- How To Extract Subtitles From Dvd With Subtitle Editor
- How To Extract Subtitles From Dvd With Subtitle Editing
- Extract Hard Subtitles
- How To Extract Subtitles From Dvd With Subtitle Editable
Extract SRT subtitles from DVD movies Press the right-bottom red 'Convert' and start ripping DVD subtitles to SRT file. When the SRT extracting process is finished, click 'Open output folder' to locate the generated files, you will get all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish. Which is exactly the same as in your original disc. For a list of features see below or check out the Subtitle Edit Help page. On my blog you can download latest beta version and read about/discuss new features. Also, you can watch a few videos about installing and using Subtitle Edit. Dny238 has written a nice tutorial about Syncing Subtitles with Subtitle Edit:). Load the video and prepare to extract subtitles from MKV. (2) Extract Subtitle from MKV. With the file now loaded, click the option of 'Advanced Settings' featuring a 'wrench' icon. Then head toward the button for an additional sub-menu related to subtitles and select “Extract to idx/sub file” to extract subtitles from MKV.
Subtitles and captions are the texts which are usually displayed on the bottom side of videos. The main difference between both is that caption contains more extra info like non-verbal sounds besides the dialogue, you may call the caption a more detailed subtitle. Many people consider subtitles and captions as an important content supplement when watching videos especially the foreign language movies. However, sometimes there maybe problems with the subtitles of videos like MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP. In this guide, you can follow me together to learn more about the subtitles related problems and find a easiest solution to extract subtitles from videos for free.
Why We Need to Extract Subtitles from Some Videos
The top reasons why we want to pull out subtitles from videos like MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP are listed as follows:
1. Most often the subtitles which are encoded into the videos such as MP4 can't be displayed in many players due to the incompatible codec issue. Even there are internal subtitles on the videos, they just won't work. Also, some devices may require standalone videos and subtitle files to play them well.
2. Sometimes the subtitles might have some spelling errors, synchronization issue or doesn't come with the language you like. There are not any other easier ways to correct them or add a new subtitle.
3. Some video lovers who download many versions of same videos for storing or playing on difference devices may not have subtitles for all the videos always.
Besides these, there are a lot of other situations when we will encounter the subtitle issues. I will not illustrate them here, you can learn more about them from the subtitle forums if you are interested.
How to Extract Softcoded Subtitles from Videos for Free
In general, videos only have two kinds of subtitles, hardcoded subtitles or softcoded subtitles. For the hardcoded one, it is impossible to extract it because they are already printed to videos as a whole. But for the softcoded subtitle, it is stored as an independent text file with SRT extension in a container format of video, you can extract the softcoded subtitle effortlessly as long as you have a subtitle extractor.
Tons of software can meet this requirement such as iDealshare VideoGo, Apowersoft Video Converter Studio, Wonderfox Video Converter Factory which come with powerful features to export subtitles from various files and other advanced features, but they are not free so I won't recommend. Personally I think it would be perfect if we could have a quick fix to extract subtitles for free. To do so, you just need to use a free tool TunesKit Free Subtitle Extractor for Windows/Mac. It is specially designed for extracting subtitle files with SRT extension sorely, so it is much easier and faster and it is known as the most handy tool. Following are the main features of it:
Support numerous formats of videos such as MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP.
Offer the option to select the subtitle you want from videos with different subtitles.
Rename the subtitles and custotmize the output folder easily.
Batch extract multiple subtitles at the same time.
One click to extract subtitles in a fastest speed like a flash.
Quick steps to extract subtitles without spending any money:
Step 1Add your videos
You can add one or multiple videos as you want to get started. Just click 'Add' button to browse your videos or drag them to the software main screen instead.
Step 2Customize the subtitles you want
If there are multiple subtitles in a video, you can click the drop-down list menu at the right side to select the right subtitle you want. Furthermore, you can change the subtitle and output folder by the related buttons in the main screen.
Step 3Extract SRT subtitles
How To Extract Subtitles From Dvd With Subtitle Editor
Ultimately, you can click 'Convert', all the SRT subtitles of the videos you specified will be exported to the output folder.
Helpful Tips on How to Use the Extracted Subtitles
After getting the subtitles, you can use them for different purposes.First, you can put it to the same folder with the related videos, then the external subtitle will be associated with the videos. Please make sure the name of the subtitle is same to the video's. When you play a video, the subtitle will show directly. If not, you will have to do some settings on the player or install a plugin. Second,you can open the subtitle in the Notepad program and then you can edit it to correct any errors or synchronization problem. Or you can translate it to another language to create a new subtitle file easily. Last but not least, if you have different versions of same videos of which some don't have subtitles, you can copy the exported subtitles and rename them for the others, then they should be able to play with subtitles well.
You can also check the video tutorial below to learn how to extract SRT subtitles from videos and simply follow it to try on your computer step by step if you want.
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of TunesKit who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
AVIDEMUX
- INTRODUCTION
- INSTALLATION
- BASICS
- CREATING VIDEO FILES
- WORKING WITH DVDS
- EXTRAS
- APPENDICES
Software name : Avidemux
Software version : 2.4
If you want to extract subtitle files from a DVD you should understand a little how they work. Subtitles in DVDs are contained in VOBfiles along with the main video and audio streams. We can call them all streams here to account for the difference between a self contained file and a stream. Several streams can be included in a file.
