From 04da4227b5d25b8ced014df352d1656f81a65d17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolaj Olsson <nikse.dk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:07:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Try not to change ASS tags when not needed - thx Skrity :)
 Fix #2537

---
 libse/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libse/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs b/libse/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
index 037ddd259..e28523624 100644
--- a/libse/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
+++ b/libse/SubtitleFormats/AdvancedSubStationAlpha.cs
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Actor, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
         public static string FormatText(Paragraph p)
         {
             string text = p.Text.Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\\N");
+
+            if (!text.Contains('<'))
+                return text;
+
             text = text.Replace("<i>", @"{\i1}");
             text = text.Replace("</i>", @"{\i0}");
             text = text.Replace("</i>", @"{\i}");