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Subtitle text filtering

If you'd like to filter out specific instances subtitle text, one way to do so is by using a regular expression (regex). asbplayer can match any sequence following a specified regex pattern and remove the matches.

Configure the regex filter​

Under the misc section in asbplayer settings, locate the "Subtitle regex filter" textbox. Enter an appropriate regex to filter desired content. You can replace filtered content similarly by entering a string into the "Subtitle regex filter text replacement" textbox. Leaving this blank will simply remove the content.

Useful examples of regular expressions​

([\(（]([^\(\)（）]|(([\(（][^\(\)（）]+[\)）])))+[\)）])

Remove names enclosed by parenthesis to indicate speakers (e.g. "（山田）　元気ですか？")

(.*)\n+(?!-)(.*)​

Some subtitles are split in several lines and this regex forces them into a single line. For this filter to work, you must also put $1 $2 in the "Subtitle regex filter text replacement" field.

NB: When using this regex pattern in combination with other patterns (using the | operator, see below), place this pattern at the end. This ensures that all other regex transformations are applied first, and then the results are finally combined into a single line.

-?\[.*\]​

Remove indications enclosed by square brackets that sound or music that is playing (e.g. "[PLAYFUL MUSIC]" or "-[GASPS]")

^[\-\(\)\.\s\p{Lu}]+$​

As an alternative to the above, filter out descriptions written in capital letters, but without the square brackets (e.g. "PLAYFUL MUSIC"). If your language has additional letters with diacritics, you feel free to add them to this list.

[♪♬#～〜]+​

Any combination of symbols on their own that represent playing music (e.g. ♪♬♪)

Combining regexes​

Regular expressions can be combined with the character | (no spaces needed inbetween). E.g., if you want to use the two regexes from the list above, you can use -?\[.*\]|[♪♬#～〜]+. You can combine as many regexes as you wish this way.

Learn​

Learn how to write and test custom regular expressions at Regex Learn - Playground.