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How to create subtitle video for iPod with Sothink iPod Video Suite?

Sothink iPod Video Suite supports conversion of all avaliable formats to iPod compatible format (mp4).
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Step 1 Load your video
Choose "Movie -> Open" to load your video.

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Step 2 Create a new subtitle file
Choose "File -> New Subtitle" to create a new subtitle file.

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Step 3 Insert the first subtitle
Click Sothink iPod Video Suite to play the video. Once the first dialogue started, click Sothink iPod Video Suite to pause the playback and click Sothink iPod Video Suite to set the start time for the first subtitle.
Enter the content of the first subtitle in the Text field.
Then click Sothink iPod Video Suite to continue the playback. When the first dialogue ended, click Sothink iPod Video Suite again, and click Sothink iPod Video Suite to set the final time for the first subtitle.

Now the first subtitle is successfully added. You can see its details like this:

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Num – subtitle order number
Show – the time that the subtitle starts to display
Hide - the time that the subtitle stops showing
Text – the content of the subtitle
You can modify the details in the related editing field:

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Step 4 Insert the next subtitle
Choose "Edit -> Insert subtitle" to add the next subtitle. And then repeat the previous operations: set start time, enter the content, and set final time, until all subtitles are added.

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Step 5 Save the subtitle file
Choose "File -> Save" and the subtitles as an external subtitle file for video. You can choose to save your file as SubViewer (*.SUB) or SubRip (*.SRT) format. Both of them are widely supported and compatible with all popular applications. I chose ".SRT" format which is just like a text file, so that I can edit it with a text editor later.
Save the subtitle file using the same file name and folder as the video file used, so that the subtitles can be correctly displayed and converted.

Step 6 Adjust the subtitles
In most cases, after created the subtitles, you need to check and adjust the show/hide time of each subtitle one by one, to make the subtitles display more precisely. You can adjust subtitles with Subtitle Workshop or just with Windows Notepad directly.

Open the subtitle file with Notepad, and you can see the text is divided into separate subtitle segments in chronological order. Each segment has four parts: a subtitle number, a timecode, subtitle text, and a blank line.

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Subtitle number: The chronological order of subtitle
Timecode: Specifies when the line of text should be shown and hide. Time is measured from the start of the video in these units:

    HH - Hours starting at 00
    MM - Minutes (00-59)
    SS - Seconds (00-59)
    FS - Fractional Seconds (0-999)
    The timecode construct is like this:
    HH:MM:SS,FS --> HH:MM:SS,FS (Subtitle display starts at the first time, and stops at the second time)

Subtitle text: One or more lines of text.
Blank line: a blank line is used to mark the end of each subtitle.
After you understand the segments and construct of subtitle file, you can modify it using just Notepad with ease.


Play your video with the subtitle

To play video with subtitle on PC, you need to install vsfilter. It is a subtitle filter for DirectShow players (such as Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Real One Player, and others) to display external subtitle onto video.
If the filter has been already installed, when you play the video, you can find a green icon Sothink iPod Video Suite in the "Notification area" on Windows Taskbar. And if you can’t see any subtitle displayed, make sure you have save the subtitle file using the same file name as the video file used, and put them in the same folder.
Double-click the icon Sothink iPod Video Suite to open the settings panel of vsfilter, then you can set the font, color, position, etc. for the subtitles.

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Make the conversion

  • Step 1 Load the video file

    Make sure that both the video file and its subtitle file use the same file name, and are in the same folder. Launch Sothink iPod Video Converter and click "Add" to load the video file.

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  • Step2 Setup the conversion and start converting

    You can customize the audio and video setting for conversion on this panel. And I just simply select one pre-defined profiles "High quality video ". Then click "Next" to start conversion.

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View and upload the created video onto iPod

During the conversion, you can check the option to let the program automatically upload the created video onto iPod for you. But I’d like to view and check the video before uploading. Use QuickTime Player to play the created video. You can see that the subtitles are successfully embedded in the video.

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Finally, just connect your iPod to PC and upload the created video file, watch the video with your self made subtitles. and …Enjoy!


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Sothink iPod Video Converter is a powerful and easy-to-use video converter for Apple iPod video/movie. It supports conversion of all avaliable formats to iPod compatible format (mp4). And it can convert faster and produce better picture quality than all other converters.

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