How to Download Subtitles in VLC Media Player using VLsub

When we watch a movie that’s in a language which we don’t speak natively, we usually face problems with understanding what’s being spoken in the film. This is where subtitles come to our aid and they help us with understanding what the actors are speaking about regardless of their accent.

As the vast majority of you may be mindful of, there are a lot of sites on the web from where you can download subtitles for nothing. When you have the subtitles, you can duplicate them over to the individual film's organizer and most media players would consequently stack the subtitles. Then again, wouldn't it be decent if VLC could consequently download the subtitles for you? 

Luckily, VLC media player's backing for plugins makes it conceivable to consequently download subtitles from the web. All you will need is a free plugin called VLsub and once you introduce it, you can undoubtedly look for subtitles from VLC media player itself and browse the best ones.

The latest version of VLC media player is temporarily missing the “lua net module”, a major component which is needed for VLsub to work. According to Videolan, the “lua net module” will be added back to VLC in the next version. So until VLC media player version 2.2.x is released, you will have to downgrade to an older version of VLC media player in order to use the VLsub plugin.

For ex. You can download VLC Version 2.0.8, which I have been using for this guide.

Note: The VLsub plugin makes utilization of Opensubtitles.org to get subtitles, in the event that Opensubtitles.org is down, the Plug may not have the capacity to bring subtitles. 

When you have a more seasoned adaptation of VLC media player running on your PC, take after the guidelines underneath and you will have the capacity to download subtitles inside VLC itself.

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 How to Download Subtitles in VLC media player using VLsub

• Step 1: Download VLsub from the link provided at the bottom of the page and extract its contents to a folder.

• Step 2: Copy the VLsub.Lua file and paste it in the following directory on windows: C: \Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions. In case the extensions folder is not there, create the folder and paste the Club.Lua extension in it.

How to Download Subtitles in VLC Media Player using VLsub

Following are the locations for other operating systems.

* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\vlc\lua\extensions\
* Linux (all users): /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/
* Mac OS X (current user): /Users/%your_name%/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/extensions/

• Step 3: Run VLC and play a movie.
• Step 4: When the movie is playing click on View > VLsub 0.9.10 

How to Download Subtitles in VLC Media Player using VLsub

• Step 5: In the VLsub window that opens up, type in the name of the movie and click on Search by name. Wait for a few seconds and a list of available subtitles will appear.

How to Download Subtitles in VLC Media Player using VLsub

• Step 6: Select a subtitle and click on the Download Selection button to download the subtitle.

How to Download Subtitles in VLC Media Player using VLsub

Within a few seconds, the subtitle will be downloaded and start appearing in the movie. In case the subtitles don’t appear, simply stop the movie and start it again.

Download: VLsub for Windows 

VLsub for Linux