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Seeing a good French movie without English subtitle? What is the use of seeing a movie without understanding the words in the exact sense! I have seen many movies without subtitle when I was a kid, but I learned how to make subtitles appear long time back. But recently I found out that there are some of my friends who are still ignorant of this simple technique. I am writing this post for them.

The steps that are to be followed

1. Download the required software

To add subtitles to a movie, you will require:

ffdshow or vobsub.
TMPGEnc

2. Download the subtitle file  for the movie from any of the following sites:

AllSubs.org
Subscene
Mysubtitles
Opensubtitles
Subtitle Database

The downloaded subtitle should be in the .sub or .srt format. Rename the subtitle file to the same name as the video but with a .sub or .srt extension. For example, if the video is named video.avi the subtitle should be named video.sub or video.srt.

3 Setting Subtitle filter.

You can use ffdshow or vobsub subtitle filter.

Using vobsub filter
Install vobsub and run the vobsub configure to change the subtitle settings.

Using ffdshow filter
Install ffdshow and run the ffdshow Configuration.

1. Select Subtitles in the menu to the left
2. Enable the subtitles.
3. Hit Ok.

The subtitles should now appear if you play the video with Media Player. Check the format if the subtitle is not appearing still.