| Error | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Subtitles show squares/codes | Wrong encoding (UTF-8 vs ANSI) | Open .srt in Notepad++, save as UTF-8. | | Subtitle text appears 2 minutes late | File named for wrong cut | Use Subtitle Edit → Synchronization → Visual sync. | | No subtitles at all in media player | File extension hidden; named .srt.txt | Enable “File name extensions” in Windows, remove .txt . | | Ads or pop-ups on download site | Using scam aggregator | Only use OpenSubtitles or Subscene. |