Subtitles on the other hand are helpful in many other cases. They are sometimes included on the DVD or rip so that it is possible to start watching right away.

A search in subtitles databases like Open Subtitles will often yield the desired subtitle. That’s fine if it remains a rare process.

Some developers have automated the process. Subtitle downloaders like Renaissance, Subtitle Search or Subs Grabber offer semi-automated processes that often can retrieve subtitles for multiple shows and videos at once.

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Subtitles 1.0 adds a context menu entry to Windows Explorer to find subtitles for a selected video file. The program displays a large list of available languages to select from before it opens a web page with the search results.

Only the subtitles database of Subtitles.com.br is supported by the software. That, and the fact that it is not possible to remove unnecessary languages from the context menu are our biggest gripes.

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Subtitles 1.0 is a comfortable program nevertheless, especially for users who need to find subtitles occasionally. Subtitle downloaders are the better option for if subtitles are needed regularly.

Subtitles is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system. (via Addictive Tips)

SubDude has been designed to automatically rename subtitles to match the names of the movies. The software program comes with a graphical user interface which can be used to point it to a folder on the computer system. The subtitle renamer will automatically rename the subtitles to match the names of the videos. Regular expressions are used to match the videos and subtitles and the program usually does a very good job at finding the right matches.

It is furthermore possible to create an undo file in case something goes terribly wrong during the process. There are also two options to add the program to the context menu and send to shortcut in Windows.

SubDude is a portable software program that can be executed from wherever the files are unpacked to. It comes with a ini in the data folder that can be used to edit the regular expressions used to identify matching videos and subtitles.