Instructions to customize video subtitles on Facebook

Facebook also has subtitles support feature on video, but users need to enable this feature on the installation of Facebook computer web version.

To help users be convenient when watching videos in different languages, YouTube has a function to support video subtitles. And on Facebook also has this feature, but unlike the subtitle function on Youtube because it does not automatically display subtitles. Besides, users also need to download more subtitles before uploading videos to Facebook. Currently, the ability to add subtitles on Facebook only applies to the Facebook version on the web interface of the computer. In the article below, we will guide you how to customize subtitles with videos with subtitles on Facebook.

Step 1:

First you access Facebook on your computer and log in to your personal account. At the home page interface, users click on the triangle icon and select Install .

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Step 2:

In the custom list on the left of the interface, click on the Video item.

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Step 3:

Facebook will not automatically show video subtitles, so users are forced to automatically activate them manually, and then set the mode to always enable subtitles with videos with subtitles when uploaded to Facebook.

At the Video settings interface, go to the menu drop Always display comments (Always Show Captions) and then switch from Off mode to On mode.

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Step 4:

In addition, we can customize the subtitles displayed on Facebook videos. By default, the subtitles will be white on a transparent gray background. If you don't like this type of subtitle, you can change the color and font size, color and transparency of the background according to the user.

Also at this interface, the Show comments section click on the Edit button.

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Step 5:

A drop-down menu appears with some editing options for subtitles.

  1. Background Color: change the background color with 8 basic colors, you can switch to any color.
  2. Background Opacity: change the transparency of the text with levels 0, 25, 45, 75, and 100.
  3. Text Color: change the color for the text.
  4. Text Size: choose font size with 50%, 75%, 100%, 125%, 175% and 200%.

When you choose to change one of the above elements, the subtitle preview image above will also change accordingly.

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Finally, when you are fine with the above options, the user clicks the Save changes button below.

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So, with the video with subtitles and you have downloaded the subtitle file for the video to Facebook, when adjusting the steps to set up subtitles like the above tutorial, you will get the video subtitles at your disposal. Depending on the needs of each person, we can customize the display mode accordingly.

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Update 24 May 2019
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