Sub Station Alpha (Karaoke & subtitle software, free download)

SubStation Alpha is a software for real-time video titling, subtitling and karaoke.

Sub Station Alpha / SSA Subtitle editor. No longer updated/developed.

Freeware
Win

Version:4.08
Released:20000627
Size:5.4MB

FREE Download (direct link)


SubStation Alpha (or Sub Station Alpha), abbreviated SSA, is a subtitle file format created by CS Low (also known as Kotus) that allows for more advanced subtitles than the conventional SRT and similar formats. This format can be rendered with VSFilter in conjunction with a DirectShow-aware video player (on Microsoft Windows), or MPlayer with the SSA/ASS library. It is also the name of the popular, now discontinued tool used to edit subtitles.

This subtitle format is frequently used in anime fansubs, either to overlay subtitles onto video while it is being encoded (hardsubbing), or to store subtitle data alongside video data in a Matroska (MKV) container (softsubbing). Hardsubbing is irreversible but does not require VSFilter or other special resources for playback. Softsubbing allows the end user to choose whether subtitles will be displayed, and makes it possible to include multiple subtitle streams in the same video file.

The current version of SSA is v4.00.

Latest version:
4.08 (June 27, 2000)

Download sites:
Download (direct link)

More download options:
Download 64 bit version (direct link)

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