These subtitles are burned into the video and cannot be removed once you’ve added them. Hard Subtitles are subtitles that are hard coded to a video and can be displayed on any media player as long as the video format is supported. The subtitles on a video can be categorized as Hard Subtitles or Soft Subtitles. In this tutorial, we will be adding subtitles in SRT(.srt) and ASS(.ass) format to the video using FFmpeg. For reference, the version of FFmpeg used in this tutorial is v5.0.1.īesides that, you will also need to prepare a subtitle file for your video. You will need to download FFmpeg to add subtitles to a video.

At the end of this tutorial, you will know how to add Hard Subtitles and Soft Subtitles to a video file. In this tutorial, we are going to use FFmpeg to add subtitles to a video file. The statistics above show that you should definitely add subtitles to your videos. Even if they keep the video silent, the subtitles can help them to understand the video better. However, 37% of viewers said that they tend to turn the sound on whenever there are subtitles on the video because the video seems more interesting. But with 83% of consumers watching videos with the sound off, the effectiveness of your video content might be limited.

Studies show that 81% of marketers feel that video has a direct, positive impact on sales.

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