In this tutorial, we are going
to hardcode dot ASS subtitles to a video using Handbrake. Hi, my name is David from
freelancerinsights.com where we believe you should never stop learning. Here's an example of the expected
output of what we should expect from our subtitle file and our
video file once you use Handbrake to burn that inside the video. So let's just double
click on the sample file. 'With the recent update- '
Now you can basically see, there is, a
subtitle fire with a dark, background. And if I click on play - 'update on the
YouTube interface, it's now easier than before to download YouTube transcripts. Hi, my name is David from
freelancerinsights.com, where we believe you should never stop learning. This video is an update.' Now, basically what you see is that you
can see the subtitle file is down here and up here, and this is a dot ASS file
that has been burnt in to my video. And, I used Subtitle Edit to
prepare, the subtitle file. The dot ASS and for some of the
positioning, for example, the upward positioning, I used Aegisub
to do the positioning to show you that you can do different kinds of
positioning for your subtitle file. So basically, for everyone to just
get a hang of it and how it looks. So that's what are we intending
to do at the end of this video? So basically the requirements, you
need your video file that is this file. This one doesn't have the
subtitles burnt in and your dot ASS subtitle file. That is a dot ASS subtitle file
is Advanced Substation Alpha subtitle format and a dot SSA
is a Substation Alpha format. They are similar subtitle
formats they're, usually considered a similar format. So basically you need your video,
your dot ASS, or SSA subtitle format, and you also need an
updated version of Handbrake. And, the version, I'm using it version
1.3, and, any, I'll, I'll put in links in the description below if you need
to see the, particular applications. So the first thing we need to
do, we need to open up Handbrake. Let's just open it up. Once a Handbrake is open, all we
need to do is, we need to import our video file, inside Handbrake. So we will just come here
and just drag and drop. This is the file that doesn't have
the burnt in, dot ASS subtitle file. So we just do that. And the next thing you need to do
is that you need to set the preset. And I've already walked you
through the process of burning in a dot SRT file, insert Handbrake. In a previous video, you can
check it out from the card above. So, since my video is in
at 1280 by 720, I'll go for the general- very fast. And everything is sorted there. The next section I
need is the subtitles. And, in the recent past, we only
had import SRT subtitle, but in this updated version, and you can check it
out here about, well, version 1.3.0, we have the option to import subtitle. If I click on it, I'll get
the option to import ,SRT. SSA or dot ASS. So what I need to do is just select
this, dots ASS and click on open. And once I click on open,
my file will populate. and as I mentioned in the previous
video, Handbrake needs to sort this issue out so we can see the length
and the title, clearly to know what subtitle file one is, is burning
in or embedding inside the video. So once you do that, you need to
tick the burn in and then, you need to select the save as option. Where you want to save your file. I'll just browse, go back to the
desktop, where I have the other file, and then I'll say hardcode
ASS sub - sub.MP4 and click on save. Now once that is done, the next
step is just click on start encode. Basically, that's all you need to do. And your file will be hardcoded. That is your subtitle file- ASS
subtitle file will be hard coded. Now the reason why you may need to
use a subtitle file in the format of ASS or SSA is that ASS and SSA,
caption formats support text fomatting, text positioning, styling, fonts-
different fonts, different colors for different subtitle files that you're
working on inside the same subtitle. That is, if you want to position
a caption block at the bottom and you also want to position another
one at the top or on the side, in the middle, you can easily use
or export your subtitle format from one or the subtitle editors. For example, Aegisub or Subtitle
Edit it using the dot ASS or dot SSA subtitle format. So basically it helps you to have
that flexibility in that you can style your caption files whichever way you
feel, you want them to look and feel. So basically that's why this
was really important to the video community and freelancers. And since it's a free option, then it
makes it easier if you have projects that require open captioning that
involves a lot of styling and all that, and you not need to cough
any amount of money to do that. So basically our encoding is done. And we just need to review the file
to see if it is, as we've seen in the demo, at the beginning of the video. So basically this is the file. I'll just double click on it. 'With the recent
update on the YouTube.' So here it is. Hard code ASS sub '-interface--
it's now easier than before to download YouTube transcripts. Hi, my name is David From
freelancerinsights.com, where we believe you should never stop learning. This video is an update to
my video on how to easily download YouTube subtitles.' Now basically, we can appreciate
that the subtitles are burnt in to the video and they adhere to the
styling of the subtitle file, that we already we already, worked on. So basically that's how you can
easily hard code a dot ASS or a dot SSA subtitle file using Handbrake. This is a fast look video of the
process with the recent update to Handbrake and I really appreciate
the work that Handbrake has done towards ensuring that we
have the option to import dot ASS or dot SSA subtitle files. If you're interested in learning
how to caption and in subtitle videos, kindly enroll for my
course from the description below. Until next time, thank you so
much for watching this video. Never stop learning and I'll
see you in the next one. Bye bye.
