VIEW films on your Android phone has its advantage. Today we show you how to add subtitles for a movie on Android.
Since phones are portable, you can watch movies anywhere. Portability is attractive, but it also means you may end up watching movies in a crowded area.
And if you don't have a noise canceling headphones, the noise will drown out the audio. This is where subtitles help.
Since you can read dialogue in real time, even if you missed something in the audio, you won't lose context.
Subtitles are quite useful for many reasons.
You can use them to understand a movie in a Foreign language, watch shows in a noisy environment and enjoy content without audio. Getting subtitles for videos on your Android phone is also easy.
You can automatically add a subtitle or download the subtitle file separately and add it to your video player. Here are all the methods you can try.
How to add subtitles on Android (updated July 2021)
Here, we have added four different methods using multiple video players so that you have plenty of options at your disposal. Depending on your preference, you can click the link below and easily jump to the corresponding method.
Add subtitles to movies on Android using VLC
1. First of all, download VLC App for Android (Free, offers in-app purchases) on your smartphone.
2. Then open VLC and let it scan all the media files on your android smartphone. Now just open the movie you want to play in VLC. After that, tap on the «player" In the lower left corner.
3. Here, expand the “Subtitles” menu and tap on “Download subtitles".
4. Now, it will search for subtitles on the internet using the metadata, file format, movie length and language to provide you with the best subtitles for the movie. In a few seconds, you will get several options. Now, touch the «Download”In any of the subtitles and that's it.
5. Subtitles will be instantly added on your Android device. If you find that there is a delay in the subtitles, you can customize it from the same menu or you can download a new subtitle.
Add subtitles to movies on Android automatically using MX Player
1. Another player that offers online subtitles is MX Player (Free, Contains ads), so go ahead and install it on your Android device.
2. Next, open MX Player and play the movie. Now, touch the "player"In the upper right corner.
After that, click «online subtitles".
4. Now, you will be offered a long list of subtitles for your movie. You can check the checkbox and tap «Download".
5. And there you have it, the subtitle will be applied to the movie automatically.
Add subtitles to a movie on Android manually
In this method, we need to download the subtitle file manually on our smartphone. There are many websites that will allow you to download subtitles for movies, TV shows, and music videos. Most of them are completely free and offer subtitles in different languages. Some of the popular websites they are mentioned here below:
1. Once you have downloaded a subtitle, locate it on your smartphone using a file explorer and extract it. You you should get an SRT file and that's your subtitle file.
2. Now, open VLC and tap on the “player” icon at the bottom left corner and choose “Select subtitle file".
3. Now alone navigate to folder where you have stored the SRT file and select it.
4. Finally, the subtitles will be added to the move and now you can enjoy it without any problem.
Use a dedicated subtitle downloader for Android (automatic)
Now that you know how to add subtitles to a video, it's time to automate the process. It can be quite difficult to follow the process mentioned above for each video. That is why the Play Store is full of applications that will allow you download subtitles with one touch and even in batch mode. Most of these apps can integrate with your current video player (if you're using a popular one) and automatically add subtitles to it.
Note: These apps use the original video name to look up the subtitles, so make sure you name your videos correctly.
1. Get subtitles
Get Subtitles is an ad-supported application with a simple interface. It will automatically search for videos on your phone and display them on the main interface. However, it doesn't work well with external storage, but you can manually search for the video if it doesn't detect it. We have to say that the application is quite fast and accurate when it comes to finding subtitles.
Once you select a video, all subtitles related to it will be displayed. By default, you will see "English" subtitles, but you can change the language as well as with the support of up to 170 different languages. All you need to do is tap the download button next to the subtitle and it will download. There is also a button to directly play the video in your favorite video player along with the downloaded subtitles.
2. GMT subtitles
GMT Subtitles is a completely free application without any advertising. The app will search all the videos on your phone and display them on the main interface. From there, all you need to do is play the video for which you need subtitles and they will be displayed immediately.
If you think you got the wrong subtitles (something weird), you can also search manually for the video title and take the correct file. You can also search for videos in shared folders on your network. This means that even if the video is on another device, you can still add subtitles for a movie.
3. Subtitle Downloader
Subtitle Downloader is an ad-supported app with a premium version that unlocks all features. The free version is quite limited, but the paid version is definitely worth it. Just like other apps, it will also automatically search all the videos on your phone, but the manual search function it is only available in the paid version.
The app will fetch the subtitles for you and you can easily download them with one tap. In addition, you also have the option to rename a video file for accurate results. The best feature of this app is that you can add subtitles for a movie in bulk, but this feature is part of the paid version. With one tap, the subtitles for all your videos will be downloaded.
Automatically add subtitles and enjoy your favorite movies
These are the 4 best ways to add subtitles and sync them with movies instantly. I personally use VLC as it supports automatic and manual methods and there are customizable options as well. Not to mention that there are no ads of any kind. Anyway, that's all from us. But what about you? Tell us what your favorite method is and which one you find most reliable.