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Movies File Formats, Subtitles, Choosing The Best For Your Devices. by ejikeujah(m): 11:42pm On Jun 29, 2014
Subtitles, is simply a caption for foreign-language movies. The write-up can be used as a caption in silent movies as it aids for better understanding of the motion pictures. Most of these subtitles are embedded into the movie file extension names which are in the form of; .mkv, .avi, .vod, .mp4, .wmv, .3gp, .mpeg and more. These file extensions are found usually at the end of the file names. Example, “Terminator 3.avi”. More about these formats are discussed here. However, some of these movies do not have subtitles in it. Are you desperately or in need of these subtitle for better clarity? Then no cause for alarm, some applications has the options to read some subtitle files.
These subtitle files can be downloaded separately from the internet and then with the use of these special video players, subtitle files are very small files which are approximately 28kb and can be decoded into the movie and then displayed in a synchronized pattern. The subtitle file formats includes file extension names such as; .cdg, .idx, .srt, .sub, .utf, .ass, .ssa, .txt and many others. Applications for integrating these downloaded subtitles include; VLC media player, Total video player, DivX player, MOBO player. Mobo player works mostly on android devices. As at this write-up, I haven’t checked the Mobo on other devices running other platforms.
Steps for using subtitles;
1. Install the necessary video player for example; VLC, Mobo Player, DivX player etc., that has subtitle options on your device.
2. Download the necessary subtitle file for the movie via http://subscene.com/
3. Locate the movie and play it with the video player.
4. Right click on the player background, locate subtitle and click to select “add subtitle” form there you can browse the file you have downloaded and select it.
N/B: Most subtitle files downloaded from sites come in zip file extensions, so these files must be extracted for use.
DONE!!!

source: http://www.loyalmentors.com/2014/06/movie-subtitlessrt-txt.html

A movie is otherwise known as series of moving pictures. These series of real and sometimes fictional events are recorded by a camera and then projected onto a screen as a sequence of moving pictures, usually with an accompanying soundtrack. The soundtrack could be verbal, melodic or both but must have a major contribution to the motion pictures. Movies have created a wide range of coverage and an important part of the human life and activity as well. It contributes to relaxation, serves as idle-killer as it makes you less bored and prevents you from getting into several negative activities just by being idle! Over the years, movies have evolved from use of large tapes displaying as projections to very small files which can be downloaded into various storage devices. Most devices are programmed and built to be able to run many file formats. While some are designed to run but a few. Most Java s40 phones are only adapted to video file formats in .3gp and sometimes .mp4 file extensions. You cannot make these phones run other file extensions without the use of certain applications and programs which has the capacity to run other file extensions different from the predefined ones. Some smart phones like blackberry, android phones, iPhones, Symbian s60 phones, some china (giffen good) and also windows phones, run some more advance video files such as .avi, .mp4, .wmv, .mov, .flv amongst others. So, you can use the sample video on your device to know the right video file format for your phone. This can be identified by checking the file extension. These file formats may not work on all devices and may be displayed as ?? unkown. This is the only way to find out the true file format.
“Tu Face- True Love.mp4”
The “.mp4” is the file extension while “Tu Face- True Love” is the file name. Sometimes, the file extension can only be seen by checking the details. Selecting options and then clicking on properties or options.

Re: Movies File Formats, Subtitles, Choosing The Best For Your Devices. by odimbannamdi(m): 2:49am On May 30, 2015
honestly speaking, this is an enlightening post. i have saved it already

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Re: Movies File Formats, Subtitles, Choosing The Best For Your Devices. by ejikeujah(m): 12:22am On Oct 05, 2015
You welcome anytime
odimbannamdi:
honestly speaking, this is an enlightening post. i have saved it already
Re: Movies File Formats, Subtitles, Choosing The Best For Your Devices. by Nobody: 4:40pm On Oct 05, 2015
This is a wonderful article.. I will fully thank you when I test it

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