Question regarding SubStation Alpha (.SSA)

[mjr4077au]

I accidently screwed up the style line in the SSA file and it came out with a default layout and I like the font and style but not the positioning. Here is what it looks like:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z118/mjr4077au/8mile_ssafont.jpg


If someone could let me know what styling and font it is, it would be greatly appreciated.

[check]

It is most likely Arial, Bold, 18. That is the vsfilter default.

[mjr4077au]

It is most likely Arial, Bold, 18. That is the vsfilter default.


You're a legend mate. I thought the default style was handled in the subtitle format for some reason so I'm there scanning through SSA documentation and everything. I didn't think about the renderer. I now have the style and and adapting it into my files.

[setarip_old]

The .SSA file is actually an ordinary text file - and can be loded into Notepad. There, you can read the header/format information as well as the actual subtitles and change anything you wish (Just remember to save as "All types", so that you don't add a ".TXT" extender to the filename of your revised .SSA file) ...

[mjr4077au]

The .SSA file is actually an ordinary text file - and can be loded into Notepad. There, you can read the header/format information as well as the actual subtitles and change anything you wish (Just remember to save as "All types", so that you don't add a ".TXT" extender to the filename of your revised .SSA file) ...


I often do use Notepad to increase the font size or to fix a small typo. As for the style, I set up my style in Aegisub and I just load the SSA into it and save as a ASS as it reckons that ASS is better for something.

Though off-topic (although my question has been answered), is Advanced SubStation Alpha the best subtitle format? I haven't seen anything better.

[KoD]

ASS is the most advanced subtitling format in use right now. It's vector based, allows advanced positioning (including multiple subtitles in different positions on the screen at the same time), multiple styles (different fonts, different text and text attributes, is also able to show subs with multiple styles on the screen at the same time ), 2D transforms, and animation.

The subtitle format used by MP4 is also known to have some advanced features, but you'll not find tools that use all of its features and not many people that really know much about the format, either.

A bitmap format could do everything ASS does, but a bitmap format does not scale nicely with resolution. The format used for DVD subtitles is also awful because of its technical limits (only 4 colors, out of which you'll use one for transparent background, one for text color, and the rest to aliase the text so it won't look "that" awful but acceptably "awful"). Among the bitmap formats currently in use, the one used for HD discs seems better but it's still not a suitable choice. (and besides, try to find any tools that allow you to work with it and give you the freedom you have with ASS, or to render it for that matter).