# Subtitles

To show subtitles, you have two options:

- Use an HLS stream with embedded subtitles.
- Use an HLS stream as `FPExternalMedia` and configure the URL to subtitles.


## Getting started

First, configure the player controls to use the `subtitles` plugin:


```swift
let config = FPPlayerControlConfigBuilder()
        .setMuteControl(true)
        .enablePlugins(["subtitles"])
        .build()
flowplayerViewController.setControlConfig(config)
```

Then, you need to configure the player to use subtitles using one of the processes below.

## HLS stream with embedded subtitles

If your HLS stream contains subtitles, all you need to do is enable the subtitles plugin for the controls.

## Using FPExternalMedia with VTT files

If you are using `FPExternalMedia`, you can configure the subtitles by hand:


```swift
let track = FPTrack(
        lang: "en",
        src: "https://mycdn.example.com/subs.vtt",
        label: "English subs",
        kind: ""
)

let externalMedia = FPExternalMedia(
        mediaUrl: "https://mycdn.example.com/video.m3u8",
        adSchedule: nil,
        metadata: nil,
        subtitles: [track]
 )
```

info
Please note that subtitles only work with HLS streams. This includes when using `FPExternalMedia`.