SubViewer

SubViewer is a file format for storing subtitles. It may have the file extension .sub.

Specification

A sample SubViewer document may look like;

[INFORMATION] <-- beginning of optional info section, closing tag required

[TITLE] Title of film.

[AUTHOR] Author of film.

[SOURCE] Arbitrary text

[FILEPATH] Arbitrary text

[DELAY] (time in frames to delay all subtitles

[COMMENT] Arbitrary text

[END INFORMATION]

[SUBTITLE] <-- beginning of subtitle section, no closing tag required.

[COLF]&HFFFFFF,[SIZE]12,[FONT]Times New Roman

00:01:00.10,00:02:00.20

Oh, no.

The eggs are hatching!

00:02:00.30,00:03:00.40

No, never mind, I was hallucinating.

In SubViewer 2.0 format, the whole subtitle is written on one line, with line breaks indicated by [br], as follows:

00:01:00.10,00:02:00.20

Oh, no.[br]The eggs are hatching!

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