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How to add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitle to movie Files on Mac/Win (Mavericks/Windows 8 included)?

Sometimes you may have source of foreign movies downloaded online or received from friends, but they lack of subtitles which make you have trouble enjoying movies. Do you want to attach external subtitles to the movie files, play and watch them with understandable language? Here is a simple way to show you how to add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles into downloaded movie files.

Preparation:
1. Download external SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles for your movie
There are many websites that offers SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles for the latest and hottest popular movies as well as TV films. You could choose either from below top 5 sites to download external subtitles of your movie online.
1. Moviesubtitles.org
This site offers subtitles not only for the latest and hottest popular movies but also TV films. Subtitles on this site are in multiple languages and for DivX/Xvid movies and packed with WinZip. The common file format of these subtitles is srt.

2. subscene.com
This site provides numerous subtitles in different languages including French, English, Spanish and more.

3. download.hr/subtitles.html
You should register to become membership of this site to upload or download subtitles and downloaded subtitle files are packaged with WinZip, you need unzip it before adding into video.

4. subtitleonline.com
Subtitle files of more than 500 TV series and hot movies can be found on this site, and the subtitles provided are for DivX videos and DVDs in 11 different languages.

5. divxsubtitles.net
Multiple kinds of subtitles can be downloaded from this site, and you can easily add sub files into movies.

2. Get the best Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate to add subtitles into movie files
Download a free copy of Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and install it to your Windows PC (Mac version is available for Mac users). This all-in one application integrates a Blu-ray ripper, a DVD ripper and a video converter so it allows users to back up BD/DVD Disc, rip/convert BD, DVD, and regular videos to .MKV, .AVI, .MP4, .MPG, etc for different mobile devices, HD media player and video editing software.

Now let’s start the process of adding SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles into movie files for entertainment.

Step 1. load your source movie.
Click Add Video icon to load your source media, or you could successfully add multiple movies from folder at the same time.

Step 2. Attach downloaded SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles.
Click Video Editor tab  and switch to Subtitle box. Select Enable icon, locate your SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles and load it.

Step 3. Choose output format and customize profile preset (optional).
Back to Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate main UI, from Format list choose one profile for output. If you attend to get your movie playable on most Android tablets like Google Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, etc, .MP4 would be a great format choice, or choose .AVI for Windows Media Player/Windows Media Center for playing.

PS: you are allowed to set up your own profile presets like Video/Audio codec, filse size, bitrate, frame rate, etc to receive better video quality when watching.

Step 4. Start conversion of adding SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles into movie files.
Click the big Convert button on software UI and the whole process of attaching SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles into movie files would begin. The encoding speed would be faster if your computer is equipped with NVIDIA or ATI video card for Pavtube GPU acceleration.
Once the conversion finishes, locate the generated movie and you are able to play it with subtitles included.

Tip: The subtitles in converted movie from Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate now become hard subs, in other word, they have become a part of video so you cannot turn it on or off during movie playback.

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