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|extensions={{ext|srt}}
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The '''SubRip text file format''' (SRT) is used by the (free, Windows-based) SubRip program to save subtitles ripped from video files or [[DVD]]s. Unlike some other programs (e.g., [[VobSub]]) which rip DVD subtitles in their original graphic-based format, SubRip performs OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to convert the subtitles into plain text, allowing for more flexible use in rendering, searching, indexing, and data analysis.

The [[WebVTT]] format, a W3C draft in 2014, has some similarities to this format.

== Format ==

The format is based on plain text with CR+LF as the line separator (though Unix-style LF/newline is sometimes found). Some HTML tags are sometimes used in the captions for such things as indicating bold or italic text.

Each subtitle is represented as a group of lines (separated from other subtitles by a blank line). The first line has a number (assigned sequentially to each title); the second line has a timestamp range within the video being captioned, with times expressed in the format '''hours:minutes:seconds,milliseconds''' and the start and end of the range separated by <code> --> </code>.

The timestamp range can optionally be followed by a specific positioning by pixels, in the form <code>X1:''number'' Y1:''number'' X2:''number'' Y2:''number''</code>.

Then the following line(s) contain the actual subtitle/caption text, ended by a blank line. The HTML <b>, <i>, <u>, and <font> tags are allowed.

== Links ==
* [http://zuggy.wz.cz/ SubRip official site]
* [[Wikipedia:SubRip|Wikipedia: SubRip]]
* [http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=470941#post470941 Forum thread with some file format info]
* [http://lav.io/2014/06/videogrep-automatic-supercuts-with-python/ Videogrep: Automatic Supercuts with Python]

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	* [http://lav.io/2014/06/videogrep-automatic-supercuts-with-python/ Videogrep: Automatic Supercuts with Python]		* [http://lav.io/2014/06/videogrep-automatic-supercuts-with-python/ Videogrep: Automatic Supercuts with Python]
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	* [http://lav.io/2014/06/videogrep-automatic-supercuts-with-python/ Videogrep: Automatic Supercuts with Python]		* [http://lav.io/2014/06/videogrep-automatic-supercuts-with-python/ Videogrep: Automatic Supercuts with Python]
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 The '''SubRip text file format''' (SRT) is used by the (free, Windows-based) SubRip program to save subtitles ripped from video files or [[DVD]]s. Unlike some other programs (e.g., [[VobSub]]) which rip DVD subtitles in their original graphic-based format, SubRip performs OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to convert the subtitles into plain text, allowing for more flexible use in rendering, searching, indexing, and data analysis.
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 The timestamp range can optionally be followed by a specific positioning by pixels, in the form <code>X1:''number'' Y1:''number'' X2:''number'' Y2:''number''</code>.
-Then the following line(s) contain the actual subtitle/caption text, ended by a blank line. The HTML &lt;b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;, &lt;u&gt;, and &lt;font&gt; tags are allowed.
+Then the following line(s) contain the actual subtitle/caption text, ended by a blank line. The [[HTML]] &lt;b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;, &lt;u&gt;, and &lt;font&gt; tags are allowed.
 == Links ==

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