To extract subtitles from DVD, insert a DVD disc into the DVD ROM drive. Then launch this program and click on 'DVD Disc' to load the DVD source. It also supports ISO Image and DVD Folder input.
A file with the .SRT file extension is a SubRip Subtitle file. These types of files hold video subtitle information like the start and end timecodes of the text and the sequential number of subtitles. It's important to note that SRT files themselves are just text files that are used along with video data. This means the SRT file itself does not contain any video or audio data. Sometimes, you may have the need to extract subtitle from DVD to SRT format with preferred language so that you can add them later on a Blu-ray authoring program or put the subtitles in a separate .srt file so that they can show up when when viewing on media players with has the subtitle functions.
Best Program to Extract/Rip Subtitles from DVD to SRT with Desired Language
Although there are many DVD ripping programs on the market, very few of them can do the subtitle extracting job for you. Fortunately, there is an program entitled EaseFab LosslessCopy (available for Windows and Mac users) that supports directly extract SRT files with one desired language or multiple languages from any commercial DVD disc, DVD folder and ISO image file.
Moreover, the program also enables you to rip DVD with desired internal subtitles and audio tracks, enable forced subtitles if you don't want the whole movie to have subtitles, , but just portions that require translation or add online downloaded external srt/ass/ssa subtitles to DVD movies if the foreign language DVD movie do not contain any language subtitles you understand.
- Extract Subtitles from DVD as.SRT on Windows-DVDSubEdit.
- Load SubRip and in the main window click the 'VOB' button in the toolbar (it is the very first one). The window above will open. First, you will have to click Open IFO and load the first.IFO file of the DVD. That will probably be VTS010.IFO.
Besides handling subtitles in different ways, EaseFab LosslessCopy has top performance when it comes to ripping and copying DVDs, such as:
▶ It can rip DVDs protected by DVD CSS, region code, RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs, Disney X-project DRM and more independently. 99-title DVDs and workout DVDs are fully supported. It automatically ticks the right title and delivers high-quality output in order. No crashes. It can also deal with Blu-ray files, including UHD 4K discs.
▶ It provides 320+ different output formats. LosslessCopy is able to convert Blu-ray/DVD to MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, MPEG MP3, AAC, M4A and other mainstream video/audio formats.
▶ It offers a library of preprogrammed optimization profiles for specific devices such as smartphones, tablets, gaming systems, smart TVs and more.
▶ 1:1 Disc Backup: Directly Copy main movie from BD/DVD discs and leave out extras; 1:1 Backup original Blu-ray and DVD to computer hard drive with all languages, subtitle tracks and chapter info; Lossless rip DVD/Blu-ray to MKV with full video, audios, subtitles, menus and chapters.
▶ Advanced Customization tools: LosslessCopy allows you to manually adjust codecs, aspect ratios, bit-rates, frame rates and more before you rip a DVD or Blu-ray. Also, it includes a basic video editor you can use to trim away unwanted footage, crop video, add watermarks and edit subtitles.
▶ With the Intel QSV and NVIDIA CUDA powered hardware acceleration, the conversion is processed on GPU instead of your computer's CPU and you can convert a full DVD disc to H.264 MP4 as short as 10 minutes.
Simple Steps to Extract Subtitles from DVD to SRT Files with Preferred Language
Step 1. Load DVD movies
After you open EaseFab LosslessCopy, click Load disc button to add the DVD files you want to rip. On the software main interface, there is a viewing window provided for you to preview the DVD files to ensure the files are what you want to rip. You can also take snapshots of the DVD movies when previewing them. You can also import DVD folder and ISO image files into the program.
Step 2. Select output file format.
From the Format drop-down list, select Subtitle File >SRT Subtitle(*.srt) as the desired output file format.
Step 3. Select subtitles by languages.
Click Settings to open Multi-task Settings window to select subtitles by language. Check any language you'd like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.
Step 4. Start extracting SRT files from DVD
Press the right-bottom blue Convert and start ripping DVD subtitles to SRT file.
When the SRT extracting process is finished, click Open output folder to locate the generated files, you will get all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish... Which is exactly the same as in your original disc. For this situation, you need choose the English subtitle for study.
Sometimes, the extracted SRT subtitles may not what you desire to get, you can still use our program to add additional SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to movie files. Just open the Edit window, switch to Subtitles, check Enable, you will be able to add your desired subtitles to your converted files.
On a DVD movie disc, all the video content is contained within a set of files in the VOB format. Most DVD ripping tools out there can extract the video from VOB to MP4, AVI, etc for desktop media player playback but few DVD ripping tools can extract SRT subtitles from VOB that good at all for using and playing.
Fortunately, Pavtube ByteCopy, regarded as the best 4K Blu-ray Ripper, Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper normally, lets you extract the subtitle information from a DVD VOB file and create an SRT file. This DVD software works with VOB files that are in your DVD discs and DVD Video-TS folder. Once you've selected a VOB file in the loaded DVD video, you can start the SRT subtitle extraction.
Apart from ripping DVD to SRT subtitle, Pavtube ByteCopy also can extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray ISO, Blu-ray Folder. This Blu-ray has internal DVD and Blu-ray decrypter that can circumvent Blu-ray and DVD copy protection. So even though your Blu-ray and DVD are commercial ones with encryption, you still can smoothly extract SRT subtitle from DVD VOB and Blu-ray.
Step-by-Step to Extract SRT Subtitles from DVD VOB
Step 1: Load DVD disc to the program.
Click 'File' menu, from its drop-down list, select 'Load from disc' to load your DVD disc or load DVD Video-TS folder from 'Load from Folder'. All the DVD VOB video chapters will be listed as below.
Step 2: Select SRT subtitle output
From the 'Format' drop-down list, select 'Subtitle File' > 'SRT Subtitle(*.srt)' as the desired output file format.
Tip: You can click the “Settings” to select subtitles by language. Check any language you’d like to keep. You can either keep your native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.
Step 3: Start to rip DVD VOB to srt subtitle
Now hit the big red “Convert” and let it start extracting *.srt subtitles. Wait for a moment, open your file destination (or click “Open output folder” to locate generated files), you will all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish… Which is exactly the same as in your original disc.
Here I rip .srt subtitles from The Alice In Wonderland movie, which contains forced subtitles:
And you see, I get 2 English subtitles for the Blu-ray movie.
Extract Subtitles From Iso
The Alice In Wonderland_001_1_English.srt – movie dialogue
The Alice In Wonderland_001_2_English.srt – forced subtitles (which displays only when a foreign language is spoken)
ByteCopy uses OCR (Optical character recognition) to read the Blu-ray and DVD image subtitles. Additional font object libraries for Latin-based languages (English, French, Spanish, etc) and Asia languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korea) are included to ensure subtitles be recognized and converted correctly. ByteCopy does better than many other subtitles converter apps per we tested.
Related Software: SRT/ASS/SSA Subtitle Adding Tool
If you have the need of adding external ASS/SSA/SRT subtitle to MP4, MKV, AVI, VOB, DVD, Blu-ray, etc, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows/Mac is just the perfect one for you to not only add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to your various videos but also convert various video sources.
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