{"id":12718,"date":"2017-05-08T11:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=12718"},"modified":"2017-05-13T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T06:23:27","slug":"add-subtitles-windows-media-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/add-subtitles-windows-media-player\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has\u00a0released a new media player app labeled Movies & TV with Windows 10,\u00a0it still consists of the Windows Media Player. It\u2019s a wise move, considering there are a number of people who still use the Windows Media Player for its simplicity. While Windows Media Player is great when it comes to handling, simple media playing tasks, you are here because you haven\u2019t been capable to add external subtitles to videos in the application.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

If you explore the web, you will find several methods that claim to repair subtitle addition in Windows Media Player, however, in our experience, most of these approaches don\u2019t really work. we tried different options and we did\u00a0manage to add subtitles in Windows Media Player.<\/p>\n

How\u00a0to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

To ensure that the\u00a0<\/strong>video file and its subtitle file feature the exact same name<\/strong>. Windows Media Player does not add subtitles manually and it only detects the subtitles when they have the same name as the video.<\/p>\n

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How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once done, open Windows Media Player and in the Library Mode, go to\u00a0Play->Lyrics, captions, and subtitles<\/strong>\u00a0and click on \u201cOn if available<\/strong>\u201c.\u00a0\u00a0You can also find this option in the Now Playing Mode by right clicking on the top.<\/p>\n

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How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Download<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0DirectVobSub (VSFilter) codec<\/strong>\u00a0and install\u00a0it on your PC. It\u2019s available for both 32-bit and 64-bit machines. You only need to install the codec and there\u2019s no need to configure anything. Make sure to download the codec from the official website, as people have reported of it packing malware when downloaded from other sources.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: <\/em><\/p>\n

Some users report that subtitles started working after these steps, so we should play a video and check if subtitles are working in Windows Media Player.\u00a0If not,\u00a0just follow the steps below.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once done, you will have to\u00a0download<\/a>\u00a0and install\u00a0Shark007\u2019s Advanced codec<\/strong>\u00a0for Windows Media Player.\u00a0After it\u2019s installed, open the 64bit Settings Application or 32bit Settings Application depending on your PC. You will have to launch it with administrator rights by right clicking on the application and clicking \u201cRun as Administrator<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When\u00a0the application opens, go to the\u00a0tabs of different\u00a0video file types<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0check<\/strong>\u00a0the option that \u201cdisable Media Foundation for<\/strong>\u00a0MP4\/AVI\/MKV etc., Also, head to the \u201cSwap<\/strong>\u201d tab and check \u201cdisable Windows Media Foundation<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

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How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

After you are done with the above-mentioned steps, you can just open a video file in Windows Media Player and you must see the subtitles working fine. If they still don\u2019t work, there might be some problem with the subtitle file. In that case, try changing its file name from .srt<\/strong> to .sub<\/strong>.\u00a0We have tested the process, so its works fine.<\/p>\n

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How to Add Subtitles in Windows Media Player<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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