View source for Subtitles

'''''For more information see [[What_can_vlc_do#How_to_enable.2Fuse_subtitles|how to enable / use 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]] 
* [[USF]]
* [[CMML]]


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]] and [http://www.vcdimager.org/pub/vcdimager/manuals/0.7/svcd-ogt-subtitles.html SVCD Subtitle (OGT) Information] 


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.

== Subtitles support in VLC== 
[[SubtitlesCodec]]

== Container format ==
{{mux|id=subtitle|encoder=n}}
The subtitles module is used to read subtitle text files.

* sub-fps ([[float]])
*: Override the normal frames per second settings. This will only work with MicroDVD and SubRIP (SRT) subtitles. Default: 0.0 (get from file).
* sub-delay ([[integer]])
*: Apply a delay to all subtitles (in 1/10s, eg 100 means 10s). Default 0.
* sub-type ([[string]])
*: Force the subtiles format. Valid values are :
*:* microdvd
*:* subrip
*:* ssa1
*:* ssa2-4
*:* ass
*:* vplayer
*:* sami
*:* dvdsubtitle
*:* auto (default)

== Source code ==
{{file|modules/demux/subtitle.c|input demuxer}}

== See also ==
[[SongSubtitles.org|SongSubtitles.org and VLC]]