diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/utils.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/utils.py
index bf3aa856b..ea8e411e6 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/utils.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/utils.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import io
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import tempfile
+from typing import Iterable, Union
 import zipfile
 
 from guessit import guessit
+import pysubs2
 import rarfile
 from subliminal.subtitle import fix_line_ending
 from subliminal_patch.core import Episode
@@ -119,10 +122,10 @@ def is_episode(content):
 
 
 def get_archive_from_bytes(content: bytes):
-    """Get RarFile/ZipFile object from bytes. Return None is something else
-    is found."""
-    # open the archive
+    """Get RarFile/ZipFile object from bytes. A ZipFile instance will be returned
+    if a subtitle-like stream is found. Return None if something else is found."""
     archive_stream = io.BytesIO(content)
+
     if rarfile.is_rarfile(archive_stream):
         logger.debug("Identified rar archive")
         return rarfile.RarFile(archive_stream)
@@ -130,18 +133,50 @@ def get_archive_from_bytes(content: bytes):
         logger.debug("Identified zip archive")
         return zipfile.ZipFile(archive_stream)
 
-    logger.debug("Unknown compression format")
+    logger.debug("No compression format found. Trying with subtitle-like files")
+
+    # If the file is a subtitle-like file
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix="spsub", suffix=".srt") as tmp_f:
+        try:
+            tmp_f.write(content)
+            sub = pysubs2.load(tmp_f.name)
+        except Exception as error:
+            logger.debug("Couldn't load file: '%s'", error)
+        else:
+            if sub is not None:
+                logger.debug("Identified subtitle file: %s", sub)
+                zip_obj = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(), mode="x")
+                zip_obj.write(tmp_f.name, os.path.basename(tmp_f.name))
+                return zip_obj
+
+    logger.debug("Nothing found")
     return None
 
 
-def update_matches(matches, video, release_info: str, **guessit_options):
-    "Update matches set from release info string. New lines are iterated."
+def update_matches(
+    matches,
+    video,
+    release_info: Union[str, Iterable[str]],
+    split="\n",
+    **guessit_options
+):
+    """Update matches set from release info string or Iterable.
+
+    Use the split parameter to iterate over the set delimiter; set None to avoid split."""
+
     guessit_options["type"] = "episode" if isinstance(video, Episode) else "movie"
+
     logger.debug("Guessit options to update matches: %s", guessit_options)
 
-    for release in release_info.split("\n"):
-        logger.debug("Updating matches from release info: %s", release)
-        matches |= guess_matches(video, guessit(release.strip(), guessit_options))
-        logger.debug("New matches: %s", matches)
+    if isinstance(release_info, str):
+        release_info = release_info.split(split)
+
+    for release in release_info:
+        for release_split in release.split(split):
+            logger.debug("Updating matches from release info: %s", release)
+            matches |= guess_matches(
+                video, guessit(release_split.strip(), guessit_options)
+            )
+            logger.debug("New matches: %s", matches)
 
     return matches
diff --git a/tests/subliminal_patch/test_utils.py b/tests/subliminal_patch/test_utils.py
index eb8dc2421..c90cf972a 100644
--- a/tests/subliminal_patch/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/subliminal_patch/test_utils.py
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ def test_update_matches(movies):
     assert "source" in matches
 
 
+def test_update_matches_iterable(movies):
+    matches = set()
+    utils.update_matches(
+        matches, movies["dune"], ["Subs for dune 2021 bluray x264", "Dune webrip x264"]
+    )
+    assert "source" in matches
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "content,expected", [("the.wire.s01e01", True), ("taxi driver 1976", False)]
 )