It's a format promoted by Microsoft and it is based in HTML. It support HTML styles.

Type of format: Text / Elapsed time

Format:

<SAMI>
<HEAD>
    <Copyright="copyright">
    <Title>title</Title>

    <STYLE TYPE="text/css">
    <!--
        styles    -->
    </STYLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<SYNC Start=mls>
    line
</SYNC>
</BODY>
</SAMI>

Detalle:

mls: milliseconds (n digits)
title: video name
copyright: owner of the rights of the video/subtitle
line: text lines

Notes:

  • Only the time when a line should appear is indicated, not the end - therefore, it is often necessary to show a blank line in order to stop showing the previous line.
  • The line separator is the same as in HTML <br>

Examples:

<SAMI>

<HEAD>
    <Copyright="©Rohcodom Co.">
    <Title>Love Hina Cap. 1</Title>

    <STYLE TYPE="text/css">
    <!--
        P {
            font-size:14pt;
            font-family: Arial;
            font-weight: normal;
            color: #FFFFFF;
            background-color: #000000;
            text-align: center;
        }

        .ESMXCC { Name: Spanish;
            lang: ES-MX-CC; }


        #Source {
            font-size:12pt;
            font-family: Arial;
            font-weight: normal;
            color: #FFFFFF;
            background-color: #000000;
            text-align: left;
            margin-bottom: -12pt;
        }
    -->
    </STYLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<SYNC Start=700>
    <P Class=ESMXCC ID=Source> </P>
    <P Class=ESMXCC> </P>
</SYNC>
<SYNC Start=2400>
    <P Class=ESMXCC ID=Source> </P>
    <P Class=ESMXCC><table align=center>
    <span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; ">Traducción al inglés  </span><span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; "><b> DarkSoul.</b></span><span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; "> </span>
    <br>
    <span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; ">Traducción al Español por  </span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; "><b> Rohcodom</b></span><span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; ">. </span>
    <br>
    <span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; ">Corrección Especial por  </span><span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; "><b> Arkbeth</b></span><span style="font-size:16; color: #FFFF80; ">.</span>
    </table></P>
</SYNC>
<SYNC Start=9800>
    <P Class=ESMXCC ID=Source> </P>
    <P Class=ESMXCC><table align=center>
    ¿Sabes? Cuando 2 personas enamoradas entran juntas a<span style="color: #80FFFF; "><b> Toudai</b></span> (<span style="font-size:12; "><u>Universidad de Tokyo</u></span>), vivirán felices para siempre.
    </table></P>
</SYNC>

</BODY>
</SAMI> 

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