How to add subtitles to videos in Ubuntu 16.04

If you want to add subtitles to the videos you have recorded in Ubuntu, or the videos you have collected, you can use the software Openshot to add subtitles through its title adding tool.

1. Open a terminal window to install openshot.

$sudo apt-get install openshot

2. After opening, we directly drag the video to the upper left corner of the window.

3. Then drag it to the bottom "Track 1" for editing.

4. Select "Title"--"New Title".

5. The "Title Editor" window will pop up.

6. Select "Footer 2" and then "Create a new title" and enter a name, such as title here.

7. Then the "Enter title text" window will pop up, in which enter the subtitle text you want to add.

8. After application, we will get the subtitles displayed in the middle position at the bottom. If you feel you can, just "Apply".

9. Then a "title.svg" project file will be generated in the upper left corner window.

10. We drag title.svg directly to "Track 2".

11. Select "Zoom Tool" to stretch title.svg to the time position you need to display.

12. Move the red vertical line on the track to the position of the subtitles, so that we can see the subtitles in the video preview.

13. After the subtitles are set, we can export the video with subtitles by selecting the video format through "File"--"Export Video" .

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