How To Create Subtitle Files With Notepad.

How to Create Movie Subtitles With Notepad

Generally, when there is a language difference, subtitles are used for better understanding of movie's conversations. A specific type of file format called .srt file are globally used form movie subtitles. Today I am going to tell you how to create a .srt file using notepad.

 

What is .srt file ?

.srt file stands for SubRip Text files. It contains simple formatted text data which was first written in France. The data in the .srt file is written in the following format.

Subtitle number
Start time --> End time
Subtitle texts
Blank line

The Start time and End time are written in hours:minutes:seconds,milliseconds format.

How to write ?

    To create a subtitle just open your notepad and start editing it as per the video.
    Just see the below example and you will have a better understanding.

1
00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,600
Hey, did you do your homework?

2
00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,700
Oh sorry, I forgot to do it.

3
00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,600
That's all right

Just copy and paste the above code in a notepad file and save it with any name in .srt extension.
   Now open any video with your media player and drag-drop the .srt file on it.
    Similar to above code you can also write more subtitles for your movie.

 

Explaining the code ?

    The text is not at all difficult to understand. It has been written in plain text but with a specific format.
    You just need to be careful about the timing. For example I can tell you, if you play the above .srt file, the dialog "Oh sorry, I really forgot to do it" will come at 24 second 900 millisecond and will stay on screen upto 27 second 700 millisecond.

    So you just play your movie and side by side go on adding as much dialog as you want in the notepad by setting proper time.