This section is a guide for subtitle formats, including information on their main features.

It might be helpful for people interested in:

  • identifying the format of a subtitle, to check that is supported by their video player.
  • verifying the integrity of their file.
  • manually correcting corrupted parts.
  • creating/modifying a subtitle using a text editor.

Formats
1 DVDSubtitleSystem
2 DVDArchitextSubtitleScript
3 TMPlayer
4 SAMICaptioning
5 SAMI
6 Advanced Substation Alpha
7 Substation Alpha
8 SubCreator 1
9 SubViewer 2
10 Adobe Encore DVD
11 SubViewer 1
12 Sonic DVD Creator
13 Ulead DVD Workshop 2
14 Ulead DVD Workshop 2a
15 DVD Subtitle System
16 DVD Junior
17 DVD Architect Subtitle Script
18 DKS
19 Turbo Titler
20 Micro DVD