DVD Subtitle Extractor converts subtitles from DVDs and PGS (Bluray.sup) files using OCR (optical character recognition). It can extract subtitles from (unencrypted or on hard drive) DVDs. The most important is that this app can extract subtitles from DVD. With a “Forced Subtitles” option, it helps users create videos with subtitles for foreign language only when ripping DVD to MKV, AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, M4V, etc. If you want to rip DVD on Mac with forced subtitles, you can turn to Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac.
“My goal: I want to extract subtitles from DVD 12 Years A Slave to srt.file. I plan to add extracted srt subtitles in English to my downloaded movie for private use such as learning English. I have evaluated several programs but sadly find that in the test version the subtitle extractor is not included. What a pity. Could you do me a favor and recommend something to me?”
In which circumstances will you have the need of SRT subtitles extraction?
1. Need add SRT subtitle to downloaded movie or video
2. Media players cannot subtitle Blu-ray PGS subtitles
3. Store SRT subtitles for later usage
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Pavtube ByteCopy( Top 5 Blu-ray Rippers) offers you a simple way to extract subtitles from Blu-ray and DVD movies in SRT file, and then you can store the subtitle file or add to movie copies for learning language, watching movie with subtitles on Media Player, etc.
Besides extracting subtitle from Blu-ray/DVD movies, ByteCopy also enables you to add forced subtitles to Blu-ray/DVD movies when there are alien languages which are different from your mother tongue or add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle to converted videos.
How to Extract SRT Subtitles from Blu-ray DVD Movies?
Step 1: Load Blu-ray/DVD disc to the program.
Connect your Blu-ray drive with your computer and then insert your Blu-ray disc into the drive, then click 'File' menu, from its drop-down list, select 'Load from disc' to load Blu-ray files to the program.
Step 2: Select output file format.
From the 'Format' drop-down list, select 'Subtitle File' > 'SRT Subtitle(*.srt)' as the desired output file format.
Step 3: Select subtitles by languages.
Click “Settings” to open 'Multi-task Settings' window to select subtitles by language. Check any language you’d like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.
Step 4. Extract SRT subtitles from Blu-ray/DVD movies.
Press the right-bottom red “Convert” and start extracting *.srt subtitles from Blu-ray DVD process.
When the SRT extracting process is finished, click “Open output folder” to locate the generated files, you will get all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish… Which is exactly the same as in your original disc. For this situation, you need choose the English subtitle for study.
Sometimes, the extracted SRT subtitles may not what you desire to get, you can still use our program to add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to movie files. Just open the 'Edit' window, switch to 'Subtitles', check 'enable', you will be able to add your desired subtitles to your converted files.
Subtitles and captions are the texts which are usually displayed on the bottom side of videos. The main difference between both is that caption contains more extra info like non-verbal sounds besides the dialogue, you may call the caption a more detailed subtitle. Many people consider subtitles and captions as an important content supplement when watching videos especially the foreign language movies. However, sometimes there maybe problems with the subtitles of videos like MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP. In this guide, you can follow me together to learn more about the subtitles related problems and find a easiest solution to extract subtitles from videos for free.
Why We Need to Extract Subtitles from Some Videos
The top reasons why we want to pull out subtitles from videos like MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP are listed as follows:
1. Most often the subtitles which are encoded into the videos such as MP4 can't be displayed in many players due to the incompatible codec issue. Even there are internal subtitles on the videos, they just won't work. Also, some devices may require standalone videos and subtitle files to play them well.
2. Sometimes the subtitles might have some spelling errors, synchronization issue or doesn't come with the language you like. There are not any other easier ways to correct them or add a new subtitle.
3. Some video lovers who download many versions of same videos for storing or playing on difference devices may not have subtitles for all the videos always.
Besides these, there are a lot of other situations when we will encounter the subtitle issues. I will not illustrate them here, you can learn more about them from the subtitle forums if you are interested.
How to Extract Softcoded Subtitles from Videos for Free
In general, videos only have two kinds of subtitles, hardcoded subtitles or softcoded subtitles. For the hardcoded one, it is impossible to extract it because they are already printed to videos as a whole. But for the softcoded subtitle, it is stored as an independent text file with SRT extension in a container format of video, you can extract the softcoded subtitle effortlessly as long as you have a subtitle extractor.
Tons of software can meet this requirement such as iDealshare VideoGo, Apowersoft Video Converter Studio, Wonderfox Video Converter Factory which come with powerful features to export subtitles from various files and other advanced features, but they are not free so I won't recommend. Personally I think it would be perfect if we could have a quick fix to extract subtitles for free. To do so, you just need to use a free tool TunesKit Free Subtitle Extractor for Windows/Mac. It is specially designed for extracting subtitle files with SRT extension sorely, so it is much easier and faster and it is known as the most handy tool. Following are the main features of it:
Support numerous formats of videos such as MP4, M4V, MOV, 3GP.
Offer the option to select the subtitle you want from videos with different subtitles.
Rename the subtitles and custotmize the output folder easily.
Batch extract multiple subtitles at the same time.
One click to extract subtitles in a fastest speed like a flash.
Quick steps to extract subtitles without spending any money:
Step 1Add your videos
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You can add one or multiple videos as you want to get started. Just click 'Add' button to browse your videos or drag them to the software main screen instead.
Step 2Customize the subtitles you want
If there are multiple subtitles in a video, you can click the drop-down list menu at the right side to select the right subtitle you want. Furthermore, you can change the subtitle and output folder by the related buttons in the main screen.
Step 3Extract SRT subtitles
Ultimately, you can click 'Convert', all the SRT subtitles of the videos you specified will be exported to the output folder.
Helpful Tips on How to Use the Extracted Subtitles
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After getting the subtitles, you can use them for different purposes.First, you can put it to the same folder with the related videos, then the external subtitle will be associated with the videos. Please make sure the name of the subtitle is same to the video's. When you play a video, the subtitle will show directly. If not, you will have to do some settings on the player or install a plugin. Second,you can open the subtitle in the Notepad program and then you can edit it to correct any errors or synchronization problem. Or you can translate it to another language to create a new subtitle file easily. Last but not least, if you have different versions of same videos of which some don't have subtitles, you can copy the exported subtitles and rename them for the others, then they should be able to play with subtitles well.
You can also check the video tutorial below to learn how to extract SRT subtitles from videos and simply follow it to try on your computer step by step if you want.
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of TunesKit who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.