code: def load(cls, path, encoding="utf-8", format_=None, fps=None, **kwargs):
          
          with open(path, encoding=encoding) as fp:
              return cls.from_file(fp, format_, fps=fps, **kwargs)
docs: Load subtitle file from given path.
  
          Arguments:
              path (str): Path to subtitle file.
              encoding (str): Character encoding of input file.
                  Defaults to UTF-8, you may need to change this.
              format_ (str): Optional, forces use of specific parser
                  (eg. `"srt"`, `"ass"`). Otherwise, format is detected
                  automatically from file contents. This argument should
                  be rarely needed.
              fps (float): Framerate for frame-based formats (MicroDVD),
                  for other formats this argument is ignored. Framerate might
                  be detected from the file, in which case you don't need
                  to specify it here (when given, this argument overrides
                  autodetection).
              kwargs: Extra options for the parser.
  
          Returns:
              SSAFile
  
          Raises:
              IOError
              UnicodeDecodeError
              pysubs2.exceptions.UnknownFPSError
              pysubs2.exceptions.UnknownFormatIdentifierError
              pysubs2.exceptions.FormatAutodetectionError
  
          Note:
              pysubs2 may autodetect subtitle format and/or framerate. These
              values are set as :attr:`SSAFile.format` and :attr:`SSAFile.fps`
              attributes.
  
          Example:
              >>> subs1 = pysubs2.load("subrip-subtitles.srt")
              >>> subs2 = pysubs2.load("microdvd-subtitles.sub", fps=23.976)