diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/SRT.pm b/lib/Subtitle/SRT.pm
index 7c943dd..a19e676 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/SRT.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/SRT.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use warnings;
 use feature qw(switch);
 use utf8;
 
+use base 'Subtitle::BASE';
+
 sub new {
   my ($class, %args) = @_;
   my $self = {
@@ -18,26 +20,6 @@ sub new {
   return bless($self, $class);
 }
 
-sub trim {
-  my ($self, $line) = @_;
-  return unless defined $line;
-  return $line =~ s/(^\s+|\s+$)//or;
-}
-
-sub log {
-  my ($self, $level, $msg) = @_;
-
-  given ($level) {
-    when ("error") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "E: $msg"; }
-    when ("warn")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "W: $msg"; }
-    when ("info")  { push @{ $self->{log} }, "I: $msg"; }
-    when ("debug") { push @{ $self->{log} }, "D: $msg" if $self->{debug}; }
-    default { warn "Unknown loglevel $level of $msg\n"; }
-  }
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
 sub parse_timing {
   my ($self, $str) = @_;
   my $time = 0.0;
@@ -81,7 +63,7 @@ sub parse {
 
   foreach my $line (@$lines) {
     $linenum++;
-    $line =~ s/[\r\n]+$//o; # chomp
+    $line = $self->chomp($line);
     # expected: event id
     if ($line and not $event) {
       $event = $self->new_event;