Subtitle formats

All known subtitle formats and Subtitld's ability to read/write them

Extension Description Read Write
SRT SubRip
SSA (SubStation Alpha)
TTML (Timed Text Markup Language)
SBV (YouTube format)
DFXP Flash XML (Distribution Format Exchange Profile)
VTT (Web Video Text Track)
XML XML (Transcript)
SCC Scenarist Closed Captions
SAMI Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange
USF Universal Subtitle Format
TXT (untimed text transcript)
DOCX (untimed text transcript)
ODT (untimed text transcript)
RTF (untimed text transcript)
? 3GPPs Timed Text
? AQTitle
? CC
? Closed Captions
? CMML
? DVB subtitles
TXT DVDarchitect
TXT Adobe Encore
JSS JACOsub
? MicroDVD
? MPEG-4 Timed Text
? MPsub
? Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro
? PJS
? RT
? Sami
? SMIL
? SMX .smx
SUP SonicDVD Creater
STL Spruce Subtitle File
? SubScript Timing
? SubRip
? SubViewer
FAB FAB
SST SST
TFA TFA
USF USF
? VPlayer
? W3Cs Timed Text
XML XML (Timed Text)
inqscr InqScribe transcript
? Open-Captioned Movie
? QT SMIL
? DFXP-TTML (Brightcove)
? DFXP-TTML (Worldnow)
? YouTube
? JW Player Timed Text (TT)
? Common Look and Feel (CLF) Player
? Adobe Encore
? QuickTime Text
? Avid Text
? Sonic Scenarist (SCC)
? Spruce STL
? SubViewer SUB
? SAMI (Windows Media)
? WMP Text
? Echo360
? Tegrity Lecture Capture
? Transcripts (paragraph form)
? Transcripts (with timecode)
? HTML (paragraph form)
? HTML (with timecode)
? HTML5 SMIL/Timesheet
? Plain text in paragraph form
? Text line by line
? Tab-delimited text
? Spruce STL
? Flash XML (DFXP)
? JW Player Timed Text (TT)
? Common Look and Feel (CLF)
? Adobe Encore
? Sonic Scenarist (SCC)
? SubRip SRT
? SubViewer SUB
? Windows Media SAMI (SMI)
? QT Text
? YouTube SBV
? CART (file created from live closed captioning)
? CC_Output
? ABC iView
? Adobe Encore
? Advanced Sub Station Alpha
? AQTitle
? Avid
? CapMaker Plus (*.cap, binary)
? Captionate
? Cavena890 (*.890, binary)
? Cheetah Caption (*.cap, binary)
? D-Cinema (Cinecanvas, both interop and smpte)
? Dvd Studio Pro
? Dvd Subtitle
? EBU Subtitling data exchange format (*.stl, binary)
? F4 (several variations)
? Flash xml
? Json (two variations, for use with JavaScript)
? MicroDvd
? MPlayer2
? OpenDvt
? PAC (*.pac, binary)
? Pinnacle Impression
? QuickTime Text
? RealTime Text
? Scenarist
? Sony DVD Architect
? Sub Station Alpha
? SubViewer 1.0
? SubViewer 2.0
? Sami (*.smi)
? Son (*.son, import only)
? Subtitle Editor Project
? Timed Text 1.0 (*.xml), also know as TTML or DFXP
? Timed Text Draft (*.xml)
? TMPlayer
? TTXT
? TurboTitle
? Ulead Subtitle Format
? Ultech (*.cap, binary, only read)
? UTX
? YouTube Annotations
? YouTube Sbv
? Zero G
? Xml
? Csv
? VobSub (.sub/.idx, binary - can also be read from Matroska/mp4 files)
? DVD Vob (*.vob, binary, read only)
? Blu-ray sup (*.sup, binary, can also be read from Matroska files)
? Bdn xml (*.xml + png images, read+write)
? EZT
? EBU (.STL)
? EBU (.STL) for ARTE
? Windows Media Player SAMI
? Plain ASCII text
? Rich Text Format (RTF) files
? XLS Excel Workbook files
? DLP Cinema™ Subtitle XML with quality images
? DCDM SMPTE 428-7-2007 XML Subtitles
? QuickTime Text and .SMIL files
? SubRip (.srt) subtitles
? MicroDVD (.sub) subtitles
? WebVTT (.vtt) subtitles
? Custom Text Formats
? TV formats
? PAC files
? 890 files
? Win 2020 text files
? DAS
? Softitler .TXT
? Avid® DS Nitris™ Subtitles Files
? OVR
? VDPC
? Timed Text (TTML XML)
? Netflix Timed Text (NFLX-TT)
? Inscriber CG (.txt)
? Apple iTunes Timed Text (.itt)
? SubStation Alpha (.SSA, .ASS)
? SUB
? Closed Captions formats
? SMPTE-TT captions (.xml)
? Scenarist Closed Caption Format (SCC)
? CPC-715 Online Caption Format (.onl)
? Captions Inc. Files (.cin)
? Cheetah CAP
? Cheetah ASC
? NCI caption files (.cap)
? Ultech caption files (.ult)
? TDS captions files
? ECF captions files
? ProCAP Closed Captions (.txt)
? NCI Timed Roll to Captions (.flc)
? MCC CEA-708 captions (.mcc)
? DVD (HD) formats
? Sonic Scenarist
? Sonic Scenarist HDVM Authoring
? Sonic Scenarist Advanced Content
? Sonic Reel DVD
? Spruce DVD Maestro
? Adobe Encore DVD
? Apple DVD Studio Pro
? Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format
? Pinnacle Impression DVD
? Toshiba Authoring System
? Ultech DV2000/3000
? DoStudio Authoring Suite
? Adobe Encore DVD
? Apple DVD Studio Pro
? Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format
? Spruce Technologies DVD Maestro STL text script
? Sony DVD Architect subtitle script
? Roxio DVDIt Pro subtitle script
? Panasonic Blu-Ray Authoring SPI
? DVB subtitles - The DVB option package enables output of DVB subtitles stream compliant with the ETSI EN 300 743 standard. The output DVB subtitles stream is modified for use by ProMedia Carbon or Manzanita MP2TSME multiplexers only.

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