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Convert SubViewer to SubRip

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About SubViewer to SubRip Conversion

A quick guide to converting from SubViewer (.sub) to SubRip (.srt). Learn about format differences, what's preserved, and how to convert your subtitles.

    Key Differences Between SubViewer and SubRip

    • Format Structure: SubViewer uses a header-based format with simple timing while SubRip uses a numbered sequence format with timecodes
    • Styling Support: SubViewer provides basic styling through header definitions while SubRip supports basic text formatting
    • Software Compatibility: SubViewer is primarily used with undefined, undefined, undefined, while SubRip is commonly used with VLC Media Player, MPC-HC, PotPlayer
    • Use Cases: SubViewer is typically used for legacy video players, while SubRip is preferred for general-purpose subtitling

Format Structure Examples

SubViewer Format Example

[INFORMATION]
[TITLE]Example SubViewer File
[AUTHOR]Subtitle Editor
[SOURCE]Movie Title
[PRG]Subtitle Editor
[FILEPATH]movie_subtitles.sub
[DELAY]0
[CD TRACK]0
[COMMENT]Example subtitle file
[END INFORMATION]
[SUBTITLE]
[COLF]&HFFFFFF,[STYLE]bd,[SIZE]18,[FONT]Arial

00:00:01.00,00:00:04.00
First line of subtitle text|Second line of subtitle text

00:00:05.00,00:00:08.00
Next subtitle block

00:00:10.00,00:00:15.00
This is another subtitle|With multiple lines of text

SubRip Format Example

1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000
First line of subtitle text
Second line of subtitle text

2
00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000
Next subtitle block

What's Preserved in Conversion

  • Timing information and synchronization
  • Text content and line breaks
  • Basic text formatting
  • Character encoding
  • Language identification

What's Lost in Conversion

  • No features are lost in this conversion. The target format supports all capabilities of the source format.

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Compatible Software

SubViewer can be opened with:

Conversion Features with Checksub

  • Automatic SubViewer format detection
  • Precise timing conversion from SubViewer to SubRip
  • Smart text formatting adaptation
  • Character encoding handling (UTF-8, Unicode)
  • Format-specific optimizations for SubRip
  • Error checking and validation

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