Kargor Report post Posted October 3, 2011 Well, I just tried to upload an srt file, and keep getting this message. The file works fine when I play it, so I played around with some details. Changed the line endings from "DOS" (CR-LF) to "Unix" (LF), which didn't make a difference. Then I noticed that the last line in the file doesn't have a line-end at all, so I added one. No change either. As it's an english file, I don't think there should be any "weird" characters in it. Still, I don't know what the encoding SHOULD be... it's just that the two most likely candidates, UTF-8 and Windows-1252 (which in turn is a superset of ISO 8859-1) are both supersets of ASCII so it shouldn't make a difference for english texts. What ARE the precise requirements for an srt file to be accepted? I did check the other recent thread, but they just solved their problem with not much of an explanation :-) Besides, it may or may not be the same problem here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kerensky Report post Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) As long as the file follows strictly the subrip (.srt) format, should be fine. The web should handle most encoding (UTF-8, ISO 8859-1, etc) but not Unicode (as Alex1969 pointed out). The subrip format is: <Line Number> <HH:MM:SS,mmm> --> <HH:MM:SS,mmm> <Text> <Text> ... <Text> <Blank line>The most common errors are: 1) The time code has "." instead of "," for milliseconds 2) The arrow it's "->" instead of "-->" 3) No blank line between the srt lines. Also, subtitle needs to have at least 2 blank lines at the end. The easiest way to solve this errors, it's to read the subtitle with some error tolerant subtitle app (like Subtitle Workshop, Subtitle Edit or Transcript Annotations Cleaner) and just save it. Edited October 4, 2011 by Kerensky Quote [Kerensky] Transcript Annotations Cleaner v26-12-2010[Kerensky] Automatic Subtitle Synchronizer v12-01-2010 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex1969 Report post Posted October 4, 2011 If the encoding of the srt file is Unicode, you get an error message, so you'll just have to save it as UTF-8 or ANSI. 1 Quote It's not the years in the life, but the life in the years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Hmm. I seem to be hit and miss here. This sub seems to be in the wrong format. Can you please troubleshoot this file? http://www41.zippyshare.com/v/46740138/file.html It runs in subtitle workshop and with the avi. But 'wrong format' when I upload Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Apparently, some encoding problem. I saved it as UTF-8 and took the liberty to upload it on your behalf, crediting you, of course. Hope you don't mind. 1 Quote The chickens are revolting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Report post Posted February 23, 2013 No problem whatsover Alice. I am trying not to be lazy.....but I don't understand how subs in a consistent format result in hits and misses. I uploaded a couple more, but now this one is being stubborn. Feel free to work your magic! http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/99973566/file.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Report post Posted February 23, 2013 This one, 4x08, has some syntax errors. Are you familiar with SE? If not, give it a try... download the portable version. http://code.google.com/p/subtitleedit/downloads/list When you open your sub, you'll see a list of all errors. Quote The chickens are revolting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Thanks Alice. I will using that link and correct my errors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deptford Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Alice - that SE programme is fantastic! Thanks, it worked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Glad to hear that =D Read all about it on this thread: (all 14 pages =))) ) 1 Quote The chickens are revolting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites