Opening an SSA File

The SSA file type is primarily associated with Subtitle Workshop.

SSA	File extension: SSA
	File type:	subtitle

What is an SSA file?

SSA files mostly belong to Subtitle Workshop by URUWorks. An SSA file is a video subtitle saved in SubStation Alpha format. Unlike SRT and other subtitle formats, SSA supports advanced features such as font size, formatting, borders, alignment, margins, and transparency. Each block of text to be displayed over a given duration of a related video clip contains the formatting (Format) of the block and the actual text (Dialogue). The Format section of a block of text defines the layer, start, end, name of character, effects, and margin, while the Dialogue section defines the start-stop timestamps, position, and the actual text of the dialogue.

How do you open SSA files?

You need a suitable software like Subtitle Workshop to open an SSA file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your SSA file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a SSA file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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SSA file format:

If you can determine the file format, the associated program can also be determined. The file format can be deduced from the file extension and the signature. However, different programs can use the same file extension. Furthermore, a file extension can be renamed incorrectly and double-clicking on it will then display an error when it is opened. When there is a problem with a file, the first step to solving it is to determine the file format. Our examination of the SSA files comes to the following conclusion:

The SSA file extension is rather rarely used and is used by a few programs, each with its own file format. The file formats most commonly found in SSA files are:

• 30% of all SSA files are associated with SubStation Alpha Subtitle. The contents of these files are easily readable with a text editor. SSA files are between 4 KB and 210 KB in size. The file type is old but is used even today. Certain words are almost always found in the files, such as [Script Info], Title, ScriptType: v4.00, http, Original Script, Styles, VideoPad, Collisions: Normal and Format: Name. Such SSA files store data about movie, video, subtitles, english, perfect, tulos, days and subt.
• 15% of all SSA files are associated with Empire Earth 1 game data. They consist of unreadable binary data. The files are 28 MB to 160 MB in size, with a median of 85 MB. Several words can almost always be found in the files, e.g. rass, civilizations\assyrian empire.civ, civilizations\austria.civ, civilizations\babylon.civ, civilizations\byzantine rome.civ, campaigns\een1ve1s_scenariolist.txt and scenarios. An example of a file name is data.ssa or EETheBritish.ssa. Such files sometimes refer to eethe, british and greeks.

The remaining 55% of all SSA files are files with no common format, the following 8 formats exist: Substance 3D Sampler project, UTF-16 (LE), UTF-8, ZIP, SSAD and VERSION. Sometimes used for dvdrip, prod, keyinfo, open, this or xvid. If you want to find out which format your SSA file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .ssa file to analyze".