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>>Googling for 'file extension srt' gives the first link
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=SRT>
>Thank you, Sergey. I guess there is some kind of a player that takes these files and shows them as subtitles. I need to find out more.
The link Sergey gave mentions bsplayer -
www.bsplayer.com.
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