diff --git a/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs b/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
index 0c335314d..e7373c5ce 100644
--- a/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/BatchConvert.cs
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                             format = nciCaption;
                         }
                     }
-
                     if (format == null)
                     {
                         var avidStl = new AvidStl();
@@ -351,6 +350,14 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                             format = avidStl;
                         }
                     }
+                    if (format == null)
+                    {
+                        var asc = new TimeLineAscii();
+                        if (asc.IsMine(null, fileName))
+                        {
+                            format = asc;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (format == null)
diff --git a/src/Forms/Main.cs b/src/Forms/Main.cs
index 570ff4dc3..139a15495 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Main.cs
+++ b/src/Forms/Main.cs
@@ -2118,6 +2118,21 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (format == null)
+                {
+                    var asc = new TimeLineAscii();
+                    if (asc.IsMine(null, fileName))
+                    {
+                        asc.LoadSubtitle(_subtitle, null, fileName);
+                        _oldSubtitleFormat = asc;
+                        SetCurrentFormat(Configuration.Settings.General.DefaultSubtitleFormat);
+                        SetEncoding(Configuration.Settings.General.DefaultEncoding);
+                        encoding = GetCurrentEncoding();
+                        justConverted = true;
+                        format = GetCurrentSubtitleFormat();
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (format == null)
                 {
                     var mtv = new TimeLineMvt();
diff --git a/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/TimelineAscii.cs b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/TimelineAscii.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aac95a66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Logic/SubtitleFormats/TimelineAscii.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core;
+
+namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.SubtitleFormats
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Timeline Ascii export - THE MOVIE TITRE EDITOR - http://www.pld.ttu.ee/~priidu/timeline/ by priidu@pld.ttu.ee
+    /// 
+    /// Sample:
+    /// 1.
+    /// 00:00:43.02
+    /// 00:00:47.03
+    /// ±NE/SEVÎ
+    /// ³ÂÍÅ/ÑÅÁß
+    /// 
+    /// 2.
+    /// 00:01:36.00
+    /// 00:01:37.00
+    /// ±Viòð ir klât.
+    /// ³Îí ïðèøåë.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class TimeLineAscii : SubtitleFormat
+    {
+
+        private static readonly Regex RegexTimeCode = new Regex(@"^\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d\d$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+        private enum ExpectingLine
+        {
+            Number,
+            TimeStart,
+            TimeEnd,
+            Text
+        }
+
+        public override string Extension
+        {
+            get { return ".asc"; }
+        }
+
+        public override string Name
+        {
+            get { return "Timeline ascii"; }
+        }
+
+        public override bool IsTimeBased
+        {
+            get { return true; }
+        }
+
+        public override bool IsMine(List<string> lines, string fileName)
+        {
+            if (fileName == null || !fileName.EndsWith(Extension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return false;
+
+            var subtitle = new Subtitle();
+            LoadSubtitle(subtitle, lines, fileName);
+            return subtitle.Paragraphs.Count > _errorCount;
+        }
+
+        public override string ToText(Subtitle subtitle, string title)
+        {
+            return string.Empty;
+        }       
+
+        public override void LoadSubtitle(Subtitle subtitle, List<string> lines, string fileName)
+        {
+            Paragraph paragraph = null;
+            var expecting = ExpectingLine.Number;
+            _errorCount = 0;
+
+            subtitle.Paragraphs.Clear();
+            IEnumerable<byte[]> byteLines = SplitBytesToLines(File.ReadAllBytes(fileName));
+            foreach (byte[] bytes in byteLines)
+            {
+                var line = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
+                if (line.EndsWith('.') && Utilities.IsInteger(line.TrimEnd('.')))
+                {
+                    if (paragraph != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(paragraph.Text))
+                        subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(paragraph);
+                    paragraph = new Paragraph();
+                    expecting = ExpectingLine.TimeStart;
+                }
+                else if (paragraph != null && expecting == ExpectingLine.TimeStart && RegexTimeCode.IsMatch(line))
+                {
+                    string[] parts = line.Split(new[] { ':', '.' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                    if (parts.Length == 4)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            var tc = DecodeTimeCode(parts);
+                            paragraph.StartTime = tc;
+                            expecting = ExpectingLine.TimeEnd;
+                        }
+                        catch
+                        {
+                            _errorCount++;
+                            expecting = ExpectingLine.Number;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (paragraph != null && expecting == ExpectingLine.TimeEnd && RegexTimeCode.IsMatch(line))
+                {
+                    string[] parts = line.Split(new[] { ':', '.' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                    if (parts.Length == 4)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            var tc = DecodeTimeCode(parts);
+                            paragraph.EndTime = tc;
+                            expecting = ExpectingLine.Text;
+                        }
+                        catch
+                        {
+                            _errorCount++;
+                            expecting = ExpectingLine.Number;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (paragraph != null && expecting == ExpectingLine.Text)
+                    {
+                        if (bytes.Length > 1)
+                        {
+                            // get text from encoding
+                            var enc = GetEncodingFromLanguage(bytes[0]);
+                            string s = enc.GetString(bytes, 1, bytes.Length - 1).Trim();
+
+                            // italic text
+                            if (s.StartsWith('#'))
+                                s = "<i>" + s.Remove(0, 1) + "</i>";
+
+                            paragraph.Text = (paragraph.Text + Environment.NewLine + s).Trim();
+                            if (paragraph.Text.Length > 2000)
+                            {
+                                _errorCount += 100;
+                                return;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (paragraph != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(paragraph.Text))
+                subtitle.Paragraphs.Add(paragraph);
+
+            subtitle.Renumber();
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerable<byte[]> SplitBytesToLines(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            var list = new List<byte[]>();
+            int start = 0;
+            int index = 0;
+            while (index < bytes.Length)
+            {
+                if (bytes[index] == 13)
+                {
+                    int length = index - start;
+                    var lineBytes = new byte[length];
+                    Array.Copy(bytes, start, lineBytes, 0, length);
+                    list.Add(lineBytes);
+                    index += 2;
+                    start = index;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    index++;
+                }
+            }
+            return list;
+        }
+
+        private static TimeCode DecodeTimeCode(string[] parts)
+        {
+            int hours = int.Parse(parts[0]);
+            int minutes = int.Parse(parts[1]);
+            int seconds = int.Parse(parts[2]);
+            int frames = int.Parse(parts[3]);
+            return new TimeCode(hours, minutes, seconds, FramesToMillisecondsMax999(frames));
+        }
+
+        private Encoding GetEncodingFromLanguage(byte language)
+        {
+            if (language == 179) // Russian
+                return Encoding.GetEncoding(1251);
+
+            if (language == 177) // Baltic
+                return Encoding.GetEncoding(1257);
+
+            return Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
index 59179a4f5..b757c7902 100644
--- a/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
+++ b/src/SubtitleEdit.csproj
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Logic\Ocr\OcrImage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\Ocr\NOcrPoint.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\Ocr\SpellCheckOcrTextResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Logic\SubtitleFormats\TimelineAscii.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\SubtitleFormats\TimelineMvt.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\SubtitleFormats\Pns.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logic\SubtitleFormats\PacUnicode.cs" />