About SAMI file format.

SAMI is abbreviation for "Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange". SAMI is format developed by Microsoft (R) corporation for storing Subtitles, Closing Caption (CC) and Audio Descriptions (AD) in one text file based on HTML language separate from Media file.

SAMI simplifies captioning for developers, educators, and multimedia producers and designers who will now find it easier to make their work more universally accessible. The SAMI file format specification is available to the public as an "open" (no licensing fees) standard.

Main SAMI features and advantages are:

• SAMI is text file format very similar to HTML and internally uses many HTML language tags like <P> and <BR>. So author of subtitles can use almost any text or even HTML editor for creating subtitles by hands. Viewer of subtitles can easy extract text information or do small fixes. Developers can use almost same methods and algorithms for HTML & SAMI files parsing, writing and rendering.
• Timing information in SAMI files stored in milliseconds (1 ms = 1/1000 of second), not frames. This is very precise and independent from video file frame rate.
• SAMI files support storing of subtitles in many languages in one file with switching them "on the fly" while playing.
• SAMI supports internal style information with a large subset of CSS1 styles fields. This allows authors to easy customize visual look of subtitles.

For more information about SAMI format go to Links page or Download program and read Help System.

About this Project.

"Sub Studio SAMI" is program for Windows 95/98/ME/2000 for creating new SAMI Format subtitles or edit existing SAMI subtitles.

Main (already implemented) program features are:

• Opening, saving and creating new subtitles.
• Import and export subtitles from/to other formats ("MicroDVD" and "SubRIP SRT" already supported).
• Internal media player for visual subtitle timing.
• Two timelines: Total Timeline and Working Area Timeline for easy and visual Syncs selection, editing and timing.

While editing subtitles program can work in two different modes:

1. Using Video Mode with media player, timing by video file frames, manual timing and preview features.
2. No Video Mode with manual timing only.

Screenshots from program.

Shot 01, 640x640, 58K.

Shot 02, 520x562, 44K.