Override tags is nearly always a better idea. There are a few predefined effects which can beĪpplied via this field, but renderer support for them is spotty and using Has no actual effect on subtitle display but Comment lines will not be displayed on the The edit box is just a plain editing area with a number of associated controls. Changes made in both theĮdit box and the grid normally modify all selected lines, and not just the You type in or edit text) and the subtitles grid. Editing subtitlesĮditing subtitles in Aegisub is done in two areas: the subtitle edit box (where (' :') and the comment starter is a hash (' #'). In the example above, the actor separator is a colon txt, Aegisub will ask you about whatĬharacters it should use as the actor separator and comment starter, Set to 'Actor 2' (the comment line's actor field will be blank). Three will have the actor field set to 'Actor 1', and the fifth will have it This will result in five subtitle lines, one being commented out. # TL check: The above seems to be a quote from the lord of the rings, look it up later Why then do you not speak in the Common Tongue,Īs is the custom in the West, if you wish to be answered? For example: Actor 1: Well do I understand your speech, yet few strangers do so.

The followingĪegisub also supports importing 'dialogue-formatted' plain text scripts.

Loading subtitles directly from Matroska files can also be done. Plain 'dialog script' formatted text (see below).MPEG4 Timed Text (limited support at best broken at worst), also known as.Advanced Substation Alpha, also known as SSA v4+ (.ass).Looks garbled or otherwise incorrect, try reopening it with another characterĪegisub supports reading the following subtitle formats: Will ask you to choose from two or more likely alternatives. When you open a subtitles file that is not detected as Unicode, Aegisub willĪttempt to guess what character set it is encoded with. Open subtitles from video - Open the subtitles muxed into the currently.If you have a file in an unusual charset Aegisub will occasionally misdetect Open subtitles with charset - Opens subtitles but lets you choose whatĬharacter set Aegisub will use to interpret the file.Open subtitles - Opens an existing subtitles file or imports subtitles.New subtitles - Creates a new, blank script.In the File menu, there are four menu choices that relate to opening or **Todo:** This page should probably be split into several smaller ones to make it easier to digest, easier to link, less confusing and wall-of-text and to promote going more in depth with the separate topics.

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