diff -r 567bb019e3e3 -r 7e817e7e631c gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/samiparse.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/samiparse.c	Tue Aug 31 15:30:33 2010 +0300
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/samiparse.c	Wed Sep 01 12:16:41 2010 +0100
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
                                  * and _context_pop_state(). */
   htmlParserCtxtPtr htmlctxt;   /* html parser context */
   gboolean has_result;          /* set when ready to push out result */
-  gboolean in_sync;             /* flag to avoid appending anything except the
-                                 * content of the sync elements to buf */
+  gboolean in_title;            /* flag to avoid appending the title content
+                                 * to buf */
   guint64 time1;                /* previous start attribute in sync tag */
   guint64 time2;                /* current start attribute in sync tag  */
 };
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 static void
 sami_context_push_state (GstSamiContext * sctx, char state)
 {
-  GST_LOG ("state %c", state);
   g_string_append_c (sctx->state, state);
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
   GString *context_state = sctx->state;
   int i;
 
-  GST_LOG ("state %c", state);
   for (i = context_state->len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
     switch (context_state->str[i]) {
       case ITALIC_TAG:         /* <i> */
@@ -133,13 +131,10 @@
       if (!value)
         continue;
       if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "start", key, 5)) {
-        /* Only set a new start time if we don't have text pending */
-        if (sctx->resultbuf->len == 0)
-          sctx->time1 = sctx->time2;
-
+        sctx->time1 = sctx->time2;
         sctx->time2 = atoi ((const char *) value) * GST_MSECOND;
+        sctx->has_result = TRUE;
         g_string_append (sctx->resultbuf, sctx->buf->str);
-        sctx->has_result = (sctx->resultbuf->len != 0) ? TRUE : FALSE;
         g_string_truncate (sctx->buf, 0);
       }
     }
@@ -215,11 +210,10 @@
 {
   GstSamiContext *sctx = (GstSamiContext *) ctx;
 
-  GST_LOG ("name:%s", name);
-
-  if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "sync", name, 4)) {
+  if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "title", name, 5)) {
+    sctx->in_title = TRUE;
+  } else if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "sync", name, 4)) {
     handle_start_sync (sctx, atts);
-    sctx->in_sync = TRUE;
   } else if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "font", name, 4)) {
     handle_start_font (sctx, atts);
   } else if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "ruby", name, 4)) {
@@ -245,24 +239,8 @@
 {
   GstSamiContext *sctx = (GstSamiContext *) ctx;
 
-  GST_LOG ("name:%s", name);
-
-  if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "sync", name, 4)) {
-    sctx->in_sync = FALSE;
-  } else if ((!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "body", name, 4)) ||
-      (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "sami", name, 4))) {
-    /* We will usually have one buffer left when the body is closed
-     * as we need the next sync to actually send it */
-    if (sctx->buf->len != 0) {
-      /* Only set a new start time if we don't have text pending */
-      if (sctx->resultbuf->len == 0)
-        sctx->time1 = sctx->time2;
-
-      sctx->time2 = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
-      g_string_append (sctx->resultbuf, sctx->buf->str);
-      sctx->has_result = (sctx->resultbuf->len != 0) ? TRUE : FALSE;
-      g_string_truncate (sctx->buf, 0);
-    }
+  if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "title", name, 5)) {
+    sctx->in_title = FALSE;
   } else if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "font", name, 4)) {
     sami_context_pop_state (sctx, SPAN_TAG);
   } else if (!xmlStrncmp ((const xmlChar *) "ruby", name, 4)) {
@@ -277,29 +255,12 @@
 {
   GstSamiContext *sctx = (GstSamiContext *) ctx;
   gchar *escaped;
-  gchar *tmp;
-  gint i;
 
-  /* Skip everything except content of the sync elements */
-  if (!sctx->in_sync)
+  /* skip title */
+  if (sctx->in_title)
     return;
 
   escaped = g_markup_escape_text ((const gchar *) ch, len);
-  g_strstrip (escaped);
-
-  /* Remove double spaces forom the string as those are
-   * usually added by newlines and indention */
-  tmp = escaped;
-  for (i = 0; i <= strlen (escaped); i++) {
-    escaped[i] = *tmp;
-    if (*tmp != ' ') {
-      tmp++;
-      continue;
-    }
-    while (*tmp == ' ')
-      tmp++;
-  }
-
   if (has_tag (sctx->state, RT_TAG)) {
     g_string_append_c (sctx->rubybuf, ' ');
     g_string_append (sctx->rubybuf, escaped);
@@ -412,7 +373,7 @@
     g_string_truncate (context->resultbuf, 0);
     g_string_truncate (context->state, 0);
     context->has_result = FALSE;
-    context->in_sync = FALSE;
+    context->in_title = FALSE;
     context->time1 = 0;
     context->time2 = 0;
   }