How to Adjust Subtitle Delay in VLC Media Player

Adjust subtitle delay in VLC media player, Two methods to Synchronize Subtitles with movie in VLC media player!!

I am a Movie Addict person and so, I spend my spare time by watching Hollywood Movies, or Bollywood Movies.

People say that watching movies with subtitle may very helpful for improving communication. To improve my english communication, in these days i am watching hollywood movies along with the movie subtitles and trust me this trick is working very fine and i have started to enjoy movie in english language very much.

But one thing i noticed that sometimes when i add movie subtitles in VLC media player then movie's audio or subtitle doesn't work simultaneously. Sometimes subtitle goes very delay or fast from the audio and sometimes audio goes very delay or fast from the subtitle.

This situation is very irritating. But after few days of facing this kind of problem, i have searched out the way to fix it and in this tutorial i am going to show - how you can easily synchronize Subtitles with movie in VLC media player. Here are the instructions:

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Synchronize Subtitles with Movie in VLC

There are two methods to adjust subtitle delay in VLC media player: first, adjust subtitle delay using Hotkeys and second, adjust subtitle delay through settings. Both the methods has explained below, now it's your choice which one you want to use.

Adjust Subtitle Delay using Hotkeys

This trick will work during playback. So make sure, you have played the movie and added the subtitle correctly. To make changes in the subtitle display timing:

If the movie subtitles are appearing very early then press H to increase the subtitle delay time until it start appearing at the correct time.

If the movie subtitles are appearing very late then press G to decrease the subtitle delay time until it start appearing at the correct time.

To make changes in the Audio timing:

If the movie audio are appearing very early then press K to increase the Audio delay time until it start appearing at the correct time.

If the movie audio are appearing very late then press J to decrease the movie audio time until it start appearing at the correct time.

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Adjust Subtitle Delay through Settings

Once you played the movie and noticed how much delay or early the movie subtitle is being displayed. From the VLC menu bar, go to Tools ---> Track Synchronization

Now, a popup window will appear where you can set the subtitle delay according to your wish.

I have used these both methods to adjust subtitle delay in VLC media player and all worked fine. So now it’s your turn to use and let me know through comments - is it useful information for you?

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You can freely share your ideas in comment section, I would love to know if you have another way to Synchronize Subtitles with movie in VLC media player.