Also known as Substation Alpha v4+. It's an improvement of the previous version regarding the text styles.

Type of format: Text / Elapsed time

Format:

[Script Info]
; This is an Advanced Sub Station Alpha v4+ script.
; For Sub Station Alpha info and downloads,
; go to http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/
; or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
;
; Advanced Sub Station Alpha script format developed by #Anime-Fansubs@EfNET
; http://www.anime-fansubs.org
;
; For additional info and downloads go to http://vobsub.edensrising.com/
; or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
;
; Note: This file was saved by Subresync.
;
ScriptType: v4.00+
Collisions: Normal
PlayResX: 384
PlayResY: 288
Timer: 100.0000

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Default,Verdana,18,&H0000ffff,&H00ffffff,&H00000000,&H00c0c0c0,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0.00,1,2,0,8,20,20,20,1

[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Actor, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,h:mm:ss.cs,h:mm:ss.cs,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,line
Dialogue: 0,h:mm:ss.cs,h:mm:ss.cs,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,line
Dialogue: 0,h:mm:ss.cs,h:mm:ss.cs,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,line

Details:

h: hours (1 digit)
mm: minutes (2 digits)
ss: seconds (2 digits)
cs: centiseconds (2 digits)
line: multiple lines of text, separated by the \N characters

Notes:

  • It supports multiples styles, although the previous example only contains one with the name Default.
  • Allows parameters in variable order and a variable number of parameters, described in the field Format.
  • Uses \N as a line break.
  • Comments can be added by beginning the line with semicolon (;)

Example:

[Script Info]
; This is an Advanced Sub Station Alpha v4+ script.
; For Sub Station Alpha info and downloads,
; go to http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/
; or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
;
; Advanced Sub Station Alpha script format developed by #Anime-Fansubs@EfNET
; http://www.anime-fansubs.org
;
; For additional info and downloads go to http://vobsub.edensrising.com/
; or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
;
; Note: This file was saved by Subresync.
;
ScriptType: v4.00+
Collisions: Normal
PlayResX: 384
PlayResY: 288
Timer: 100.0000

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Default,Verdana,18,&H0000ffff,&H00ffffff,&H00000000,&H00c0c0c0,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0.00,1,2,0,8,20,20,20,1

[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Actor, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.95,0:05:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,De Alto Cedro\Nvoy para Mar Cané,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.15,0:05:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,llego a Cueto,\Nvoy para Mallari.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.74,0:06:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Habana, Marzo 1998

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