Customising subtitles
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elisheva_mRewriting my earlier post so it's less of a daunting wall of text. It's EASY to customise subtitles and that's the point I want to get across.
All you need is 1) a downloaded video; 2) with an .srt file (subtitles); 3) what you want to replace the existing subtitles with; 4) basic text editor (Notepad on Windows, Text Edit on Mac). That's it.
This is an example of two lines of subtitling. The formatting is important, including the empty line. The text line(s) can be changed to whatever you want.
1
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,600
Counting the stars in the sky
2
00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,840
Thinking about when we first locked eyes
Saving it correctly is the moderately tricky part. Make sure it's plain text (Format > Make plain text). Copy the exact name of the video (everything before the first . ) and start to Save your new file. Give it the name of the video BUT change something after the . so it doesn't overwrite anything. It needs to be an .srt file, not .txt, but you can change it from .txt to .srt by Renaming it after it's been saved. Save it (or move it) to the same folder as the video and play.
This is an example of how I distinguish my adapted .srts
Original .srt file: นบดาว (Counting Stars) Ost_คนนบดาว Astrophile - Fluke Gawin(1080p).mp4.en.srt
My custom .srt file: นบดาว (Counting Stars) Ost_คนนบดาว Astrophile - Fluke Gawin(1080p).mp4.aaROM.srt
That's it.
Making these for favourite OSTs has been so good for my language learning (I swap out translations for Thai + romanized Thai lyrics). Easy to make and fun to use. I really recommend it.
Here's my earlier post if you'd like more detail or have hit a snag.
If the video you'd like to customise subtitles on doesn't have a useful .srt file, there's free software to help make your own. If anyone is interested I'm happy to share what I'm learning about that. It's a bit tedious and fiddley but not difficult. I'm using Tero Subtitler for this. It's lovely for adapting existing .srt files too. (Open .srt with Tero; Load the video; adapt what you want; Save As... - done, custom .srt file.)
All you need is 1) a downloaded video; 2) with an .srt file (subtitles); 3) what you want to replace the existing subtitles with; 4) basic text editor (Notepad on Windows, Text Edit on Mac). That's it.
This is an example of two lines of subtitling. The formatting is important, including the empty line. The text line(s) can be changed to whatever you want.
1
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,600
Counting the stars in the sky
2
00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:31,840
Thinking about when we first locked eyes
Saving it correctly is the moderately tricky part. Make sure it's plain text (Format > Make plain text). Copy the exact name of the video (everything before the first . ) and start to Save your new file. Give it the name of the video BUT change something after the . so it doesn't overwrite anything. It needs to be an .srt file, not .txt, but you can change it from .txt to .srt by Renaming it after it's been saved. Save it (or move it) to the same folder as the video and play.
This is an example of how I distinguish my adapted .srts
Original .srt file: นบดาว (Counting Stars) Ost_คนนบดาว Astrophile - Fluke Gawin(1080p).mp4.en.srt
My custom .srt file: นบดาว (Counting Stars) Ost_คนนบดาว Astrophile - Fluke Gawin(1080p).mp4.aaROM.srt
That's it.
Making these for favourite OSTs has been so good for my language learning (I swap out translations for Thai + romanized Thai lyrics). Easy to make and fun to use. I really recommend it.
Here's my earlier post if you'd like more detail or have hit a snag.
If the video you'd like to customise subtitles on doesn't have a useful .srt file, there's free software to help make your own. If anyone is interested I'm happy to share what I'm learning about that. It's a bit tedious and fiddley but not difficult. I'm using Tero Subtitler for this. It's lovely for adapting existing .srt files too. (Open .srt with Tero; Load the video; adapt what you want; Save As... - done, custom .srt file.)
