subtitles video from stream
On the last page, the only thing you need to do is click the Stream button in the bottom right of the window.
The video will then playback once all the way through and then a second time the playhead will move once again from start to finish in the timeline. It’s important that you let VLC finish transcoding your file.
Don’t close VLC Media Player during this process.
7. Quit VLC media player the correct way
After the player finishes transcoding, all that’s left to do is quitting the player the right way. Closing VLC by selecting the cross on the window fails to save videos properly.
So a good way to ensure everything is thoroughly saved: hover over Media in the top bar menu and then select Quit.
That’s it. You’re done.
