Supported File Formats

Stellar uses files of different types to support subtitle, caption, audio description, voiceover and dubbing workflows.

The list below is as comprehensive as possible but subject to change as new formats arrive or are added.

Subtitle file formats:

  • Open and Edit these formats in Stellar:

    • SRT
    • STL
    • PAC
    • FPC – Unicode PAC
    • IMSC - Rosetta
    • 890
    • ASS
    • LAMBDACAP
    • SCC
      *Ooona
    • TTAL -Netflix
  • Open as Read Only and view these formats in Stellar or convert to and from:

    • EBU-TT
    • EBU-TT-
    • DXFP
    • IMSC
    • SIF
    • WebVTT
    • ITT
    • TTXT-TTML
    • SMPTE-TT
    • SMPTE-TT-NBCU
    • SMPTE-2052
    • SAMI
    • ULT
    • XIF
  • Convert to and from these format in Stellar:

    • .890
    • ASS
    • JSON – various formats
    • Apple STL
    • ASS
    • EztXml
    • FinalCut
    • FinalCutBDN
    • FoxIMSC
    • Ooona
    • SMI
    • LAMBDACAP
    • Generic XML
    • SMPTE-428
    • Sony BDN
    • VTRON
    • XIF

Closed Caption Formats

  • Open and Edit these formats in Stellar

    • TDS
    • SCC
  • Convert to and from these format in Stellar

    • CAP
    • UTL
    • Lamda CAP
    • Spruce BDN
    • SMPTE-TTCC
    • SUB

Audio Description File Formats

  • Open and Edit these formats in Stellar

    • ESF - Old Starfish Advantage format - has some limitations
    • SRTAD – Open format from Yella Umbrella
    • TTAL – Netflix
  • Convert to and from these format in Stellar

    • Various script formats in CSV

Dubbing File formats

  • Open and Edit these formats in Stellar

    • SRTDUB – Open format from Yella Umbrella
    • TTAL – Netflix
  • Convert to and from these format in Stellar

    • Various script formats in CSV

Audio file formats

  • Wav
  • Ogg

Video and media file formats

  • Mov,
  • Mp4
  • Avi
  • Ts
  • Ps
  • Wmv
  • Flv
  • Ogv
  • Mpg
  • Mpeg
  • Mxf
  • M4v,
  • Mkv
  • Full List – Here

Other Formats

  • .PTX – Pro Tools Project File