Unable to read SUB text in notepad

[Techman2007]

I’d like to edit the SUB file for a movie but it looks all gibberish
How can I nake it viewable when I open the SUB file in notepad?
Example below
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[0xdeadbeef]

Define "SUB" file. If it's e.g. a SUB part of a SUB/IDX pair, it's a binary file containing a DVD subtitle stream and of course Notepad is not able to decode this stream.

Originally Posted by Techman2007

I’d like to edit the SUB file for a movie but it looks all gibberish
How can I nake it viewable when I open the SUB file in notepad?

You can't. Notepad doesn't decode binary files which is why you see gibberish. You need to download and use a subtitle editor.

[smileBhappy]

Originally Posted by Gokumon

You can't. Notepad doesn't decode binary files which is why you see gibberish. You need to download and use a subtitle editor.

you beat me to it.