| 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 |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| Blu-Ray
|
N/A |
Image-based |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
Elapsed Time |
Don't know |
Yes (1.1.0 and over)
|
| CVD
|
*.cvd |
Image-based |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
Elapsed Time |
Don't know |
Yes
|
| DVB Subtitles
|
N/A (in DVB streams) |
Image-based |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
Elapsed Time |
Don't know |
Yes
|
| DKS
|
*.dks |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
No |
No |
Elapsed Time |
Don't know |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| JACOSub
|
*.jss |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Elapsed Time |
10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) |
Yes (0.9.0 and over), no styles
|
| Kate
|
N/A (inside OGG) |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't know |
Yes (0.9.0 and over), no styles
|
| 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
|
| MPL2
|
*.mpl/.txt |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
No |
No |
Sequential Time |
100 Milliseconds (1/10th sec) |
Yes, no italic
|
| MPSub
|
*.sub |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Sequential Time |
10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| OggWrit
|
N/A (inside Oggs) |
Text-based |
None |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Sequential Granules |
Dependent on Bitstream |
untested ???- Not specified yet.
|
| Phoenix Subtitle
|
*.pjs |
Text-based |
None |
No |
No |
No |
Framings |
Dependent on Frames |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| PowerDivX
|
.psb |
Text-based |
None |
No |
No |
No |
Elapsed Time |
1 Second |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| RealText / SMIL
|
*.rt |
HTML-based |
Unicode (UTF-8) |
Yes |
Yes (SMIL) |
No |
Elapsed Time |
10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) |
Yes (0.9.0 and over)
|
| SAMI
|
*.smi |
HTML-based |
Unicode (Windows-1252) |
Yes |
Yes (CSS) |
Yes |
Framings |
Dependent on Frames |
Yes
|
| Structured Subtitle Format
|
.ssf |
XML |
None |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Elapsed Time |
1 Millisecond |
No
|
| SubRip
|
*.srt |
Text-based |
Informally Unicode |
Yes |
No |
No |
Elapsed Time |
1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) |
Yes
|
| SubStation Alpha
|
*.ssa |
Text-based |
None |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Elapsed Time |
10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) |
Yes, 0.9.0 and over
|
| SubViewer
|
*.sub |
Text-based |
None |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Elapsed Time |
10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) |
Yes
|
| SVCD
|
*.svcd |
Image-based |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
Elapsed Time |
Don't know |
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 |
Yes (1.1.0 and over)
|
