diff --git a/lib/Subtitle/SSA/Record.pm b/lib/Subtitle/SSA/Record.pm
index b5f445f..cbdb051 100644
--- a/lib/Subtitle/SSA/Record.pm
+++ b/lib/Subtitle/SSA/Record.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ sub set {
   return 1;
 }
 
+sub parse_format_line {
+  my ($self, $line) = @_;
+
+  return unless $line and $line =~ m{^Format:}oi;
+
+  chomp $line;
+  $line =~ s{^Format:\s+}{}oi;
+
+  my @fields;
+  foreach my $field (split(/,\s*/o, $line)) {
+    $field = lc($field);
+    return unless exists $FIELDS{$field};
+    push @fields, $field;
+  }
+
+  return [ @fields ];
+}
+
 # formats:
 #  s - string, use as is
 #  d - decimal, no-zero pad