DirectVobSub (formerly known as VSFilter) is a software add-on for Microsoft Windows (a

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) that is able to read external subtitle files and superimposes them on a playing video file. DirectVobSub/VSFilter were formerly part of a whole application known as VobSub which was also able to extract subtitles from

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Video and create text-based subtitles, without ripping the

to a file first. The last version of VobSub was version 2.23, after which the development of VobSub ceased. VSFilter was a part of the ''guliverkli'' project on the

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web site. The ''guliverkli'' project also includes the ability to extract subtitles from a

via the ''vobsub ripper'' program. However, development of ''guliverkli'' ceased in 2005 with version 2.37. In 2007, it became a part of the ''Guliverkli2'' project, now known as DirectVobSub, starting with version 2.38. But till September, 2012, the last guliverkli2 commitment was on April 10, 2011. Then, the

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project took over the sources. Under that project, DirectVobSub was very briefly in active development again, but MPC-HC shut down in 2017 due to a lack of developers. DirectVobSub is also capable of extracting subtitles from a

without ripping it to a file first. "Vobsub rippers" are also available for the same effect. Note also the guliverkli project has a related project VSrip.

Supported Subtitle formats

References

External links

Official guliverkli project homepage

Official Guliverkli2 project homepage

VSFilterMod – continuation of VSFilter subtitle renderer

Threaded-VSFilter - Threaded version of VSFilter

xy-VSFilter - VSFilter Fork for Smooth Playback

libass – Portable ASS/SSA subtitle renderer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vsfilter Subtitle file formats Windows multimedia software

Supported Subtitle formats

See also

References

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