Subtitles

There are a lot of different types of external subtitle files. Most contain textual data. That is the subtitle and a timestamp at which this subtitles is to be shown. Some of these allow for additional formatting, others don't.

• SubRip
• SubViewer
• SAMI
• MicroDVD
• VPlayer
• Sub Script Alpha
• JacoSub
• MPsub

There are also subtitles which are essentially pictures instead of text. These kind of subtitles are used in DVDs, VCDs and the external VobSub files.

• DVD subtitles
• DVB sutitles
• VobSub
• CVD
• OGT

There are also some fileformats to which you can add subtitles. These include:

• MOV
• MP4
• OGM
• Matroska

It is not easy to stream subtitles. DVB or DVD subtitles encapsulated in a TS MPEG stream is your best bet.