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second number

rrent subtitle for the time, in seconds, that it represents.

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e the content of a DVD. It is possible to access them, as

7.5.1 Subtitle formats

The individual subtitles in files in SUB (preSub) format consist of a single line. The lines are

separated from each other by paragraph marks and must have the following form:



{0}{50}Sample subtitle text

The first and last frame in which the text should be displayed are shown between curly

frames. The subtitle text is shown after them, without a space between.

The SRT (SubRip) subtitle format consists of 3-line blocks. They are separated from each

other by empty breaks and must have the following format:



Continuous number that begins with on



00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,360

The first time indication specifies in hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds when the

text begins to be displayed.

An arrow that consists of two hyphens and a angle bracket follows, separated by a spac

After another space, the time indication

displayed follows.



Sample subtitle text

Contains the subtitle's text.

The SMI (SAMI) subtitle format is based on HTML syntax. Milliseconds are used as the basis

for time values. This format is a standard developed by Microsoft and is intended mainly for

the use of subtitles in videos. SMI can only be played back with Windows Media® Player an

other Microsoft products.

The subtitle format SSA (Sub Station Alpha) has the widest range of functionality. The syn-

tax consists of sections and the included code lines. The sections begin with a bracket (e.g.

"[Script Info]“) followed by predefined code lines (e.g. Title, Original timing), containing the

respective information. This allows the use of colors, fonts, font sizes and similar.

The subtitle format ASS (Advanced Sub Station Alpha) is an enhanced version of SSA and

offers all the features of SSA. It also allows subtitles to be graphically edited, e.g. for Kara-

oke.

The PSB (MPsub) subtitle format was developed for the Mplayer, a movie player for Linux.

Its main feature is the use of dynamic time dependencies. The code consists of numbers and

of the subtitle's text. The first number in the code represents the waiting time, in second

the next subtitle to be displayed after the last subtitle has elapsed. The

shows the cu