'How can I convert subtitles to a .srt file from a DVD? I want to add a DVD to my plex server, and I don't want to force the subtitles to the file, I want it to be optional if I enable the subtitles or not.'

Select a DVD Source To extract subtitles from DVD, insert a DVD disc into the DVD ROM drive. Then launch this program and click on 'DVD Disc' to load the DVD source. It also supports ISO Image and DVD Folder input. All things considered, DVD Subtitle Extractor proves to be a handy tool that can help you extract subtitles from DVDs and convert them to MPG, D2V and BIN files.

Subtitles are playing an important role during movie enjoyment. Sometimes, we may have the need to extract SRT subtitle from DVD so that you can add them later on a DVD authoring program or put the subtitles in a separate .srt file so that they can show up when when viewing on media players with has the subtitle functions. As we all know, it's common to extract video or audio from a DVD movie. What if we want to extract subtitles from a DVD and convert to SRT subtitle file? If you're looking for an easy to get the job done, you've come to the right place. Read on for details.

Best Tool to Extract SRT Subtitles from DVD

Actually, there are few tools can do the subtitle extracting job for you. To save your time and efficiency, I recommend you try EaseFab LosslessCopy (available for Windows and Mac users), which offers a simple way to extract subtitles from DVD, DVD Folder, DVD ISO to SRT files. In addition, it also works as a Blu-ray subtitle extractor to save SRT from Blu-ray disc, BDMV file, and Blu-ray ISO image file. The process can be easily done in just several minutes and the srt subtitles are separated all multi-language subtitle files from DVD, which would then play in most all computers and media players. Besides subtitle extracting, LosslessCopy also have many other excellent features that make it rank top on the DVD/Blu-ray ripping application list.

Key Features of EaseFab LosslessCopy

· Losslessly backup BD/DVD to MKV with multiple audio/subtitle tracks
· Convert BD/DVD to Multi-track MP4, MOV, AVI, etc. video files
· Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
· Preserve a 100% BD M2TS/DVD VOB movie without extras
· Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data
· No additional software is required for conversion or decryption

Step by Step Guide on Extract SRT Subtitles from a DVD

Step 1: Load DVD movie

Connect your Blu-ray drive into your computer, then insert your DVD disc into your computer's drive or an optional DVD drive. Launch the program, click 'Load from disc' to add the DVD movie to the program. You can also import DVD, DVD ISO files, IFO files or Blu-ray/DVD folder for conversion.

Step 2: Select output file format

From the 'Format' drop-down list, select 'Subtitle File' > 'SRT Subtitle(*.srt)' as the desired output file format.

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Step 3: Select subtitles by languages

Click 'Settings' to open 'Multi-task Settings' window to select subtitles by language. Check any language you'd like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.

Step 4: Start extracting SRT subtitle from DVD

Press the right-bottom red 'Convert' and start extracting *.srt subtitles from Blu-ray DVD process.

When the SRT extracting process is finished, click 'Open' to locate the generated files, you will get all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish… Which is exactly the same as in your original disc.

Sometimes, the extracted SRT subtitles may not the one you desire to get, you can still use LosslessCopy program to add additional subtitles to DVD movie files. Just open the 'Video Editor' window by clicking the 'Edit' button, switch to 'Subtitles', check 'enable', you will be able to add your desired subtitles (formatted in .srt, .ass and .ssa) to your converted files.

Brief Introduction of SRT Subtitle File Extension

A file with the .SRT file extension is a SubRip Subtitle file. These types of files hold video subtitle information like the start and end timecodes of the text and the sequential number of subtitles. It's important to note that SRT files themselves are just text files that are used along with video data. This means the SRT file itself does not contain any video or audio data.

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On a DVD movie disc, all the video content is contained within a set of files in the VOB format. Most DVD ripping tools out there can extract the video from VOB to MP4, AVI, etc for desktop media player playback but few DVD ripping tools can extract SRT subtitles from VOB that good at all for using and playing.

Fortunately, Pavtube ByteCopy, regarded as the best 4K Blu-ray Ripper, Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper normally, lets you extract the subtitle information from a DVD VOB file and create an SRT file. This DVD software works with VOB files that are in your DVD discs and DVD Video-TS folder. Once you've selected a VOB file in the loaded DVD video, you can start the SRT subtitle extraction.

Apart from ripping DVD to SRT subtitle, Pavtube ByteCopy also can extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray ISO, Blu-ray Folder. This Blu-ray has internal DVD and Blu-ray decrypter that can circumvent Blu-ray and DVD copy protection. So even though your Blu-ray and DVD are commercial ones with encryption, you still can smoothly extract SRT subtitle from DVD VOB and Blu-ray.

Step-by-Step to Extract SRT Subtitles from DVD VOB

Step 1: Load DVD disc to the program.

Click 'File' menu, from its drop-down list, select 'Load from disc' to load your DVD disc or load DVD Video-TS folder from 'Load from Folder'. All the DVD VOB video chapters will be listed as below.

Step 2: Select SRT subtitle output

From the 'Format' drop-down list, select 'Subtitle File' > 'SRT Subtitle(*.srt)' as the desired output file format.

Tip: You can click the “Settings” to select subtitles by language. Check any language you’d like to keep. You can either keep your native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.

Step 3: Start to rip DVD VOB to srt subtitle

Now hit the big red “Convert” and let it start extracting *.srt subtitles. Wait for a moment, open your file destination (or click “Open output folder” to locate generated files), you will all the subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish… Which is exactly the same as in your original disc.

Here I rip .srt subtitles from The Alice In Wonderland movie, which contains forced subtitles:

And you see, I get 2 English subtitles for the Blu-ray movie.

The Alice In Wonderland_001_1_English.srt – movie dialogue
The Alice In Wonderland_001_2_English.srt – forced subtitles (which displays only when a foreign language is spoken)

ByteCopy uses OCR (Optical character recognition) to read the Blu-ray and DVD image subtitles. Additional font object libraries for Latin-based languages (English, French, Spanish, etc) and Asia languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korea) are included to ensure subtitles be recognized and converted correctly. ByteCopy does better than many other subtitles converter apps per we tested.

Related Software: SRT/ASS/SSA Subtitle Adding Tool

If you have the need of adding external ASS/SSA/SRT subtitle to MP4, MKV, AVI, VOB, DVD, Blu-ray, etc, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate for Windows/Mac is just the perfect one for you to not only add SRT/ASS/SSA subtitles to your various videos but also convert various video sources.

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