Types of subtitles?

[Anonymous543]

I know about video codecs and audio codecs and also containers

But I don't know anything about subtitles
How many types of subtitles and which one gives best compression

I have seen .srt and .ass subtitles

[jan5678]

Basically there are text based subtitles like srt and image based subtitles like sup used on dvd or blu-ray

srt is the easiest to work with

[Anonymous543]

.srt or .ass which gives low file size?
Or both gives same file size?

[jan5678]

I don't think there is much difference in file size, both are text based.

[Anonymous543]

So .srt is easiest?

[jan5678]

In my opinion yes

[Anonymous543]

Thanks

[Anonymous543]

.srt or .sup which gives low file size? @jan5678

[jan5678]

sup are image based subtitles, so srt is the lowest file size.
And you can't easily edit sup, so if you want the easy way go with srt

[Anonymous543]

Thanks✨

[jagabo]

On the other hand, SRT is the least flexible, capable, and consistent. The base spec doesn't include formatting options. Though some players accept some HTML tags for things like color, position, size, font, etc. So how they look depends on the player.

[Anonymous543]

So different types of subtitles has its own advantages??


But I want the easiest subtitles format so which will be good?

[jan5678]

@jagabo
Absolutely true, srt is simply flat text. If there is need for more functions there may be other formats but for the sake of simplicity srt is the easiest to work with

[jagabo]

So different types of subtitles has its own advantages??

Just like everything else in the world.

But I want the easiest subtitles format so which will be good?

It depends on what you want from your subtitles, where they come from, what players you use, etc.

[Anonymous543]

Uhmm I am just a beginner in video encoding which subtitle format will be good for simplicity?

[jagabo]

The question has already been answered.

[Anonymous543]

Give me final answer

[jagabo]

You were already given the answer.

[Anonymous543]

Nope, you are confusing me��

[jagabo]

What's best for you depends on your needs. Nobody here knows your needs.

[jan5678]

Please read back this post, i already gave you a answer

[Anonymous543]

Okey ,