Using subtitles in windows media player

In order for your subtitles file to work with your video, the video and the subtitles file must be in the same folder e. Once both files are in the same location, you may proceed. Part 2. Understand that this won't work for all videos.

Depending on their encoding settings, some videos may not display subtitles in Windows Media Player. Open the video in Windows Media Player. Right-click the video, select Open with , and click Windows Media Player in the resulting pop-out menu. You should see your video appear in the Windows Media Player window. If you don't see Windows Media Player listed in the Open with menu, either your computer doesn't have it installed or your video can't be played with Windows Media Player.

Right-click the Windows Media Player window. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu. Select Lyrics, captions, and subtitles. It's in the middle of the drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear. Click On if available. This is in the pop-out menu. Doing so tells Windows Media Player to use any available subtitle files. Restart the video. At this point, you'll see the video's subtitles if Windows Media Player supports subtitles for your video.

If this doesn't work, you'll have to use VLC media player instead. Part 3. Install VLC. Double-click the VLC setup file you downloaded, click Yes when prompted, and follow the setup instructions. Go to your video. Your advice was one touch, spot on. I guess I will have to ask them to use a different video player such as VLC. This had caused major problems for me. I followed the directions and when it did not work, I put the settings back and then uninstalled the program. Restarted my PC.

I saw my context menu options when you right click on anything disappear. I heavily relied on these options as I am sure most do and now they are gone.

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Any problem or question just ask!!! Dec 09, The process of adding subtitles to video clips is quite simple; you need to follow these steps: First of all, you need to install Windows media player on your Personal Computer. Prefer to get the latest version, it is easily available over internet and can be downloaded and installed by beginners too. If you have downloaded a movie or video that includes one or more SRT files for subtitles, then you might be wondering what the best way would be to watch the video?

Firstly, programs like Windows Media Player and QuickTime only support subtitles for certain types of video files. In addition to all of that, it almost always flawlessly shows subtitles for videos when the SRT file is in the same folder and has the same name as the video file. VLC Media Player is so good that all you normally have to do is just load the video file and let it load the subtitle file automatically. Additionally, if there are multiple SRT files available, it will pick all of them up and let you choose.

If, for some reason, VLC does not automatically load your subtitle file, you can just right-click on the video, choose Subtitle and click Add Subtitle File. SUB and. Cancel Submit. User Microsoft Agent. Hi Bob, One of the reasons why this issue occurs is a corrupted video file format.

Move your video and. The video and the subtitle file should have the same name. For example, "Movie" and the subtitle is "Movie. Right-click on the video and choose "Play with Windows Media Player" and check if it makes any difference.

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