MPC HC – Sync Subtitle to Audio or Video. How to sync (Synchronize) subtitle with MPC HC using Keyboard shortcut or Hotkeys
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MPC-HC
It stands for Media Player Classic Home Cinema, it is a great lightweight video player that supports almost all video format and codecs.
Price: Free
The MPC HC (Media Player Classic Home Cinema) stands strong among major media player for Windows.
The MPC HC also allows users to download subtitle online from opensubtitles.org and other subtitle downloading website and view subtitle while video is playing using the MPC HC player, but most or sometimes, downloaded subtitle are off sync with the video. That is sometimes the audio might be faster than the subtitle or the subtitle faster than the audio.
To download subtitle using the MPC HC player, you press D on your keyboard and the player will automatically go online and search for the subtitle (remember that it uses the name of video and its properties)
The MPC HC (Media Player Classic Home Cinema) has a way to solve this problem, in fact using Hotkeys or Keyboard Shortcut Keys. But first let’s learn how to load subtitle into SMPlayer in order to be able to sync or synchronize the subtitle perfectly.
1. First of all, launch the MPC HC Player. (Open the video, you want to synchronize (sync) the subtitle).
2. Right Click on the MPC HC Window, Click on File and then Click on load subtitle OR press Ctrl + L on your keyboard.
3. A window will open, go to the location where downloaded subtitle was kept or where the subtitle file is and select it in order to load it by clicking on Open
In order to sync the subtitle for the MPC HC Player, This is what you are to do:
The Keyboard shortcut or hotkeys that are used to sync or synchronize subtitle in the MPC HC Player the functions keys F1 and F2
Sync Subtitle Using Keyboard Shortcut on MPC HC
x :To make it faster (It is always close to the shift key): This should be used when subtitle is slower than the audio (100 milliseconds)
F1 :To make or reduce the subtitle speed it (It is above the numerical keys on the keyboard): This should be used when the subtitle is faster than the audio (for every pressing of the F1 keys, the subtitle speed or delay is reduced by 500 milliseconds).
F2 :To make or increase the subtitle speed it(It is above the numerical keys on the keyboard): This should be used when the subtitle is slower than the audio (for every pressing of the F1 keys, the subtitle speed or delay is increased by 500 milliseconds).
Enable or Disable Subtitle Visibility on MPC HC
W: on or off subtitle (subtitle visibility).
To prevent make sure you download subtitle file with the same name as you file, the same audio type and the same quality (as in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 2K, 4K) and download subtitle with high up vote.
Please Comment below for any problem faced and share below.
somebody says
F1 and F2 NEVER worked, why?
Tim says
The Function keys are the keys. The keys above 1, 2 to 0. You will see them F! to F12
D. Kelly says
F1 opens windows help!
D. Kelly says
f1 opens windows help from computer
Κωνσταντινος Μπαταλης says
do you know if I can save the slowdown of the subtitles.
Tim says
You cannot save it on MPC HC. You can edited subtitles settings using notepad or Aegisub.
nakul says
use fn with f1 and f2 respectively
nakul says
just use fn with f1 and f2
Tim says
Please do make sure you click on Main Window of MPC HC player and then press the F1 and F2 key for subtitle syncing, it will work
Tim says
Please do make sure you click on Main Window of MPC HC player and then press the F1 and F2 key for subtitle syncing, it will work
Maciej Ferenc says
F1, F2 doesn’t work
Steve says
F1 and F2 moves the subtitles 500MS which is WAY WAY too much. It used to be like 10MS .. what happened? How do we fik it???
Steve says
Nevermind.. I am blind.
Anonymous says
For me the following worked:
go to view > options > subtitles.
In the top right-hand corner you will see “delay step” – set it to a value greater than “0”. I set it to 100ms.
Aplly the changes and click on OK.
If you now use the “F1” and “F2” keys the subtitles will be delayed or sped up by the increment you entered (e.g. 100ms).
Hope this helps.
Sim Architect says
It changes the subtitle sync but not the speed. Lots of times subtitles keep getting delayed or advanced and you need to keep using F1 or F2 every few seconds. How can we change the speed, so we don’t have to keep fixing it while we watch something?
Erdem says
Use subtitle menu; ctrl+6 if you’ve already loaded a subtitle. Then you need to pause just at the beginning of any sentence of any conversation and find the line corresponding to that sentence and then right click on it choose “Current (F5)”.
Indaletius says
Thank you so much for the info; that would save me tons of time watching GoT.
Carol Santos says
thank you so so so much
it saved me rn
ShadouKen says
this is epic info thank you so much <3
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yakup says
press Fn+F1/F2
Tim says
Thanks for this.
saleh says
thanks mate
Nayanajith Disanayaka says
Both find. But how to select the subtitle to relevent frame??
Roman says
F1 ,F2 doesnt work
28.7.2020
Tim says
Please the function keys are used, those above the numeric key on Your keyboard. Thanks
Guy says
We know where they are, dumbass. It doesnt work.
keri380 says
You have to press the “Fn” key at the left bottom (red letter) at same time when pressing F1 or F2 – I won’t call you ‘dumbass’.
keri380 says
You can’t help those that already think they are genus’s.. 🙂
Tim says
It also works on some computers without pressing the fn key. Thanks