#2421 - [PR #1703] [FIX] escape special characters ( < > & ) to HTML context - ccextractor

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Reference: starred/ccextractor#2421

claunia commented

2026-01-29 17:22:03 +00:00

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Original Pull Request: https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/pull/1703

State: closed
Merged: No

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The <, >, & is not suppose to be appeared in SRT, because SRT supports HTML tags.
So, the content of SRT should be treated as HTML content with those characters being escaped.
As a result, this pull request intends to do the following:

convert & to &
convert < to <
convert > to >

**Original Pull Request:** https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/pull/1703 **State:** closed **Merged:** No ---  **In raising this pull request, I confirm the following (please check boxes):** - [x] I have read and understood the [contributors guide](https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md). - [x] I have checked that another pull request for this purpose does not exist. - [x] I have considered, and confirmed that this submission will be valuable to others. - [x] I accept that this submission may not be used, and the pull request closed at the will of the maintainer. - [x] I give this submission freely, and claim no ownership to its content. - [x] **I have mentioned this change in the [changelog](https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/blob/master/docs/CHANGES.TXT).** **My familiarity with the project is as follows (check one):** - [ ] I have never used CCExtractor. - [ ] I have used CCExtractor just a couple of times. - [x] I absolutely love CCExtractor, but have not contributed previously. - [ ] I am an active contributor to CCExtractor. --- The `<`, `>`, `&` is not suppose to be appeared in SRT, because SRT supports HTML tags. So, the content of SRT should be treated as HTML content with those characters being escaped. As a result, this pull request intends to do the following: - convert `&` to `&` - convert `<` to `<` - convert `>` to `>`

claunia added the pull-request label 2026-01-29 17:22:03 +00:00

[PR #1703] [FIX] escape special characters ( < > & ) to HTML context #2421