DirectVobSub

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}}

{{Infobox software

|name = DirectVobSub (VSFilter)

|logo =

|screenshot =

|caption =

|developer = Armada, janwillem32, nevcairiel, Underground78, v0lt, vBm, XhmikosR

|author = Gabest

|latest release version = 2.41.7259

|latest release date = {{start date and age|2013|5|13|df=no}}

|operating system = Microsoft Windows

|platform = DirectShow

|genre = Filter

|license = GPL

|website = [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/Standalone%20Filters%20-%20Win32/]

}}

DirectVobSub (formerly known as VSFilter) is a software add-on for Microsoft Windows (a DirectShow filter) that is able to read external subtitle files and superimposes them on a playing video file.{{Cite web

| url = http://www.codecs.com/download/directvobsub.htm

| title = DirectVobSub (VSFilter) 2.39

| publisher = codecs.com

| date = July 24, 2009

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

| quote = DirectVobSub is simply a DirectShow filter which can be used to display subtitle. It integrates automatically with any DirectShow player like ...

}}{{Cite web

| url = http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VSFilter_DirectVobSub

| title = VSFilter / DirectVobSub

| publisher = videohelp.com

| date = August 4, 2009

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

}}{{Cite web

| url = http://www.divx-digest.com/software/vobsub.html

| title = VobSub/DirectVobSub/VSFilter

| publisher = divx-digest.com

| date = August 5, 2009

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

}}

DirectVobSub/VSFilter were formerly part of a whole application known as VobSub which was also able to extract subtitles from DVD Video and create text-based subtitles, without ripping the DVD to a file first. The last version of VobSub was version 2.23, after which the development of VobSub ceased. VSFilter was a part of the guliverkli project on the SourceForge web site. The guliverkli project also includes the ability to extract subtitles from a DVD via the vobsub ripper program.{{Cite web | url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/files/VSRip/ | title=Guliverkli - Browse /VSRip at SourceForge.net }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.free-codecs.com/download/VobSub_Ripper.htm | title=Free Download VobSub Ripper 1.0.0.6 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VSRip | title=VSRip 1.0 / 1.0.0.7 beta | access-date=2023-12-22}} However, development of guliverkli ceased in 2005 with version 2.37. In 2007, it became a part of the Guliverkli2 project, now known as DirectVobSub, starting with version 2.38.[http://blog.aegisub.org/2010/02/old-and-present-vsfilter.html The old and present: VSFilter]{{Cite web

| url = http://www.codecs.com/download/VobSub.htm

| title = VobSub 2.23

| publisher = codecs.com

| date = May 26, 2004

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

}}{{Cite web

| url = http://www.videohelp.com/tools/vobsub

| title = VobSub

| publisher = videohelp.com

| date= December 11, 2002

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

}}{{Cite web

|url = http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/dvobsub.htm

|title = VobSub Guide

|date = December 30, 2002

|accessdate = August 3, 2010

|publisher = Doom9

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100514095342/http://www.doom9.org/index.html?%2Fdvobsub.htm

|archivedate = May 14, 2010

|df = mdy-all

}}{{Cite web

| url = http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/article_vobsub_page1.html

| title = VobSub Subtitle Ripping, Playback and Permanent Subtitle Guide

| publisher = divx-digest.com

| date = December 17, 2005

| accessdate =August 3, 2010

}} But till September, 2012, the last guliverkli2 commitment was on April 10, 2011.{{Cite web

| url = http://guliverkli2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/guliverkli2/?view=log

| title = Guliverkli2 SVN log

| date = April 10, 2011

| accessdate = September 22, 2012

}} Then, the MPC-HC project took over the sources. Under that project, DirectVobSub was very briefly in active development again,{{Cite web

| url = https://github.com/mpc-hc/mpc-hc/tree/master/src/filters/transform/VSFilter

| title = MPC-HC Git VSFilter log

| website = GitHub

| accessdate = September 22, 2012

}} but MPC-HC shut down in 2017 due to a lack of developers.

DirectVobSub is also capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD without ripping it to a file first.

"Vobsub rippers" are also available for the same effect. Note also the guliverkli project has a related project VSrip.