Subtitles Guide

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Introduction to subtitles

The most frequent question is: How to show subtitles?
The answer is pretty simple: You need to install third part software.
Basically, you should install one of the following programs, put your subtitle file in the same folder (directory) where your movie file islocated and rename your subtitle file to the same name as the movie file, except the extension. For example:
If you have movie file called
Terminator.avi
you should rename your subtitle file to
Terminator.srt
or, if you also want to indicate in which language the subtitle file, or for example, where you downloaded the file from, rename it to something like
Terminator.Russian.srt
or even Terminator.IsraTitles.com.English.srt
The important thing is that the name of subtitles file should begin exactly as the movie file.
In ideal world it would be so simple, but in real world, there may be one big problem: The subtitle file you havejust downloaded and renamed properly might not be synchronized (i.e. subtitles will be displayed, but not in the right time) with the movie file you have. You can try to download a different version of subtitle file, but it also might be not synchronized. But there is another simple solution: you can use additional programs in order to synchronize your subtitle file. I'll explain how to use Subtitle Workshop.

There are lots of software that allow to show subtitles, but I personally like DiVXG400 and VobSub.
So I will explain how to use and install it from the beginning. You don't need any knowledge of computers in order to use this software. The only thing you need are the movie and subtitles file you just downloaded from IsraTitles.com.
So, let's begin:

What is a subtitles file?

Subtitle files you download usually have extensions such as .sub, .srt, .txt or .rar, .zip. The last two extensions mean that the files you downloaded are archives, which are packed using WinRAR or WinZip software, which you need to have been installed on your machine. There is much info how to use these archive programs. So let's go to the first 3 file types.
These files are simple text files that you can open with Windows Notepad. If you open them you will instantly understand how subtitles work. I'll explain:

If you have an srt file, you will see something like


1

00:02:45,548 --> 00:02:47,857

How many times

you wash out with EPA?



2

00:02:47,948 --> 00:02:50,587

Yes, just one or two more days.

The numbers - 1, 2, 3, etc are simply ordinal numbers of the phrases. The next string is the time when to show and hide this phrase in the format:
HOUR:MINUTE:SECOND,MILISECOND
and the last string is the phrase to show.

If the file has a sub extension, you will see something like the following:


{1794}{1853}This is a story that takes place

{1872}{1937}In fair Paris in the year of our Lord

{2119}{2179}We the artists of stature unknown

Here the numbers in the brackets represent the frame number to show and hide the phrase. What is a frame, you ask. I'll explain:
A movie consists of a number of pictures, that change so fast that your eye can't separate them, and you see the continuously moving objects. Each picture is called FRAME. Usually, the speed of frames changing is 25 and 23.976 Frames Per Second, or FPS. This speed is called framerate, and measured in FPS.

If your file has a txt extension, you should open it and check to which format it belongs, and simply rename it. But usually you don't even need to do that.

Let's go to next section to see how to use subtitle software: Subtitles Software