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Some iPod Video Converter users wrote to ask how to convert a lecture video to iPod with subtitle. And before that, they also need to know how to create subtitle files.
Since Sothink iPod Video Converter can easily and directly convert video of different formats to iPod/iPhone MP4 video with subtitle, no third party software else is needed.
The following tutorial illustrates how to create a subtitle file and convert video to subtitled iPod format with iPod Video Converter.
Software required:
Subtitle Workshop –to create and edit subtitle
Sothink iPod Video Converter –to convert video and embed subtitle file for iPod
Part One: Create Subtitle
You can download the latest version of Subtitle Workshop and install the program.
After installation, launch Subtitle Workshop and begin to create subtitle for your video.
Note: If you have already had the subtitle file (.src) of the video, you may skip the subtitle creation steps and directly check the conversion part.
Make sure the subtitle file and the source video share the same name and category, or it will fail to embed subtitle to iPod/iPhone MP4.
Step1. Load your video
Choose "Movie -> Open" to load your video.
Step2. Create a new subtitle file
Choose "File -> New Subtitle" to create a new subtitle file.
Step3. Insert the first subtitle
Click button “Play” to play the video. Once the first dialogue started, click button “Pause” to pause the playback and click button “Set start time” to set the start time for the first subtitle.
Enter the content of the first subtitle in the Text field.
Then click button “Play” to continue the playback. When the first dialogue ended, click button “Pause” again, and click button “Set start time” to set the final time for the first subtitle.
Now the first subtitle is successfully added. You can see its details like this:
You also can modify the details in the related editing field.
Step4. Insert the next subtitle
Choose "Edit -> Insert subtitle" to add the next subtitle. And then repeat the previous operations: set start time, enter the content, and set final time, until all subtitles are added.
Step5. Save the subtitle file
Choose "File -> Save" and the subtitles as an external subtitle file for video. You can choose to save your file as SubRip (*.SRT) format, which is like a text file and be conveniently edited with a text editor later.
Save the subtitle file using the same file name and folder as the video file used, so that the subtitles can be correctly displayed and converted.
Step6. Adjust the subtitles
In most cases, after created the subtitles, you need to check and adjust the show/hide time of each subtitle one by one, to make the subtitles display more precisely. You can adjust subtitles with Subtitle Workshop or just with Windows Notepad directly.
Open the subtitle file with Notepad and you can see the text is divided into separate subtitle segments in chronological order. Each segment has four parts: a subtitle number, a time code, subtitle text, and a blank line.
Subtitle number: The chronological order of subtitle
Timecode: Specifies when the line of text should be shown and hide. Time is measured from the start of the video in these units:
HH - Hours starting at 00
MM - Minutes (00-59)
SS - Seconds (00-59)
FS - Fractional Seconds (0-999)
The timecode construct is like this:
HH:MM:SS,FS --> HH:MM:SS,FS (Subtitle display starts at the first time, and stops at the second time)
Subtitle text: One or more lines of text.
Blank line: a blank line is used to mark the end of each subtitle.
After you understand the segments and construct of subtitle file, you can modify it using just Notepad with ease.
Part Two: Convert Video to iPod Subtitled Video
Since iPod does not have the subtitle filter to display external subtitle. Users need to use a special video converter to embed the subtitle and convert video to iPod format. Here Sothink iPod Video Converter supports external and can easily convert video of different format to iPod MP4, which is obviously subtitled.
Download Sothink iPod Video Converter and install it. Then launch the program and start conversion.
Step1. Add video file
On the interface of iPod Video Converter, click button "Add" to add the video file to the program.
It is important to make sure that both the video file and its subtitle file use the same file name, and are under the same folder.
Step2. Set target profile as iPod MP4
Go to the left Target profile panel, click the first drop down arrow and select a profile from the menu. Here we choose “MPEG-4 Video for iPod (*.mp4)” under option “iPod Video (*.mp4).
Once you select a profile, the properties for the video conversion are automatically set according to this profile. You may also do the properties settings by yourself.
After setting target profile, go to the bottom of the program and set output folder for save the converted iPod video.
Step3. Convert video to iPod
Select the source video file, click button “Convert” and start the conversion. iPod Video Converter will display the conversion progress and other information on the interface. Never waiting for long, you will get the iPod MP4 soon.
After conversion, you may go to the output folder to find your iPod video. Use QuickTime Player to play the created video. You can see that the subtitles are successfully embedded in the video.
Finally, just connect your iPod to PC and upload the created video file, watch the video with yourself made subtitles, and enjoy it!
Follow the steps in this tutorial, you may also embed subtitle to iPhone video. This creating iPod/iPhone video with subtitle tutorial will be useful to all users of iPod, Classic, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.
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