3 Free and Practical Methods of How to Hardcode Subtitles to Video

We often need the help of subtitles to watch foreign movies or TV series. I believe most people are used to downloading subtitles and loading them into the media player, or simply downloading a source video with multiple embedded subtitles to switch between them. Indeed, there is no problem doing this on a computer, but you may encounter subtitle not working problems when you play videos on some media servers, TVs and portable devices.

Compared with external subtitles, embedded or soft subtitles, hardcoded subtitles do not have this problem, and there is no need to use any subtitle plugin because the subtitles have been burnt into the video, just like a watermark, they have become one part of the video and cannot be closed or removed. Next, I will introduce three methods of how to hardcode subtitles. Read on for more.

Step 1. Run VLC, and click on Media > Convert/Save in the upper left corner.

Step 2. Click Add to import the video you want to add subtitles, then check Use a subtitle file to import subtitles, click Convert/Save.

Step 3. Click the Profile drop-down list to select the format, click the wrench button next to it > Subtitles > check Subtitles > check Overlay subtitles on the video > Save.

Step 4. Set the output directory and click Start to start to hardcode subtitles.

After the playback process ends, you can see the video with the added subtitles in the output directory.

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Step 1. Run Handbrake to import the video file you want to hardcode subtitles.

Step 2. In order to hardcode subtitles to MKV or MP4 video, just select MKV or MP4 as the output format.

Step 3. Click the Subtitles tab, click the Import SRT button to import the SRT subtitle file, and check the Burn in option.

Step 4. Customize the presets you need, set the output directory.

Step 5. Click the green Start Encode to hardcode subtitles on HandBrake.