ASS file extension. How to open and convert files with ASS file suffix

Files with ass extension are in most cases movie (video) subtitles extension saved in Aegisub Advanced Substation. Playable in most media players nowadays.

There are 3 other file types using
the ASS file extension!

.ass - ASS I/O archive

.ass - Assembler/Disassembler 68HC11 file

.ass - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist game data

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ASS file extension - Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitles

What is ass file? How to open ass files?

File type specification:

Text file type

File extension ass is most likely best known for its use for Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitles files used for movies. SubStation Alpha (SSA) is an external subtitle file format that supports Text Formatting and Styling.

It has a lot of options including Karaoke, audio effects, graphic drawing etc. 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.

ASS subtitles are also popular for use with 3D movies after conversion to 3D format and playable with VLC. Very popular format for text subtitles is .srt, but ASS subtitles format has more advantages and options than SRT.

Updated: January 20, 2025

The default software associated to open ass file:

VLC media player

Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team

Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix, and various other operating systems and platforms.

VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.

Aegisub

Aegisub is a free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles.

How to watch movies with subtitles

Create subtitles for 3D movies

Best free software for movie subtitle editing

How to create video subtitles

Help how to open:

ASS subtitles may be opened or edited by any text editor. However, a much tter way is to use specialized subtitle editors like Subtitle Workshop. These files can also be loaded to most media players to enable the subtitles for currently played video.

How to convert:

Some specialized programs, like Subtitle Workshop are able to convert various subtitle formats between each other, change text code page encoding etc.

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File identification strings:

HEX code: 5B 53 63 72 69 70 74 20 49 6E 66 6F 5D
ASCII code: [Script Info]

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Software that open ass file - Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitles

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