[![Build status](https://api.travis-ci.org/libass/libass.png)](https://travis-ci.org/libass/libass) [![Coverity scan build status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3531/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3531) libass ====== libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format. It is mostly compatible with VSFilter. Get it ====== See [GitHub releases](https://github.com/libass/libass/releases) for the latest release 0.12.3 (released 2015-06-30). This release contains bugfixes and compatibility fixes. See the [changelog](https://github.com/libass/libass/blob/master/Changelog) for a detailed list of changes. Source code is available from our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/libass/libass). Contact ======= Please use the [issue tracker](https://github.com/libass/libass/issues?state=open) to report bugs or feature requests. We have an IRC channel, too. Talk to us on [irc.freenode.net/#libass](irc://irc.freenode.net/libass). Related Links ============= The following projects/companies use libass: - [MPlayer](http://www.mplayerhq.hu/) - [mplayer2](http://www.mplayer2.org/) - [mpv](http://mpv.io/) - [VLC](http://www.videolan.org/) - [GStreamer](http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/) (assrender plugin) - [Libav](http://libav.org/) - [FFmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/) - [Aegisub](http://www.aegisub.org/) - [Kodi (XBMC)](http://kodi.tv/) - [avidemux](http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/) - [PunkGraphicsStream (BD subtitle encoder)](http://code.google.com/p/punkgraphicstream/) - [HandBrake](http://handbrake.fr/) - [Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/) - [MX Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad) Information about the ASS format: ================================= - [ASS specification (incomplete)](http://moodub.free.fr/video/ass-specs.doc) - [ASS override tags (Aegisub manual)](http://docs.aegisub.org/latest/ASS_Tags/) - [VSFilter source code (Guliverkli2)](http://sourceforge.net/p/guliverkli2/code/HEAD/tree/src/subtitles/) Other ASS/SSA implementations: ============================== - VSFilter: - [xy-VSFilter/XySubFilter](https://code.google.com/p/xy-vsfilter/) - VSFilter in [MPC-HC](http://mpc-hc.org/) - [VSFilterMod](https://code.google.com/p/vsfiltermod/) (with custom format extensions) - [Threaded VSFilter](https://code.google.com/p/threaded-vsfilter/) (defunct) - VSFilter in [Guliverkli2](http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/) (defunct, subsumed by all of the above) - VSFilter in [guliverkli](http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/) (defunct, forked as Guliverkli2) - [ffdshow](http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/) - [Perian](https://github.com/MaddTheSane/perian) - [asa](http://git.spaceboyz.net/asa.git) (defunct) - [libjass](https://github.com/Arnavion/libjass)