How to Add / Change / Delay / Disable Subtitles in VLC Media Player?

VLC Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)

Figure 1: VLC Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)



There is an Interesting Feature in VLC Media Player That you can easily Add, Change or Disable Subtitle Languages in VLC Media Player.

Note: Make sure you have subtitle File for your video file.

For Example, I have Two (2) Subtitle Languages and “Sample.mkv” is your video file.

  1. [English_Subtitle].srt
  2. [Indonesian_Subtitle].srt

Follow these steps to add a new subtitle in video file.

Step 1: Open your video file by double click on it.

Step 2: Open "Subtitle" Option from Menu.

Step 3: Select "Add Subtitle File".

Alternative: Press keyboard Shortcut [Alt + T + S].

Acutally by Pressing Alt You will see Highlighted secound "t" of "Subtitle" menu and S in "Add Subtitle File".

Step 4: A window named "Open Subtitles" will be opened from where you can browse your subtitle file.

Step 5: Locate and select your subtitle File.

Subtitle File Extension Support in VLC Player:

There are numbers of extensions support to VLC in which (.SRT, .SUB + .IDX) are most popular. The (.SRT) Subtitle file Extension contain only a single language whereas (.SUB + .IDX) that contains multiple subtitle file languages up to (32).

Step 6: Then press Open Button.

Step 7: You will see a Notification "Subtitle Track Added".

How to remove subtitles from vlc.

In the following step you will learn How easy to Hide / Remove Subtitle in VLC.

Step 8: Press  [V] button to Show, Switch, or Remove Subtitles from VLC.

Congrats, You have successfully added a Subtitle Language.

Repeat All above Steps to add another Subtitle Language. I'm Adding another one in VLC that is Indonesian language Subtitle. Press [V] button to Show, Switch, or Hide Movie Subtitles. Watch the Complete Video on Youtube.

Note: Burned-in subtitles can’t be changed.

How to customize subtitle delay in VLC Media Player:

You can easily Increase or Decrease VLC Subtitle Delay of Playing Video by pressing keyboard shortcuts [G] / [H].

Decrease Subtitle Delay

Figure 2: Press [G] To Decrease VLC Subtitle Delay for 50ms

Increase Subtitle Delay

Figure 3: Press [H] To Increase VLC Subtitle Delay for 50ms

How to Capture Screenshot In VLC Player:

  1. Open > Video From main menu of VLC media Player.
  2. Select “Take Snapshot” from drop down list.
Take Snapshot in VLC Media Player

Figure 4: Take Snapshot in VLC by Frame

Alternative: [Alt + V + S] is a shortcut Key to take a Snapshot in VLC.

See the Following Table for All VLC Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

FUNCTIONS

Audio PlayBack [M] Mute On/Off [Ctrl] + [V] Enter URL or Path to the Media You Want to Play [Ctrl] + [Up arrow] Volume Up [Ctrl] + [Down arrow] Volume Down General Shortcut Keys [T] Show Time Played/Time Left [Ctrl] + [T] Go to Time [Ctrl] + [M] Open Messages [Ctrl] + [W] Empty Now Playing List [Ctrl] + [G] Extended GUI [Ctrl] + [S] Open Media [+] Play faster [-] Play slower Video Playback Shortcut Keys [Space] To Play/pause [S] To Stop [Ctrl] + [O] Select One or More Files To Open [Ctrl] + [F] Open Directory [Ctrl] + [D] Open Disk [Ctrl] + [N] Open Network Stream [P] To Play Previous Item [Shift] + [Left Arrow] Very Short Backwards Jump On 3 Seconds [Shift] + [Right Arrow] Very Short Forward Jump On 3 Seconds [Alt] + [Left arrow] Backwards Jump On 10 Seconds [Alt] + [Right arrow] Forward Jump On 10 Seconds [Ctrl] + [Left arrow] Medium Backwards Jump On 1 Minute [Ctrl] + [Right arrow] Medium Forward Jump On 1 Minute [Enter] To Play Selected file [Z] Change Zoom Mode [E] Frame by Frame Playback [G] / [H] Increase or Decrease Subtitle Delay Manage VLC, Playlists and Special Commands [Ctrl] + [H] Hide / Unhide Controls [Ctrl] + [P] Preferences / Interface settings [Ctrl] + [E] Adjustments and audio / Video Effects [Ctrl] + [B] Edit Bookmarks [Ctrl] + [C] Open Capture Device [Ctrl] + [L] Open / Hide Playist [Ctrl] + [Y] Save Playlist [Ctrl] + [I] Current Stream and Media Information [Ctrl] + [J] Media Information: Information about what your media or stream is made of. Muxer, Audio and Video Codecs, Subtitles are shown. [ALT] + [A] Open Audio Menu [ALT] + [H] Open Help Menu [ALT] + [M] Open Media Menu [ALT] + [P] Open Playist Menu [ALT] + [T] Open Tool Menu [ALT] + [V] Open Video Menu [ALT] + [L] Show Playback Menu [D] Toggle Deinterlace [N] Play Next Track From Playlist [F1] Show Help [F11] Switch Window From / To Full-Screen Mode [F] Full Screen Mode [ALT] + [F4], [ALT] + [M] + [Q] or [Ctrl] + [Q] Quit Program [V] Show, Switch, or Hide Movie Subtitles [Ctrl] + [f] Open Folder [Browse Folder Menu] [Ctrl] + [r] or [Ctrl] + [s] Advanced Open File [A] Change Aspect Ratio [B] Change audio / Language Track [C] Crop Video Screen [Escape] Exit Full Screen Mode

Control VLC Playback Speed [J] and [K] Increase or Decrease Audio Delay Mouse Actions Scroll up/ down To Control Volume increase / Decrease Double Click on Video Full Screen Mode

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