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mevale

Jan 10, 2010, 10:09 AM

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Installing Spanish subs for Spanish language films

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I have quite a few movies on DVD that are Spanish language with English subtitles. Usually I turn off the English subtitles because I don't want to associate the Spanish spoken in the movie with the English words appearing on the screen. However, there are several movies where I had always wished there were Spanish subtitles so I could associate the spoken Spanish with Spanish vocabulary. Here's how to do it.

First, download and install two free programs: VLC Media Player and BitRipper.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/M...bitRipper.html

Now put your DVD into the computer and open BitRipper. The program should see the DVD in your computer. Before you start ripping the DVD, go to "Settings" and at the top you'll see a menu under "Video" that says "Codec". Choose "Xvid-Mpeg-4 codec". Click OK and start ripping. This will create an AVI file on your computer. When the ripping is done (about 30-45 minutes) go to the folder with the AVI file and rename it to the movie title. So you end up with, for example, La Misma Luna.avi.

Next, you will need to download the subtitles. I use this site: http://www.opensubtitles.org/en
Enter the movie title in the Search Box, pick Spanish from the drop-down menu, and if the file is available, download it to the same directory as your AVI movie file. This file should have an .srt or .sub extension. Rename the file to the exact name of your movie, ex: La Misma Luna.srt

Now open your AVI movie with the VLC Media Player. Go to the "Video" menu on the VLC player and choose "Subtitles Track", then choose "Open File". Load your subtitle file and you're ready to go.

Some of the movies I've done this with are: "La Misma Luna"; "María Llena de Gracia"; "Sin Nombre"; and "Rudo y Cursi".

Have fun

(This post was edited by mevale on Jan 10, 2010, 10:11 AM)

sparks

Jan 19, 2010, 9:55 AM

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Re: [mevale] Installing Spanish subs for Spanish language films

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I've never 'ripped' one off an existing DVD - didn't know it could be done. Sounds like a way to beat the regional code

I have searched for subs - both English and Spanish and have found you need to find ones that sync with your copy of the movie. Often there will be 4-5 versions. Try your subs before burning back to DVD

I would go here for BitRipper
http://www.bitripper.com/

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(This post was edited by sparks on Jan 19, 2010, 9:58 AM)

sergiogomez / Moderator

Feb 6, 2010, 6:51 PM

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Re: [mevale] Installing Spanish subs for Spanish language films

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Neat! I'll have to try that.