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Convert MPL2 to SRT

MPL2 times its cues in tenths of a second — this converts that timing to SRT's format and keeps every line.

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Upload MPL2, get SRT (SubRip) back

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MPL2 — .mpl2,.txt.

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About this conversion

Converting MPL2 to SRT (SubRip)

MPL2 is a subtitle format most associated with SubEdit, a subtitling tool historically popular for Polish-language subtitles — a lot of MPL2 files in the wild are Polish releases, though the format itself has nothing language-specific about it. Its syntax is compact: [0][20]Hello there|How are you, where the two bracketed numbers are the start and end time in tenths of a second (so [20] means 2.0 seconds) and a pipe | marks a line break within the cue.

Converting to SRT multiplies those tenths back into real seconds and reformats every timestamp as SRT expects, converts the pipe line-breaks to actual new lines, and strips MPL2's single-letter style markers (like a leading /i for italics) since SRT has no equivalent syntax for them.

FAQ

Questions about this converter

Why do MPL2 timestamps look so small compared to SRT?
MPL2 counts in tenths of a second rather than milliseconds, so a cue starting at 12.5 seconds is written as [125], not a full timestamp string. This tool converts that back to normal SRT timing automatically.
Does MPL2 support more than one line per cue?
Yes, using a pipe | character between lines — this converter turns each pipe into a real line break in the output SRT.
What's the file extension for MPL2?
Usually .mpl2, though it's sometimes saved as a plain .txt file since the format itself is just text — this tool accepts either.
Will italic markers like /i show up as text in my SRT?
No — a leading style marker on a line is stripped, since SRT has no equivalent one-letter syntax and leaving it in would just show as literal text.
Is there an API for this?
Yes — see the API reference for the mpl2-to-srt endpoint and curl examples.
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