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<sect1 id="howto-subtitles">
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<title>Subtitles</title>
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<sect2 id="howto-subtitles-internal">
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<title>Embedded subtitles</title>
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<para>Some file types like Ogg or Matroska can have subtitles in them along with
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audio and video. Often they have several internal subtitles, usually in
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different languages. <acronym>DVD</acronym> video disks also often come with
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subtitles on them. &kplayer; finds any of those subtitles and lists them on
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the <link linkend="submenu-subtitles"><guisubmenu>Subtitles</guisubmenu>
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submenu</link> of the <guimenu>Player</guimenu> menu. If the languages of the
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subtitles are known, the entries on the submenu are labelled with the language
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names.</para>
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<para>Selecting a subtitle track from the submenu displays the subtitles in the
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<link linkend="parts-video-area">video area</link>. The
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<guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem> option disables subtitle display for the current
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file, title, track or stream. &kplayer; remembers the subtitle selection and
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displays the same subtitles the next time you play the file. The <link
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linkend="properties-subtitles"><guilabel>Subtitles</guilabel> section</link> of
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the <guilabel>File Properties</guilabel> is another place where you can see and
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select the subtitle track to be displayed when playing a video.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="howto-subtitles-external">
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<title>External subtitles</title>
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<para>To load subtitles from a separate file or files, choose
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<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Load Subtitles...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>. &kplayer; will display subtitles from the first of the loaded
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files in the <link linkend="parts-video-area">video area</link> if the video is
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playing or the next time you play it. You can also drag and drop subtitle files
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from &konqueror; File Manager and drop them anywhere in &kplayer; except the
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<interface>multimedia library</interface> to load and display them.</para>
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<para>The <link linkend="submenu-subtitles"><guisubmenu>Subtitles</guisubmenu>
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submenu</link> of the <guimenu>Player</guimenu> menu shows the name of the
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loaded external subtitle file along with any internal subtitle tracks and the
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<guimenuitem>None</guimenuitem> option as described above. You can freely switch
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between all the available subtitles. &kplayer; will display the ones you choose
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without any interruption in video and audio playback. It will also remember your
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choice and load the subtitles again the next time you play the same file or
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<acronym>URL</acronym>.</para>
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<para>The <link linkend="properties-subtitles"><guilabel>Subtitles</guilabel>
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section</link> of the <guilabel>File Properties</guilabel> also shows and lets
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you change the external subtitle path. In some cases you may also need to tell
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&kplayer; if they are VobSub or normal subtitles. This happens when you choose
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the <filename>.sub</filename> file when loading VobSub subtitles. Pointing
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&kplayer; to the <filename>.idx</filename> or <filename>.ifo</filename> file
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should allow it to display the VobSub subtitles correctly without the need to
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specify the external subtitle type explicitly.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="howto-subtitles-autoloading">
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<title>Autoloading</title>
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<para>You can also let &kplayer; load subtitles automatically by placing them
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in the same directory as the movie and giving them the same name as the movie
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and the correct subtitle extension. For example, if you play a file called
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<filename><replaceable>Carandiru.avi</replaceable></filename>, and you have
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<literal>srt</literal> subtitles for it, you can name the subtitle file
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<filename><replaceable>Carandiru.srt</replaceable></filename>,
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<filename><replaceable>Carandiru.SRT</replaceable></filename>,
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<filename><replaceable>Carandiru.avi.srt</replaceable></filename> or
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<filename><replaceable>Carandiru.avi.SRT</replaceable></filename>.</para>
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<para>&kplayer; will autoload subtitle types you choose on the
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<link linkend="settings-subtitles">Subtitles page</link> in <guilabel>&kplayer;
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Settings</guilabel>. Autoloading only works for local files, and &kplayer; will
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not remember autoloaded subtitles, rather it will autoload them every
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time.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="howto-subtitles-settings">
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<title>Subtitle settings</title>
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<para>The <link linkend="settings-subtitles"><guilabel>Subtitles</guilabel>
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section</link> of the <guilabel>&kplayer; Settings</guilabel> dialog allows you
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to customize the way subtitles are displayed in the
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<link linkend="parts-video-area">video area</link>. You can select the font
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face, bold and italic style, text size and autoscaling, font outline and text
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width.</para>
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<para>There is also an option to add black areas below and above the video and
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show the subtitles in them. That only works when the video aspect ratio is
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greater than the one you choose. Normally you should choose the aspect ratio to
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match your monitor, which is <guilabel>4:3</guilabel> for a regular monitor or
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<guilabel>16:9</guilabel> for a wide one.</para>
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<para>Another important option is the subtitle encoding. You may need to select
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it if &mplayer; does not display your subtitles correctly. If most of your
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subtitle files have the same encoding, you can select it in <link
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linkend="settings-subtitles"><guilabel>&kplayer; Settings</guilabel></link>.
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But if some of them have different encoding, go to the <link
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linkend="properties-subtitles"><guilabel>Subtitles</guilabel> section</link> of
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the <guilabel>File Properties</guilabel> and select the encoding there. If the
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framerate of the subtitles is different from the framerate of the video, you can
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specify the subtitle framerate in the
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<link linkend="properties-subtitles"><guilabel>File Properties</guilabel></link>
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as well.</para>
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<para>The vertical position of the subtitles and their delay relative to video
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can be changed using commands on the
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<link linkend="submenu-subtitles"><guisubmenu>Subtitles</guisubmenu>
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submenu</link> of the <guimenu>Player</guimenu> menu. As usual, using keyboard
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shortcuts is recommended. By default &kplayer; will remember the subtitle delay
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for each file or <acronym>URL</acronym>, and will keep the vertical position
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across files. This can be changed on the
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<link linkend="settings-controls">Controls page</link> in <guilabel>&kplayer;
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Settings</guilabel>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="howto-subtitles-finding">
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<title>Finding subtitles</title>
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<para>There are a few good places for finding subtitles on the Net, among them
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<ulink url="http://titles.box.sk/">Titles.box.sk</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://www.opensubtitles.org/">OpenSubtitles.org</ulink> and
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<ulink url="http://www.divxsubtitles.net/">DivXSubtitles.net</ulink>.
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Make sure to enable popup blocking before going to those sites though.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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