The WebVTT format (Web Video Text Tracks) is a format intended for marking up external text track resources. The HTML5 standard uses it to display captions in synchronization with a video or audio material in the user's web browser.
WebVTT exported from EZTitles support vertical subtitles and ruby characters.
Although, by specifications, WebVTT shall be delivered as Unicode UTF-8 encoded files, you can change the output's file code page:
Recut/Offset by |
Allows you to Recut/Offset the subtitles during the export. This may be required for subtitle projects that do not start from 00:00:00:00, they are offset by an hour or more. Most video players assume the video always plays from 00:00:00:00 which creates synch issues with subtitles that are offset. From the drop-down menu you can choose between the following options: None - doesn't recut or offset the subtitles and they will be exported with their original timing. Manual - allows you manually specify the offset for the recut. Auto - automatically offsets the timing using the first subtitle's In-cue. All timecodes are offset backward with the first subtitle's In-cue rounded down to the closes hour. For example if the first subtitle originally starts at 10:00:32:21 after applying the recut it's start time will become 00:00:32:21. Programme Start TC - automatically subtracts the value of the Programme Start TimeCode parameter saved in the Details. Programme Start TC can be selected from Video/Setup Timecode with a video opened in. Video Start TC - automatically gets video's start time as specified in Video/Setup Timecode. This option can be used only when a video is loaded in. |
Horizontal Position |
Activating this option saves the exact horizontal position of the text using the "align" and "position" attributes. |
Vertical Position |
WebVTT specifications allow vertical position to be represented in two different ways- by specifying the display line from the bottom or top of the picture or by setting the exact offset in percent. |
Write subtitle numbers as cue identifiers |
Saves subtitle numbers in the output WebVTT file as cue identifiers. Indexes (1a, 2c, 3b, etc) will be discarded and the output will be renumbered automatically. |
Escape Right-to-Left and Left-to-Right marks |
Right-to-Left and Left-to-Right marks can be "escaped" by inserting "&lrm" and "&rlm" instead of their hexadecimal codes according to the selected Unicode (UTF-8, UTF-16) code-page: LRM and RLM. If non-Unicode code-page is selected, then the default "&lrm" and "&rlm" escape codes should be used. |
Export in Bold |
Exports all subtitles text as bold. |
Export CSS Style |
Saves color information inline, as CSS style, into the exported WebVTT file's header. |
Export Comments |
By clicking this option the comments you have added to your subtitles will also be exported in the output file. |
Export Zero Subtitle |
Click it if you want to include the zero subtitle in the exported file. |
Note: Background color will be exported automatically as long as the Enable background in Open/Native and Digital Cinema modes option is turned on and the background color is different than "black". Subtitles with box effect applied are not considered as subtitles with background.