New Subtitles:Advanced Universal Subtitle Format

[davidgong]

AUSF is based on USF (usf.corecodec.org) standards, and further improve and enhance the functions of a subtitles format. The format is based on the XML format for many reasons: flexibility, human readability, portability, unicode support, hierarchycal system and easier management.

Site:www.advusf.com

Features and Advantages:
XML based for better flexibility and interoperability
Easy to learn syntax, similar to HTML
Time based to avoid problem with video frame rate conversion
4 element types :
text
image (support GIF,PNG,BMP,JPG, Later will support flash )
karaoke
shape
Powerful element positioning system :
9 alignment types (TopLeft, ...,MiddleCenter, ..., BottomRight)
Relative to window or video
Horizontal and vertical margin in pixel or percent of video/window
Text attribute usable on a per letter basis :
color
italic, bold, underline
size
font
Definable style for quicker global modifications
Meta information to increase archiving/search facilities :
title
author
language (ISO639-2 plus a user definable string)
date
comment
video (Definition video Width,Height,FPS)

[Kurtnoise]

further improve and enhance the functions of a subtitles format
Which ones exactly ?

[unmei]

First off, i wonder why i haven't heard of you developing that, IMO it would have made more sense to join the USF devel team and help make USF itself better than branch from it, in an incompatible way even! - see root element name and CaPiTaLiSaTiOn.

Also i don't quite understand why you call it "Advanced" USF if it does nearly not provide new functionality over USF.

OK, there is the BlurEdges style attribute.. And there is also the shape - but actually shape/svg is not fully defined in the USF proposals yet because all the attempts i made were either too limiting or quite inappropriate. Apart from that, you mostly seem to remove possiblilites present in USF :)

[BetaBoy]

Why does 'Advanced USF' not make any sense? I am not knocking it. But why take all the hard work that Toff, unmei and the other CoreCodec developers have done to it and make a fork?

We appreciate furthering USF's development in what you have done. But please talk to unmei and Toff and lets make USF work before you fork it like this is my suggestion.

[davidgong]

I first said that, English is not my main language, so I will restrict communication with you.

I developed the subtitles plug-ins have more than a year, I like the XML structure, the choice of reference USF got ideas, and it better be optimized.

Under the new structure, there is no support for SVG because it's a relatively trouble, I chose to support GIF and Flash (including video), and introduced the concept of box. The re-establishment of a new USF structure.

In Ausf, we do support multiple graphics format
support GIF, PNG, JPG, BMP
support Flash (being tested)
support image move
support to control the size of the graphics
support script language (being tested)
support graphics packets into AUSF
support all packet ZUSF
support Avs (under development)

Originally prepared to open source code, but some commercial code, I am prepared to change it up.

Of course, I also hope that the establishment of communication with you.

[Suchy]

I think that Yo should cooperate with corecodec guys and make USF better. There is no point to creating new format when there are USF, SSA(ASS), SF (whatever - I forgot this letters :P).