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Before downloading subtitles from YouTube, let’s take a look at subtitle formats. As we all know, subtitles are derivative text from a transcript or screenplay of the commentary or dialog in videos like movies, TV shows and video games, usually appeared at the bottom of the screen. Sometimes they can also be displayed at the top of the screen.
Subtitles can be divided into 3 types: Hard Subtitles, Pre-rendered Subtitles, and Soft Subtitles.
Hard Subtitles
Hard Subtitles, also known as Hardsubs or Open Subtitles, are permanently merged in original video frames. It’s not an independent file. So it’s impossible to open the subtitles and edit them with any special software.
Pre-rendered Subtitles
These subtitles are separate video frames that are overlaid on the original video file while playing. They are often used on DVD and Blue-ray. It supports multiple language subtitles. Therefore, you can turn the subtitles off or switch among them.
People prefer watching videos with subtitles even if they don’t have to because they can understand videos better. So, to help viewers better enjoy your video, you had better add subtitles to video.
Method One. Add Subtitles to a Video with Software
MiniTool Movie Maker, a free and powerful video editing tool, not only can help you add subtitles to video free but also can help you add text to photo easily.
Here is a step-by-step guide for how to add subtitles to a video.
Step 1. Import your video files to MiniTool Movie Maker.
Download and install MiniTool Movie Maker on your computer.
Launch this free add subtitles to video software to get its main interface.
Click the Import Media Files option to import your video files into it, and drag these imported files to the storyboard.
Step 2. Add subtitles to video.
Now, you can click the Text option on the toolbar to get the following window.
In this window, you can see a lot of different text fronts including title, caption and end credits. (For instance, if you want to add a title to your video, you can drag and drop a suitable title mode to the storyboard, and then enter your text.)
At this time, to add subtitles to video free, you only need to select a suitable caption mode, and then drag it to your video on the storyboard.
Then, you can enter your text.
After that, you can change fonts, sizes, colors, outlines, and alignments of your subtitles.
Step 3. Save the video with subtitles.
Finally, you are able to save your video file in different video formats including .wmv, .mp4, .avi, .mov, .f4v, .mkv, .ts, .3gp, .mpeg2, .webm, .gif, and .mp3. If you like, you can share this new video with friends.
After that, you can change fonts, sizes, colors, outlines, and alignments of your subtitles.
Step 3. Save the video with subtitles.
