How to Download YIFY Subtitles and Hardcode Them to Movies

Subtitle is an indispensable part of movies, which helps you understand movies better. Sometimes, the movie you downloaded from the web has no subtitles. In this case, this post offers you a terrific subtitle download site – YIFY subtitles and shows you how to use YIFY subtitles.

What is YIFY Subtitles? As its name suggests, YIFY Subtitles is a subtitle download website where you can download subtitles for movies. This website has a wide range of movie subtitles that are categorized by genres like Action, History, Romance, Sport, War, Thriller, Fantasy, Musical, etc. Besides that, all the subtitles on this website can be browsed by about 56 languages. In this way, you can quickly find the subtitles you’re looking for.

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How to Download YIFY Subtitles

After knowing what YFIY Subtitles is, this part will tell you how to find and download subtitles from the YIFY Subtitles website. Try the following steps to get the desired movie subtitles.

Step 1. Open the YIFY Subtitles website in the browser.

Step 2. Type the movie name in the search bar and hit the Enter key.

Step 3. Click on the movie poster to get the detailed page.

Step 4. Scroll down this page and you can find the movie subtitles available in various languages including English, Arabic, etc.

Step 5. Choose the wanted subtitle language and click the download button.

Step 6. Then it will take you to the download page, press on DOWNLOAD SUBTITLE to download the subtitles from this website.

Note: The downloaded subtitle file is in ZIP format, you should unzip it before using.

How to Add YIFY Subtitles to Video

After downloading and unzipping the YIFY subtitle file, how to use YIFY subtitles? You can use Format Factory or VLC to add the YIFY subtitles to your movie. Remember, these tools only allow you to hardcode subtitles into the movie. You can’t use it to edit the subtitles.

Here’s how to add YIFY subtitles:

Format Factory

Step 1. Get the Format Factory installer from its official website and complete the installation.

Step 2. Open the program and click on the wanted output format.

Step 3. Tap on Add File to load the movie that lacks subtitles.

Step 4. Next, go to Output Setting.

Step 5. From the Video Setting window, choose the Additional Subtitle option from the Additional Subtitle list. Then tap on the dots to add the subtitle file.

Step 6. Click on OK to save the change. Then select a new folder to save the movie.

Step 7. Afterward, press on OK and start hardcoding subtitles into the movie.

VLC

Step 1. Open VLC Media Player and navigate to Media > Stream.

Step 2. Click the Add button to add the movie that needs to add subtitles.

Step 3. Check the Use a subtitle file box and press Browse to add the prepared subtitle file.

Step 4. Click on Stream and press Next.

Step 5. Tap on Add and choose a folder saving the movie and enter the file name. Click Next to continue.

Step 6. On the Stream Output window, choose the video codec you like and go to Profile edition.

Step 7. Switch to the Subtitles tab, and check Subtitles and Overlay subtitles on the video. Then apply the change.

Step 8. Click Next > Stream to add the downloaded YIFY subtitles to the movie.

Conclusion

This post tells you how to download YIFY subtitles and hardcode them into a movie. If you have any better subtitle download website, please share them in the comment section!

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Zoe

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Zoe works as editor at MiniTool for many years, writing articles about video editing skills. She has published hundreds of articles about video editing, video conversion, video downloading, audio editing and photo editing. She also writes some articles about YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. During her spare time, Zoe loves reading, traveling, skating, watching movies, musicals and plays. Her favorite musicals include The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton and Le Rouge et le Noir.