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this python script will fix SRT files that has extra lines in them
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| def fixSubtitleWithExtraLines(filePath): | |
| oldSTR=[] | |
| with open(filePath, "r") as f: | |
| oldSTR=f.readlines() | |
| newSTR=[] | |
| for element in oldSTR: | |
| '''remove all the line breaks''' | |
| if element !="\n" : | |
| newSTR.append(element) | |
| '''wherever we see an element with "-->" we'll add a linebreak one index above where we found the said element''' | |
| for element in newSTR: | |
| if "-->" in element: | |
| insert_at = newSTR.index(element) - 1 | |
| '''fix the index is lower than 1, that means thats the start of the srt text, so we wont add line breaks to it''' | |
| if (insert_at <1): | |
| continue | |
| '''this code is responsible to add the line break one index above the element''' | |
| '''see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14895599/insert-an-element-at-a-specific-index-in-a-list-and-return-the-updated-list''' | |
| element = [y for i, x in enumerate(newSTR) for y in (("\n", x) if i == insert_at else (x,))] | |
| newSTR=element | |
| with open(filePath, "w") as f: | |
| '''now change the list to string and write to the file''' | |
| f.write(''.join(str(e) for e in newSTR)) | |
| '''example''' | |
| '''1 | |
| 00:00:02,378 --> 00:00:03,211 | |
| [ footsteps approaching ] | |
| 2 | |
| 00:00:03,295 --> 00:00:04,587 | |
| Morty, you got to come on. | |
| 3 | |
| 00:00:04,672 --> 00:00:06,130 | |
| henlo im python script | |
| wow morty your python script is working | |
| Look, I love you, Morty, but we | |
| both know you're not as fast as | |
| 4 | |
| 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:07,048 | |
| What's going on? | |
| ''' | |
| fixSubtitleWithExtraLines("a.txt") | |
| '''will become''' | |
| '''1 | |
| 00:00:02,378 --> 00:00:03,211 | |
| [ footsteps approaching ] | |
| 2 | |
| 00:00:03,295 --> 00:00:04,587 | |
| Morty, you got to come on. | |
| 3 | |
| 00:00:04,672 --> 00:00:06,130 | |
| henlo im python script | |
| wow morty your python script is working | |
| Look, I love you, Morty, but we | |
| both know you're not as fast as | |
| 4 | |
| 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:07,048 | |
| What's going on? | |
| ''' |
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