Frequently asked questions

1. What's the aim of this website?
2. Is it free?
3. Who is powering this website?
4. How to find and download subtitles?
5. How to extract the downloaded subtitles?
6. Successfully obtained the subtitles but they don't appear during playback, what should I do?
7. Subtitles are out of sync. What can I do in order to fix them?
8. Can't find any movies or videos to download?
9. The subtitles I downloaded are fake. What should I do?
10. Some of the subtitles are marked as "Hearing Impaired". What is the meaning of this mark?
11. Can I make or translate subtitles, and how to do it?
12. Can I embed subtitles directly into video, and how to do it?
13. How do I rip subtitles of DVD movie?
14. How can I contact you to make suggestions, report bugs or regarding other stuff?
15. Do you have RSS FEED, and how to access it, what's the URL to it?
16. What is FPS?

1. What's the aim of this website?

   The aim of this website is to collect as many as possible subtitles and subtitles sources at one place.

2. Is it free?

   Yes, our services are absolutely free of charge.

3. Who is powering this website?

   The website is powered by bunch of lazy hamsters. ;-)

4. How to find and download subtitles?

   Use the search field and type the title or release name of the movie you search subtitles for, then click 'Search subtitles'.

5. How to extract the downloaded subtitles?

   You need to use archive managers like WinRAR, 7-zip. http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

6. Successfully obtained the subtitles but they don't appear during playback, what should I do?

   You need couple of things to do first, in order to watch the video you want with the obtained subtitles. Make sure you have installed and configured some sort of codec pack try ffdshow for example. You will need some good media player try vlc or media player classic. Also always rename the subtitles filename (without the extensions) to match the exact name of the video filename or vice versa.

7. Subtitles are out of sync. What can I do in order to fix them?

   You need to synchronize the subtitles with software like SubAdjust or SubAdjuster, Subtitle Workshop, Time Adjuster, Miyu, SubtitleEditor. Even before all that, you might want to try another better, corrected version of the subtitles from SUBS.to

8. Can't find any movies or videos to download?

   You can't and never will be able to download, because there aren't any movie or video files on this website.

9. The subtitles I downloaded are fake. What should I do?

   Please use our Contact form and report them as bad including the subtitles url and explaining what's wrong with them. Thank you in advance.

10. Some of the subtitles are marked as "Hearing Impaired". What is the meaning of this mark?

    A "hearing impaired" are those people with a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. The subtitles marked as "Hearing impaired" include information that normal hearing person can hear, for example: "(woman on TV) We all love the richness of a good eye creem.", "MAN: You should know better than to fall asleep at a party. There's freaks here.". Music notes may appear with titles or lyrics of songs or may just indicate that someone is singing.

11. Can I make or translate subtitles, and how to do it?

    Of course, anyone who have free time can make or translate subtitles. To do it you will need software like Subtitle Workshop, VisualSubSync for the creation bit and enviable language skills plus maybe dictionary for the translation bit.

12. Can I embed subtitles directly into video, and how to do it?

    Yes you can for the purpose read this guide http://www.divxland.org/permanentsubtitling.php

13. How do I rip subtitles of DVD movie?

    You can find more information at http://www.weethet.nl/english/video_ripsubtitles.php

14. How can I contact you to make suggestions, report bugs or regarding other stuff?

    Please use our contact form. Thank you in advance.

15. Do you have RSS FEED, and how to access it, what's the URL to it?

    Yes, we have RSS FEED. You can access it at http://www.subs.to/rss/

16. What is FPS?

    Well, you can find the answer here http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci213531,00.html