CrunchyRoll_XmlToSrt.py

import re
import sys
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


def toSrt(xml_string):
    srt = ''
    texts = BeautifulSoup(xml_string, "lxml", from_encoding="utf8")
    listOfTranscripts = texts.findAll("event")

    # TODO parse xml instead of regex

    captionNumber = 1
    for captions in listOfTranscripts:

        start = captions['start']
        end = captions['end']

        start = formatTime(start)
        end = formatTime(end)

        caption = captions['text']
        # caption = caption.replace(''', "'")
        # caption = caption.replace('"', '"')

        srt += str(captionNumber) + '\n'
        srt += start + ' --> ' + end + '\n'
        srt += caption + '\n\n'

        captionNumber += 1

    return srt


def formatTime(time):

    pieces = time.split(".")
    pieces[1] = (pieces[1] + "0" * 3)[0:3]
    formatted = "%s,%s" % (pieces[0], pieces[1])

    return formatted


def main():
    f = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
    q = f.read()
    s = toSrt(q)
    print(s)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()