Someone know how to fix 3-lines credit-style subtitles? (.srt)

[flatzonmavoz]

So, this question was already posted 1 year ago, but no one got to answer so:
I got this TV show with such anoying subs I don't know how to fix it. Instead of coming in bunch of two lines and then switch for another two different line dialogue, like it's suppose to be, lines comes by 3, and, a little bit like credit at the end of a movie, the bottom line switch to middle line, then to top line, making the whole thing almost unreadable while watching.

Thanks and I hope my explanation were clear.

Here's an example:

1
00:00:01,068 --> 00:00:02,568
PROBST: Previously on

2
00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:03,070
PROBST: Previously on
<i>Survivor:</i>

3
00:00:03,071 --> 00:00:05,271
PROBST: Previously on
Survivor:
There was no food at Rotu, so

4
00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:07,340
Survivor:
There was no food at Rotu, so
the tribe competed for the kill.

5
00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:08,908
There was no food at Rotu, so
the tribe competed for the kill.
Kathy was the first to find

6
00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:09,877
the tribe competed for the kill.
Kathy was the first to find
protein...

7
00:00:09,878 --> 00:00:12,078
Kathy was the first to find
protein...
We found thousands of shells!

8
00:00:12,079 --> 00:00:13,379
Protein...
We found thousands of shells!
PROBST: and redeemed

9
00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:14,647
We found thousands of shells!
PROBST: and redeemed
herself with the tribe.

[locotus]

Open the sub file in Subtitle Workshop or Subtitle Edit and look for tools>information and errors in the the first program
or tools>fix common errors ain the second.

[JVRaines]

Looks like simulated roll-up captions. Does your media file have embedded captions or just the external SRT file?

EDIT:
You can fix these in Notepad++ or any text editor with regex search-and-replace. First, fix the three-line titles:

search ((.+\r\n){2})((.+\r\n){2})(.+\r\n)
replace \1\5

Then clean up the two-line titles:

search ((.+\r\n){2})(.+\r\n)(.+\r\n)
replace \1\4

[videobruger]

Or perhaps just get the subtitles here http://www.addic7ed.com/search.php?search=Survivor&Submit=Search

[flatzonmavoz]

Looks like simulated roll-up captions. Does your media file have embedded captions or just the external SRT file?

EDIT:
You can fix these in Notepad++ or any text editor with regex search-and-replace. First, fix the three-line titles:

search ((.+\r\n){2})((.+\r\n){2})(.+\r\n)
replace \1\5

Then clean up the two-line titles:

search ((.+\r\n){2})(.+\r\n)(.+\r\n)
replace \1\4

Hi JVRaines, i already tried doing that (find and replace) but when i do, Notepad++ says theres nothing to replace... let me know if im doing it right

[flatzonmavoz]

Open the sub file in Subtitle Workshop or Subtitle Edit and look for tools>information and errors in the the first program
or tools>fix common errors ain the second.

Thanks for replying, i tried but theres no such tool for fixing that... Apparently theres two type of captions, Roll-up captions AND Pop-up captions, so what im trying to do is convert from roll up to pop up... But i didnt found any tool to do that...sorry for my english

[JVRaines]

Hi JVRaines, i already tried doing that (find and replace) but when i do, Notepad++ says theres nothing to replace... let me know if im doing it right

Search mode should be "Regular expression."

[flatzonmavoz]

Search mode should be "Regular expression."

Oh my god it worked!! Thanks so much JVRaines for your time, you dont know how happy i am that finally got the solution. I was searching it everywhere. Finally i will able to watch the TVShow. Regards!