If you’re looking to sub a popular film or show, you might be able to find what you’re looking for on Subscene’s home page.
Subscene divides their results into 3 categories: Exact, Close, and Popular. The title (or titles) in Exact are an exact match to your query, the titles in Close are a close match to what you search, while Popular includes popular listings that are similar (but not an exact match) to what you searched.
See how people reviewed the subtitles in the file description before you download them.
ZIP files are just compressed versions of larger files. They’re easier for your computer to download, though the files need to be “unzipped” before they can be used. [4] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
On Mac, simply double click the zipped folder to extract the SRT file. [6] X Research source On iOS, open up the Files app and tap on the zipped folder that contains your subtitles—this unzips the folder and extracts the file into a new folder. [7] X Research source On Android, open up the Files by Google app and tap on the ZIP file with your subtitles. On the next menu that pops up, hit the “Extract” option to extract the SRT file and store it in the same folder. [8] X Research source
Try to keep track of where your file downloads to on your computer. You need to have the video file on hand—unfortunately, you can’t add SRT files to streaming services (though most services do have a built-in closed-captioning option).
VLC is also available for mobile devices in the App Store and Google Play store.
On VLC mobile: Hit the square subtitle icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen while the video is playing in VLC. Hit the downward-pointing arrow next to “Subtitles” to pull up another menu. From these options, select the “Select subtitle file” option. Using your phone’s file system, select the SRT file you downloaded to import it into your video. [12] X Research source
