SubStation Alpha
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- Extensions: .ssa or .ass
- Website: http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/substation.html (No longer available)
- Specs: http://moodub.free.fr/video/ass-specs.doc
SubStation Alpha (SSA) is an external subtitle fileformat that supports Text Formatting and Styling. It has an enormous amount of options including Karaoke, audio effects, graphic drawing etc. It is usually considered to be somewhat bloated and badly designed, however is the only subtitle format that (at least on windows) really supports text formatting and styling at all. It is popular in the Anime scene and among Karaoke fans.
There were several versions. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4+. The latter is better known Advanced SubStation (ASS). Only 4 and 4+ are still being used.
Examples
SSA V4+ (ASS)
[Script Info] ; This is an Advanced Sub Station Alpha v4+ script. ; For Sub Station Alpha info and downloads, ; go to http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/ ; or email kotus@eswat.demon.co.uk ; ; Advanced Sub Station Alpha script format developed by #Anime-Fansubs@EfNET ; http://www.anime-fansubs.org ; ; For additional info and downloads go to http://vobsub.edensrising.com/ ; or email gabest@freemail.hu ; ; Note: This file was saved by Subresync. ; ScriptType: v4.00+ Collisions: Normal PlayResX: 384 PlayResY: 288 Timer: 100.0000 [V4+ Styles] Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding Style: Default,Tahoma,16,&H00000000,&H00ffffff,&H00ffffff,&H00c0c0c0,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0.00,1,2,3,2,20,20,20,1 [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Actor, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Le rugissement des larmes !\NTu es mon ami. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.99,0:02:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Est-ce vraiment Naruto ?
SSA v4
[Script Info] ; This is a Sub Station Alpha v4 script. ; For Sub Station Alpha info and downloads, ; go to http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/ ; or email kotus@eswat.demon.co.uk Title: Spirited Away Original Script: Ian Roberts Original Translation: Eisuke Ishibashi ScriptType: v4.00 Collisions: Normal PlayResY: 480 PlayDepth: 0 Wav: 0, 28688,H:\3.wav LastWav: 1 Timer: 100.0000 [V4 Styles] Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, TertiaryColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, AlphaLevel, Encoding Style: ICredit,Gill Sans Condensed,36,16777215,65535,65535,-2147483640,-1,0,1,3,0,2,70,70,40,0,0 Style: IDefault,Gill Sans Condensed,30,65535,65535,65535,-2147483640,-1,0,1,3,0,2,70,70,40,0,0 Style: IScreenText,Gill Sans Condensed,30,16744576,65535,65535,-2147483640,-1,0,1,3,5,2,70,70,40,0,0 [Events] Format: Marked, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:06.60,0:00:08.90,IScreenText,,0000,0000,0000,,{\a10}See you again... Best wishes Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:11.84,0:00:14.74,ICredit,,0000,0000,0100,,{\a2}Story, Script & Direction - MIYAZAKI Hayao
SSA v3
!: This is a Sub Station Alpha v3.x script. !: You cannot load this script into any version of Sub Station Alpha prior to v2.00 !: Check web page http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/ for SSA details and latest versions, !: or e-mail kotus@eswat.demon.co.uk Title: Lupin TV ep. 3 Original Script: Neko Creations Original Translation: Miki Okamoto Original Editing: Neko-chan Original Timing: Neko-chan Original Script Checking: Neko-chan Synch Point: start of LD--play immediately pause. ScriptType: v3.00 Collisions: Reverse PlayResY: 480 PlayResX: 640 PlayDepth: 24 Comment: Marked=0,0:00:00.0,0:00:00.5,*Default,Warning,0000,0000,0000,This is a script for SSA v2.x\nYou are running SSA v1.x, which will crash if you use this script Wav: 0,C:\Program Files\ssa32-v2\lupin3.wav Wav: 0,C:\Program Files\Sub Station Alpha v3.00T\lupin4.wav Timer: 100.0000 Style: Default,Arial,20,65535,65280,16777215,0,-1,0,2,3,2,30,35,35,255 Style: Normal1,Arial,18,65535,65408,16777215,0,-1,0,1,3,2,30,30,30,255 Style: owari,Arial,18,65535,65280,16777215,0,-1,0,2,3,2,40,40,35,255 Style: songgreen,Arial,18,65280,16777215,65535,0,-1,0,2,3,2,35,35,35,255 Style: top,Arial,20,65535,65280,16777215,0,-1,0,2,3,2,45,45,380,255 Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:02.07,0:00:11.81,*Default,Credit,0000,0000,0300,,Lupin III Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:14.00,0:00:19.01,Normal1,Credit,0000,0000,0000,,{\fs20\c&HFFFFFF&\a1}Song of Lupin III\nCharley Kohsei Dialogue: Marked=0,0:00:28.91,0:00:33.01,Normal1,Credit,0000,0000,0000,,{\fs20\c&HFFFFFF&}Original idea\nMonkey Punch Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:37.46,0:01:38.66,owari,Fujiko,0000,0000,0000,,It's fantastic, Lupin. Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:38.95,0:01:41.75,owari,Lupin,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, love is wonderful.
SSA v1
!: This is a Sub Station Alpha v1.x script. !: Check web page http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/ for details !: or e-mail kotus@eswat.demon.co.uk Timer: 100.000 Style: title,Arial,28,16777215,65280,16776960,-2147483640,-1,0,1,3,2,30,30,30 Style: White Text,Arial,28,16777215,65535,16777215,2039583,-1,0,1,4,2,30,30,30 Style: Song Title,Arial,24,16777215,65535,16777215,2039583,-1,0,1,3,2,30,30,50 Comment: Marked=0,0:00:10.0,0:00:12.0,title,,0000,0000,0000,From the collection of\nAnnapuma's Script Crypt http://www.archea.demon.co.uk/crypt.html Comment: Marked=0,0:00:13.0,0:00:15.0,White Text,,0000,0000,0000,Original transl ation by Arctic Animation Comment: Marked=0,0:00:16.0,0:00:18.0,White Text,,0000,0000,0000,Re-timed, re-ed ited, and partially re-translated by Studio Kawaii Comment: Marked=0,0:00:19.0,0:00:21.0,White Text,synch point,0000,0000,0000,Stud io Kawaii version SK 1.0 Comment: Marked=0,0:00:22.0,0:00:24.0,*Default,synch point,0000,0000,0000,Pause laserdisk at chapter 1. Unpause laserdisk and begin subtitling simultaneously Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:16.0,0:01:23.4,White Text,Usagi,0000,0000,0000,Pretty So ldier Sailor Moon Dialogue: Marked=0,0:01:30.1,0:01:33.3,Song Title,Usagi,0000,0000,0000,{\a5}Wish I could be as honest about you