I am trying to watch a video with subtitles in VLC media player. But subtitles are overlapping making them difficult to read. How can I fix this? :
PS: video file is .mp4, subtitles file is .srt.
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
You can't push subtitles out of the frame, so your best bet may be to move them to the top of the frame.
Tools > Preferences > Subtitles > Force subtitle position, then set something approximating the height of your frame, in pixels. You need to relaunch VLC for the change to take effect.
After comments… the .srt file is mis-timed. Off times are far past the next on time, so the subs just overlay each other…
Compared to a file with correct timings, first line off before next line on…
I don't know of any automatic way to fix this - but, I'm not a subs editor. There may be a software solution I'm unaware of.
-
That didnt help, they still overlap, but at the top: screenshot– RnjCommented May 21, 2021 at 15:55
-
Ah, I couldn't see you meant multiple lines overlap from the first image - I thought you meant overlapping the text in the video itself. That's a file error, not a player error. You need to ask whoever made the subs file. [Outside chance… post the video link, if it's public, I'll have a look]– TetsujinCommented May 21, 2021 at 16:09
-
Video can be found here. Here is the subtitle file I am using. I just realised the coursera course now offer subtittles in VTT file format, which gets rendered correctly (without overlapping) in VLC. But still want to know how can I render above SRT without overlapping as I have course downloaded with all subtitles in SRT format.– RnjCommented May 21, 2021 at 16:27
-
The srt file is just really badly made, the off times for each line just massively overlap the on times for the next lines. As far as I can see, the only 'fix' is to go through it a line at a time & fix the off times. Added to answer.– TetsujinCommented May 21, 2021 at 16:36