The subtitles you see on a DVD are streams of images files which appear one after the other. Each stream displays a different language. When we extract these streams of subtitles the most handy format we can save them as is actually a text file which has the timecode of when the text appears. If the subtitle file you have is in text rather than image format it makes it easier to edit it and translate it. You can easily send that file via the internet or put it on a website for others to download.
In order to create a text-basedsubtitlefile we first need to extract the images files from the DVD to two files:
- an *.idx file which has the time code of the image subtitles (this is called a VobSub file)
- and a *.sub file and contains the image information.
We can then convert those files into a single text based subtitle file. There are many different formats but Avidemux uses a very compatible one with the '.srt' extention.
note : Screenshots in the following explanation are a combination of Ubuntu (Linux) and Windows operating systems. Avidemux works well in both and the interface looks the same except for a few color differences.
Extracting to an idx / VobSub file
From the Tools menu select 'VOB' and then 'VobSub'
Then you should see the following screen asking you to Browse for three things.
- VOB file(s)
- IFO file
- VobSub file
Finding the VOB Files
When you click on the first Browse button in the above image we are asked to browse for the VOB files :
However sometimes it's not that clear where they are. The files we want are in a folder on the DVD (if you are doing this for files on a DVD) called VIDEO_TS folder.
Normally for a short film there is only one VOB file with video data in it. For longer films there is normally more than one, because there is a maximum file size for the VOB files.
Let's have a look at a complicated DVD structure. There are some small entries in the structure which are system files and files for the menu - we should ignore these. The files with the video, audio and subtitle files we need are the big ones. They start with names like VTS_02_1.VOB,VTS_02_2.VOB, VTS_02_3.VOB, VTS_02_4.VOB. If you click 'Browse' next to 'VOB Files' then you should browse to the appropriate directory ('VIDEO_TS') and you should see something like this :
For this task we need to select the first big VOB which in this case is VTS_02_1.VOB. The ones following it will be selected automatically. When you have selected the right one click on 'open' :
Locating the IFO file
If you click on the second button :
you will be asked to look for the IFO file. The IFO file has information on what language the different subtitle streams are, so we need to browse to find this file. If there is more that one IFO file in the DVD we need find the one that has the same beginning as the large VOB files. In this case it is VTS_02_0.IFO
When you have found it click on 'open' :
Select where to save the VobSub files
The third button :
will ask you to browse for a place to save the VobSub file. When you have found the right directory write the name of it in the box next to 'Name:' and make sure it ends with '.idx'. The below is an example (you can use any name, 'subs' is just my example) :
When you have done this, and if the other three boxes are complete, then press 'Save' :
Saving your files
When you have found or selected all the files. Then click 'OK' to shut the small window with the small buttons :
and you'll get a window telling you how long the process will take.
When this process is complete you will have created a new .idx file and and new .sub file. These will be saved in the directory you choose for saving the .idx file. In my case I saved them to the desktop :
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Making the '.srt' File
Now we want to merge the idx file and the .sub file into a '.srt' file. Click on the top menu 'Tools' and then 'OCR (VobSub -> Srt)':
You should see a window titled 'MiniOCR'.
Click on the 'Open' button under 'VobSub'. You will then see a window called 'VobSub Settings'.
Click on 'Select .idx' and browse for and select the idx file you created in the 'Extracting to an idx / VobSub file' section.
Click on 'Open' when you have selected the idx file. You should return to the 'VobSub Settings' window :
If the DVD you are using has more than one language it should be displayed in the 'Select Language' drop down box. Select the language you want to create a subtitle file for.
When you have the right language selected click 'OK', and you should return to the 'MiniOCR' window. Now you need to select a place on your computer to save the target *.srt file to. Click on the 'Save' button in the 'Output srt' section :
You will see a window asking you to choose a folder to save the srt file in.
Extract Hard Subtitles
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Browse until you find the right place. When you have, give the file a name by typing in a name in the box at the top
make sure the name ends in '.srt' and then click 'Save'
Now you have set your input and output files you can start the process of converting the images file in to a text file. This process is called OCR. Click 'Start OCR'.
You should see a window like this:
The OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process needs you to tell it what the characters (letters and numbers + symbols) in the subtitles are. It will display a character from the image subtitle and you have to then tell the application what the corresponding text character is. Avidemux will show you a phrase and one character for that phrase like this:
Now you must type the right character in the empty text field.
You do this because it is more accurate for you to specific exactly what the characters are than for the application to guess.
Where it says 'Current Glyph Text:' and shows an image of a character you need to enter that character using the keyboard in the box below and then click 'OK'. It does make a difference if it is a capital letter or a lower case letter. Also this process is very unforgiving at the moment. There is no undo option, so don't get it wrong!
Sometimes 2 characters well be selected. You should enter those two characters and click enter. This may seem to be taking a long time but when you have entered all the characters and numbers the program should fly through the subtitles. You should be able to process a 90 minute film in 5 -10 minutes.
How To Extract Subtitles From Dvd With Subtitle Editable
When you are finished the '.srt' file you saved will have the right timecode and subtitle information in it. You can open it with a text editor and it should look something like this: