diff -r 71e347f905f2 -r 4a7fac7dd34a gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c	Fri Mar 19 09:35:09 2010 +0200
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/tmplayerparse.c	Fri Apr 16 15:15:52 2010 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* GStreamer tmplayer format subtitle parser
- * Copyright (C) 2006 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 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
@@ -55,9 +55,30 @@
  * 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;
@@ -78,19 +99,34 @@
     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 = g_strndup (state->buf->str, state->buf->len);
-      g_strdelimit (ret, "|", '\n');
-      g_string_truncate (state->buf, 0);
+      ret = tmplayer_process_buffer (state);
       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?!");
     }
@@ -101,6 +137,7 @@
     state->start_time = ts;
   }
 
+  GST_LOG ("returning: '%s'", GST_STR_NULL (ret));
   return ret;
 }
 #ifdef __SYMBIAN32__