Subtitle file wont import -why?

Hello, going out of my mind here.
I have a subtitle film "Subtitles_English.txt", which is laid out as such...
$FontName = Arial Black
$FontSize = 20
$HorzAlign = Center // Left or Right
$VertAlign = Bottom // Top or Center
$Bold = FALSE
$UnderLined = FALSE
$Italic = FALSE
$XOffset = 0 // Pixel offset(can be negative)
$YOffset = 0 // Pixel offset(can be negative)
$TextContrast = 15
$Outline1Contrast = 15
$Outline2Contrast = 7
$BackgroundContrast = 0
$ForceDisplay = TRUE // DVD Force Display Flag
$FadeIn = 0 // In number of Frames
$FadeOut = 0 // In number of Frames
$TapeOffset = TRUE
00:00:00:00 , 00:00:02:00 , I met Ernie in Santa Maria,
00:00:02:00 , 00:00:06:00 , I was playing in a bar called Over Busy
00:00:06:00 , 00:00:12:00 , and one day Neto, Ernie came in
00:00:12:00 , 00:00:14:00 , and he asked me if he could play a song
00:00:15:00 , 00:00:19:00 , I met Ernie through a phone call
00:00:19:00 , 00:00:24:00 , Broder called me to record
00:00:25:00 , 00:00:27:00 , and I let him play, how could I have not?
00:00:28:00 , 00:00:32:00 , It was the beginning of something special
00:00:32:00 , 00:00:34:00 , I believe with me and with him
00:00:34:00 , 00:00:36:00 , and then Ernie called me
00:00:36:00 , 00:00:42:00 , to meet with some musicians at the studio
for example,
When I come to import the subtitle I get this error message:
"No corresponding subtitles found.
The video asset timecode may not correspond with the timecode specified for the subtitles in the import file or the file is invalid."
Anyone have any idea why, what's worse is the file above is from the Apple Pro training series DVD for DVDSP2, so why wont it work in DVDSP4?
Thanks in advance.

That's a bugger, because I opened these files in BBEdit as well and saved them as Mac with suffix.stl as well.
I am importing them the same way as you are, and am using DVDSP4, the files are directly from the Apple Pro training DVD for DVDSP2, for a lesson on importing subtitles, and they obviously work for you. So for some reason they are not working for me.
My timecode is 0;00 etc so I haven't a clue what the issue could be, as even creating my own file from scratch wont work either.
When I import them into a new file, they import correctly, so I'm at a loss as to why it wont work with my existing file

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