JOSHMUNKEY  there's also an online converter that i have been using for a while now

http://www.akiraru.ru/osc/ssa2srt.php

it'll remove all the {*} tags and everything associated with advanced substation alpha, which i really like. sorry for the late response, just thought it was worth noting.  
(Version 0.9.3)

JOSHMUNKEY  KAWAII- the update was posted on apple's site on the 10th, and is listed on apple's official download page in between recent security upgrade links. the "more information" link yields a page with this on it:

Version: 1.0.2

Post Date: September 10, 2009

Download ID: DL938

it is indeed a newly posted firmware update- yet for whatever reason, it's not updating apparently for systems that are within the described specs.  
(Version 1.0.2)

JOSHMUNKEY  also not working on my imac (3.06ghz, 24" early 2008 w/10.5.8). from the looks of things this is not specific to Leopard/Snow Leopard. the better question is, for who did this actually work for?  
(Version 1.0.2)

JOSHMUNKEY  Coincidentally, I verified that the batch of DVD+R DL's from RiDATA were without error or issue with the inner workings of OSX just tonight by using Apple's Disk Utility application. It handled the burn fine and reported back zero errors. The content was the exact same as what I wanted Burn 2.3u to handle. Very odd.

Burn handles my other standard DVD's just fine, so I guess that I'll just go to the Disk Utility in the future if I want to burn a DL. Too bad it cost me 2 DVD+R DL's to find out the proper course of action...  
(Version 2.3u)

JOSHMUNKEY  Again, RiDATA DVD+R DL troubles. This time Burn 2.3u, but thankfully it ejected the DVD rather than going in infinite loop.

DRErrorStatusKey = {

DRErrorStatusAdditionalSenseStringKey = "Focus servo failure";

DRErrorStatusErrorKey = -2147352542;

DRErrorStatusErrorStringKey = "The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.";

DRErrorStatusSenseCodeStringKey = 04;

DRErrorStatusSenseKey = ;

};

DRStatusCurrentSessionKey = 1;

DRStatusCurrentSpeedKey = 3324;

DRStatusCurrentTrackKey = 1;

DRStatusPercentCompleteKey = -1;

DRStatusProgressInfoKey = {

DRStatusProgressCurrentKPS = 3250.39599609375;

DRStatusProgressCurrentXFactor = 2.299999952316284;

};

DRStatusStateKey = DRStatusStateFinishing;

DRStatusTotalSessionsKey = 1;

DRStatusTotalTracksKey = 1;

The error list continues for a while. Can post more data if needed.  
(Version 2.3u)

JOSHMUNKEY  Encountered major error when burning RiDATA DVD+R DL. Application hung indefinitely in "closing session" phase before verification could begin. Allowed copious amounts of time to see if app would fix itself. It didn't. Quit yielded no results; force quit disappeared UI but app hung in dock. DVD would not mount on desktop nor eject by any means. Force rebooted, but DVD still in burn mode would not allow the computer to reboot. Cut power, rebooted. DVD would not mount nor eject. Rebooted again, this time holding eject button at chime. Worked. Following link has screen cap of error report: http://tinyurl.com/qu4ssc  
(Version 2.2u)

JOSHMUNKEY  This is a jack-of-all-trades application, but a master of very little when it actually comes down to it. The handling of .ogm files is wonderful to see, and the ease of file extraction really sings to me as I am constantly tinkering with the streams of my files, but there's so many bumps all over the place that leave me scratching my head, such as a lackluster interface and feature set when actually converting files (a lack of automatic bitrate calculations becomes a bother, as well as the half-assembled height/width bar that leaves some of my .h264 files oddly squished when the original file under Quicktime has differing normal size and current size, natively).

In a way I suppose that I keep coming back to this application because the more efficient and robust ffmpegx has all but kicked the bucket and I am hoping to see the same sorts of innovation that that old and decaying application brought, but... maybe they are just two separate and differing things all together. It's a sad feeling knowing that I need to jump to a Windows partition to do even the most rudimentary of tasks with AVC files if I want exacting quality, but it just seems that for now that is the way it is.  
(Version 2.1)

JOSHMUNKEY  will not launch (10.3.9). is this dead app graveware or what?  
(Version 3.0v17)

JOSHMUNKEY  not entirely interested in ditching azureus in favor of transmission, because quite frankly, the lack of a peerguardian-esque plug-in or feature just kills the deal. let's be honest, bittorrenting to the average user isn't exactly a by the books, legal deal, and transmission leaves the average user far more exposed to snooping IP's than azureus does with its SafePeer plug-in.

for quick, low profile/legal downloads, sure, transmission is good. for everything, no way. azureus, hands down.  
(Version 0.81)

JOSHMUNKEY  application will not start up, period. no action on the dock, nothing. no blips from Activity Monitor either. running G4 533 dual processor (Digital Audio), 768 RAM, OS 10.3.9, all updates current.  
(Version 1.0.2)

JOSHMUNKEY  fantastic, the beta cancelled a day early for me. i love the app and have used it countless times, but what a kick in the pills that is.  
(Version 1.0b11)