diff --git a/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Pns.cs b/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Pns.cs
index c3991ec86..c2b41a559 100644
--- a/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Pns.cs
+++ b/src/libse/SubtitleFormats/Pns.cs
@@ -46,25 +46,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                         byte[] buffer = FileUtil.ReadAllBytesShared(fileName);
 
                         if (buffer[00] != 0 &&
-                            buffer[01] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[02] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[03] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[04] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[05] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[06] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[07] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[08] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[09] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[10] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[11] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[12] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[13] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[14] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[15] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[16] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[17] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[18] == 0 &&
-                            buffer[19] == 0)
+                            buffer[01] == 0)
                         {
                             var sub = new Subtitle();
                             LoadSubtitle(sub, null, fileName);
@@ -137,17 +119,38 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
                     if (buffer.Length > index + 15 + textLength)
                     {
                         var sb = new StringBuilder();
+                        var skipNext = false;
+                        bool italicOn = false;
                         for (int j = index + 16; j < index + 16 + textLength; j++)
                         {
-                            if (buffer[j] < 32 && buffer[j] != 0xd)
+                            if (skipNext)
                             {
-                                if (buffer[j] == 5)
+                                skipNext = false;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
+                            var v = buffer[j];
+                            
+                            if (v < 32 && v != 0xd && v != 0xa)
+                            {
+                                if (v == 1)
+                                {
+                                    skipNext = true;
+                                    continue;
+                                }
+                                if (v == 5)
                                 {
                                     sb.Append("<i>");
+                                    italicOn = true;
                                 }
-                                else if (buffer[j] == 15)
+                                else if (v == 15)
                                 {
                                     sb.Append("</i>");
+                                    italicOn = false;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                   // sb.Append("(" + v + ")");
                                 }
                             }
                             else
@@ -158,9 +161,20 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
 
                         var text = sb.ToString();
                         text = text.Replace("\0", string.Empty);
-                        text = text.Replace("\n", Environment.NewLine);
+                        text = text.Replace("\n", "\r");
                         text = text.Replace("\r", Environment.NewLine);
                         text = text.Replace(Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine, Environment.NewLine);
+                        text = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, text.SplitToLines()); 
+                        text = text.Replace(Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine, Environment.NewLine);
+                        if (text.StartsWith("</i>"))
+                        {
+                            text = text.Remove(0, "</i>".Length);
+                        }
+
+                        text = text.Trim();
+
+                        text = FixItalics(text);
+
                         index += 15 + textLength;
                         var p = new Paragraph(text, startSeconds * 1000 + FramesToMillisecondsMax999(startFrame), endSeconds * 1000 + FramesToMillisecondsMax999(endFrame));
                         return p;
@@ -173,5 +187,15 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Core.SubtitleFormats
             index++;
             return null;
         }
+
+        private string FixItalics(string text)
+        {
+            if (text.StartsWith("<i>", StringComparison.Ordinal) && !text.Contains("</i>"))
+            {
+                return "<i>" + text.Replace("<i>", string.Empty) + "</i>";
+            }
+
+            return text;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/UiUtil.cs b/src/ui/Logic/UiUtil.cs
index c6712222b..06321c315 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/UiUtil.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/UiUtil.cs
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
             AddExtension(sb, new IsmtDfxp().Extension);
             AddExtension(sb, new PlayCaptionsFreeEditor().Extension);
             AddExtension(sb, ".cdg"); // karaoke
+            AddExtension(sb, ".pns"); // karaoke
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.Settings.General.OpenSubtitleExtraExtensions))
             {