Notes: To use an SRT file in VLC Media Player, do the following:

1) Open VLC Media Player

3) Go to File -- Open File -- Select the movie file that the subtitles go with with the Browse button

3) Check Subtitles options

4) Click on the Settings button, browse for the .SRT file, and click OK

5) Click OK and play the movie

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File extensions that can be opened by vlc-media-player

rt.ASX	Advanced Stream Redirector
rt.DTS	Digital Theater Systems Audio File
rt.GXF	General eXchange Format
rt.M2V	MPEG-2 Video
rt.M3U	MP3 Uniform Resource Locator
rt.M4V	MPEG-4 Video File
rt.MPEG1	MPEG-1 Video
rt.MPEG2	MPEG-2 Video
rt.MTS	AVCHD Video File
rt.MXF	Material eXchange Format
rt.OGM	Ogg Multimedia Container File
rt.PLS	Playlist
rt.BUP	DVD Information File
rt.A52	Dolby Digital AC-3 Compressed Audio File
rt.AAC	Advanced Audio Coding Compressed Audio File
rt.B4S	Winamp 3+ Playlist
rt.CUE	Cue Sheet
rt.DIVX	DivX Movie
rt.DV	Digital Video
rt.FLV	Flash Video
rt.M1V	MPEG-1 Video
rt.M2TS	MPEG-2 Transport Stream Videos
rt.MKV	Matroska Video Stream
rt.MOV	Apple QuickTime Movie
rt.MPEG4	MPEG-4 Video
rt.OMA	OpenMG Audio File
rt.SPX	Ogg Speex Audio File
rt.TS	DVD Video
rt.VLC	VLC Media Player Data
rt.VOB	DVD Video Object
rt.XSPF	XML Shareable Playlist Format
rt.DAT	VCD Video
rt.BIN	Binary DVD Video
rt.IFO	DVD Information File
rt.PART	Partially Downloaded File
rt.3G2	3G Mobile Phone Video
rt.AVI	Audio Video Interleave
rt.MPEG	MPEG Video
rt.MPG	MPEG Video
rt.FLAC	Free Lossless Audio Codec Compressed Audio FIle
rt.M4A	MPEG-4 Audio File
rt.MP1	MPEG-1 Audio Layer I
rt.OGG	Ogg Multimedia Container File
rt.WAV	Waveform Audio
rt.XM	Extended Module Audio File
rt.3GP	3G Mobile Phone Video
rt.SRT	DVD Subtitles File
rt.WMV	Windows Media Video
rt.AC3	Dolby Digital AC-3 Compressed Audio File
rt.ASF	Advanced Systems Format Video
rt.MOD	MOD Audio File
rt.MP2	MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
rt.MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
rt.MP4	MPEG-4 Part 14 Multimedia Container
rt.WMA	Windows Media Audio File
rt.MKA	Matroska Audio Stream
rt.M4P	Protected AAC File

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