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subrip

VLC can decode this container.
The module name to use at the command line is subtitle.

SubRip is the native subtitle format of the SubRip program. It is one of the most used formats for subtitles.

It may have the file extension .srt. It can be embedded in mkv files.

Each frame of a subtitle is formatted as follows:

n
h1:m1:s1,d1 --> h2:m2:s2,d2
Line 1
Line 2
…

Note the last line is a blank line between subtitle frames, and the decimal separator is a comma (per French-style).

n: sequential number. This may also appear on the same line as start/stop times
h1:m1:s1,d1: start time of this frame, in hours minutes and seconds to three decimal places
h2:m2:s2,d2: stop time

A 2-frame subtitle:

1
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400
a bla bla ble a bla bla ble
a bla bla ble

2
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800
a bla bla ble…

Some subtitles feature html tags inside the SubRip text:

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 {{Wikipedia|SubRip}}
-'''SubRip''' is the native subtitle format of the [http://zuggy.wz.cz/ SubRip program].
+'''SubRip''' is the native subtitle format of the [http://zuggy.wz.cz/ SubRip program]. It is one of the most used formats for [[subtitles]].
-It is one of the most used formats for subtitles.
 It may have the [[file extension]] <code>.srt</code>. It can be embedded in [[Matroska|mkv]] files.
@@ Line 36: / Line 35: @@
   a bla bla ble
 :00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800
   a bla bla ble&hellip;
 <!--End example code-->