How to Burn Subtitles into Videos Using Handbrake: Updated Tutorial
Learn to burn subtitles into videos with Handbrake 1.6.1. This updated guide covers hidden features, quality settings, and tips for optimal results.
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How to Burn In Subtitles to Video Using HandBrake - UPDATED
Added on 09/30/2024
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Speaker 1: In this tutorial, I'll show you how to burn in subtitles to video using Handbrake. Welcome to this video. My name is David and I hope you're well wherever you are around the world. Now, this is an updated video to a video I did a couple of years ago. And the reason is because Handbrake kind of changed how you can import subtitles to the video by simply making the button or the tab to import subtitle to the video a little bit hidden. That's why I'm doing this video because I'm getting a couple of questions where there is the import subtitle icon or tab available. Now, let me just open up Handbrake. I'm actually not sure why they decided to do that. Now, I'm using the latest version Handbrake 1.6.1. Let's go back. And then I already have a video and a couple of subtitles that I'd like to burn. I'm going to burn the English subtitle. And I'll just drag and drop the video right here. Now once I do, you need to just go through the basics of setting up the dimensions of your video, just make sure they kind of correspond to what you have. So dimensions, the source dimensions, you have 1920 by 1080, display size 1920 by 1080. Let's see, I don't think there's anything that has been changed. Right here. Everything looks good. Let's go to the video. Now here is where you may need to kind of adjust the quality. If there's a constant frame rate that you're targeting, then that is something that you can work with here. But as for quality, you have a couple of options. We've got the constant quality. Let's say this is a 22. If you decide to go with a placebo quality, this is a high quality video, but the size is quite big. If you decide to go with lower quality, then obviously the size is more but the quality is lower. So let's go back with 22. What I've set it as, but if you have a bitrate that you're targeting, you can select this and then input the bitrate you're targeting and then give it like a two pass encoding or turbo fast pass, it really depends. I'll go with constant quality. Now, next up is the audio, you can change this depending on the bitrate you're targeting, but I'll leave it as it is. And of importance now is subtitles. Now, to burn in subtitles to the video in handbrake nowadays, previously, you had the option to import subtitle tab easily visible. Right now it's hidden under tracks, you need to click on tracks, import subtitle. And once I do that, I'll select the subtitle I want to burn into the video, the English subtitle, I'll click on it. And then I'll click on open. And once I do that, you can see the source. And the other issue we have with handbrake right here is you cannot actually see even the name of a particular subtitle, it's really frustrating. I wish they moved everything else to the side here, and then just leave us with some real estate or if you actually hover over the subtitle, you're able to see the extra details. Now, from here, we have the English, the encoding, and then you need to check this particular button, that is the burn in option, click on it, so that this particular subtitle can be burned in to the video. Now, that's all you need to do. And if you're satisfied with your selections, that is your settings for your video, and for your subtitle here, then click on start and code. Now, you may need to click on browse to save the video where you want it to be. I won't mind to go to the videos folder on my laptop. So I'll just click on start and code. And once I do, it's going to give it a one pass. And because this is not a very big video per se, it's only going to take like a couple of seconds to be done. Now, I wish the folks at handbrake can bring back the import subtitle tab somewhere here. Next up, hopefully we are able to kind of see what subtitle we are working with. And probably to add some more fanciness to this, maybe we can select our own font size, because they kind of just give you the font that they want you to use. Number two, the font size that they think works really well for this. I wish that was also possible. And unless you work with advanced substation alpha subtitles, then you may not be able to kind of influence that in here. Now, it's done burning in our subtitles to the video. Let's do a quick preview. It's in the videos folder, just double click. And I'll pause and before I begin, you can already see that the subtitle is burned in to the video. If I right click subtitle, there is no subtitle track right there. This is permanently burned in to the video. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to add text behind a pass on or move it. So it kind of looks good. And something that I'd really use, I love the way that Handbrake handles, like the text here, it gives it some sort of boldness and kind of a dark outline in the background. And you can actually go to I believe it should be activity log here to kind of see, let's see, I believe it should be somewhere here to see what font they've actually used. Yeah, the views, they've actually kind of converted what happens with Handbrake is they kind of convert your SRT subtitle to .ass or an advanced substation alpha subtitle. And then they kind of I'm not sure if they use the 400 zero Arial MT, or the Sans Serif 700 bold, but there's some elements of like this one here. But I would really like to know if somebody knows what specific one they use that is between the 400 and 700 to kind of let me know, but I'm assuming it's a 700. Because I've been trying to recreate the same kind of look in subtitle edit. That is when I create ASSA styles. Now, that is how you can burn in subtitles to a video in Handbrake. I hope this tutorial is of value to you. Thanks for watching.

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