There are 8 other file types using
the TXT file extension!

txt icon.txt - Simple plain text file [common]

txt icon.txt - Ascii text parameter description data

txt icon.txt - RTTTL / Nokring mobile ring-tone format

txt icon.txt - Steinberg LM-4 sound bank

empty icon.txt - EasyPlot saved data

txt icon.txt - T602 document file

empty icon.txt - MilkShape 3D ASCII data

txt icon.txt - Atari Jaguar binary image of program text segment

TXT file extension - Subtitles

What is txt file? How to open txt files?

File type specification:

Text file type icon Text file type

File extension TXT is used by many applications for subtitles file. TXT subtitles file is in simple text format and can be edited by any simple text editor, however some applications can use there own internal format for the subtitles. Some subtitles viewers or media players can have difficulties with viewing of those subtitles.

Known subtitles TXT formats:

  • Adobe Encore DVD (*.txt)
  • Captions 32 (*.txt)
  • Captions Inc. (*.txt)
  • CPC-600 (*.txt)
  • DVD Junior (*.txt)
  • DVD Subtitle System (*.txt)
  • FAB Subtitler (*.txt)
  • IAuthor Script (*.txt)
  • Inscriber CG (*.txt)
  • KoalaPlayer (*.txt) (equal to one of the variations of TMPlayer)
  • MAC DVD Studio Pro (*.txt)
  • Pinnacle Impression (*.txt)
  • PowerPixel (*.txt)
  • QuickTime Text (*.txt)
  • SubCreator 1.x (*.txt)
  • TMPlayer (*.txt) (five different variations)
  • Turbo Titler (*.txt)
  • Ulead DVD Workshop 2.0 (*.txt)

Updated: April 21, 2024

The default software associated to open txt file:

VLC media player icon

VideoLAN Project Team logoVLC media player  Microsoft Windows software

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.

Help how to open:

Use any text editor or subtitle editor to view content of *.txt subtitles.

How to convert:

Compatible tools may be able to export *.txt subtitles.

List of software applications associated to the .txt file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open txt file, edit txt file, convert txt file, view txt file, play txt file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting txt files.

Software that open txt file - Subtitles

Programs supporting the exension txt on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about Subtitle Workshop for open txt file action.

Microsoft Windows:

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