Subtitles codecs

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Subtitles Status
Subtitle Name Extension Subtitle Type Character Encoding Line Break Text Styling Metadata Info Timings Timing Precision VLC media player Support
AQTitle *.aqt Text-based None Yes No No Framings Dependent on Frame untested ???
CVD *.cvd Image-based N/A N/A N/A No Elapsed Time DOn't know untested ???
JACOSub *.usf Text-based None Yes Yes No Elapsed Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) Yes (0.9.0 and over)
MicroDVD *.sub Text-based None Yes No No Framings Dependent on Frames Yes
MPEG-4 Timed Text .ttxt XML Don'tknow Don'tknow Yes No Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond Yes
MPSub *.sub Text-based None Yes No Yes Sequential Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) untested ???
OggWrit N/A (inside Oggs) Text-based None No Yes Yes Sequential Granules Dependent on Bitstream untested ???-
Phoenix Subtitle *.pjs Text-based None No No No Framings Dependent on Frames untested ???
PowerDivX .psb Text-based None No No No Elapsed Time 1 Second untested ???
RealText / SMIL *.rt HTML-based Unicode (UTF-8) Yes Yes (SMIL) No Elapsed Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) No
SAMI *.smi HTML-based Unicode (Windows-1252) Yes Yes (CSS) Yes Framings Dependent on Frames No
Structured Subtitle Format .ssf XML None No Yes Yes Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond untested ???
SubRip *.srt Text-based Informally Unicode Yes No No Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) Yes
SSA/ASS *.ssa Text-based None No Yes Yes Elapsed Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) No, under work
SubViewer *.sub Text-based None Yes No Yes Elapsed Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) Yes
Universal Subtitle *.usf XML Unicode (UTF-8) No Yes (XML DTD) No Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) Yes, 0.9.0 and over
VOBSub *.sub, *.idx Image-based N/A N/A N/A N/A Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) Yes
VPlayer *.txt Text-based None Yes No No Framing or Time 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) Yes
DivX Subtitles (XSUB) N/A (embedded in .divx) Image-based N/A N/A N/A No Elapsed Time 1 Millisecond untested ???