A srt merge script made for some user on IRC.

merge_srt.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
orig_lines = File.read('24_Hour_Party_People.srt').strip.split("\r\n\r")
replacement_lines = File.read('24_Hour_Party_People_utf8.txt').strip.split("\n\n")
File.open('24ppl.srt','w') do |f|
  orig_lines.each_with_index do |l,i|
    l.strip!
    srt = l.split("\n")
    next unless replacement_lines[i]
    nsrt = replacement_lines[i].split("\n")
    f.puts(srt[0])
    f.puts(srt[1])
    f.puts(nsrt[2..(nsrt.size-1)])
    f.puts
  end
end
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