diff -r 567bb019e3e3 -r 7e817e7e631c gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c	Tue Aug 31 15:30:33 2010 +0300
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c	Wed Sep 01 12:16:41 2010 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* GStreamer tmplayer format subtitle parser
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
@@ -55,30 +55,9 @@
  * 00:00:53,1=
  * 00:00:54,1=a lush and fertile planet.
  * 00:00:56,1=
- *
- * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * And another variety (which is 'time-base 0:00:00:' but without empty lines):
- *
- * 00:00:01:This is the Earth at a time|when the dinosaurs roamed...
- * 00:00:03:a lush and fertile planet.
- * 00:00:06:More text here
- * 00:00:12:Yet another line
- *
  */
 
 static gchar *
-tmplayer_process_buffer (ParserState * state)
-{
-  gchar *ret;
-
-  ret = g_strndup (state->buf->str, state->buf->len);
-  g_strdelimit (ret, "|", '\n');
-  g_string_truncate (state->buf, 0);
-  return ret;
-}
-
-static gchar *
 tmplayer_parse_line (ParserState * state, const gchar * line, guint line_num)
 {
   GstClockTime ts = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
@@ -99,34 +78,19 @@
     GST_LOG ("single line format %u %u %u %u %c", h, m, s, l, divc);
     ts = GST_SECOND * ((((h * 60) + m) * 60) + s);
     text_start = strchr (line + 6, divc);
-  } else if (line[0] == '\0' && state->buf->len > 0 &&
-      GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (state->start_time)) {
-    /* if we get an empty line (could be the end of the file, but doesn't have
-     * to be), just push whatever is still in the buffer without a duration */
-    GST_LOG ("empty line, and there's still text in the buffer");
-    ret = tmplayer_process_buffer (state);
-    state->duration = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
-    return ret;
   } else {
     GST_WARNING ("failed to parse line: '%s'", line);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  /* if this is a line without text, or the first line in a multiline file,
-   * process and return the data in the buffer, which is the previous line(s) */
   if (text_start == NULL || text_start[1] == '\0' ||
       (l == 1 && state->buf->len > 0)) {
-
     if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (state->start_time) &&
         state->start_time < ts && line_num > 0) {
-      ret = tmplayer_process_buffer (state);
+      ret = g_strndup (state->buf->str, state->buf->len);
+      g_strdelimit (ret, "|", '\n');
+      g_string_truncate (state->buf, 0);
       state->duration = ts - state->start_time;
-      /* ..and append current line's text (if there is any) for the next round.
-       * We don't have to store ts as pending_start_time, since we deduce the
-       * durations from the start times anyway, so as long as the parser just
-       * forwards state->start_time by duration after it pushes the line we
-       * are about to return it will all be good. */
-      g_string_append (state->buf, text_start + 1);
     } else if (line_num > 0) {
       GST_WARNING ("end of subtitle unit but no valid start time?!");
     }
@@ -137,7 +101,6 @@
     state->start_time = ts;
   }
 
-  GST_LOG ("returning: '%s'", GST_STR_NULL (ret));
   return ret;
 }
 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__