DirectVobSub

DirectVobSub (formerly known as VSFilter) is a software add-on for Microsoft Windows (a DirectShow filter) that is able to read external subtitle files and superimposes them on a playing video file.^[1][2][3]

DirectVobSub (VSFilter)

Original author(s)	Gabest
Developer(s)	Armada, janwillem32, nevcairiel, Underground78, v0lt, vBm, XhmikosR
Stable release	2.41.7259 / May 13, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-13)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	DirectShow
Type	Filter
License	GPL
Website

DirectVobSub/VSFilter were formerly part of a whole application known as VobSub which was also able to extract subtitles from DVD Video and create text-based subtitles, without ripping the DVD 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 SourceForge web site. The guliverkli project also includes the ability to extract subtitles from a DVD via the vobsub ripper program.^[4][5][6] 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.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} But till September, 2012, the last guliverkli2 commitment was on April 10, 2011.^[12] Then, the MPC-HC project took over the sources. Under that project, DirectVobSub was very briefly in active development again,^[13] but MPC-HC shut down in 2017 due to a lack of developers.

DirectVobSub is also capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD 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

Format name	Extension
VobSub	.sub/.idx
SubStation Alpha/Advanced SubStation Alpha	.ssa/.ass
SubRip	.srt
MicroDVD	.sub
SAMI	.smi
PowerDivX	.psb
Universal Subtitle Format	.usf
Structured Subtitle Format	.ssf

See also

• Media Player Classic