diff --git a/pycaption/pl_stt.py b/pycaption/pl_stt.py
index d1e03de0..49d330d5 100644
--- a/pycaption/pl_stt.py
+++ b/pycaption/pl_stt.py
@@ -44,21 +44,42 @@ def detect(self, content):
         else:
             return False
 
+    def _guess_framerate(self, nonempty_splits):
+        # Try to guess the framerate by taking the highest frame number encountered across all start and end times.
+        # Once found, add 1 to it to get the best guess framerate, clamp it to 24fps as the minimum framerate and return it.
+        frame_nums = []
+        for sub in nonempty_splits:
+            sub_start, sub_end, sub_text = self._parse_sub(sub)
+            frame_nums.append(int(sub_start.split(":")[-1]))
+            frame_nums.append(int(sub_end.split(":")[-1]))
+
+        frame_nums = sorted(list(set(frame_nums)), reverse=True)
+        return float(max(24, frame_nums[0] + 1))
+
     def read(self, content, lang="en-US"):
         if type(content) != str:
             raise InvalidInputError("The content is not a unicode string.")
 
         try:
             header = self._get_header(content)
+            if not header:
+                raise InvalidInputError("Invalid or missing header.")
+        except:
+            raise InvalidInputError("Invalid or missing header.")
+
+        framerate = None
+        try:
             framerate = float(header.get("TIME_FRAME_RATE"))
         except:
-            raise InvalidInputError("Invalid or missing header or cannot get or parse TIME_FRAME_RATE.")
+            framerate = None
 
         body = self._get_body(content)
 
         captions = CaptionList()
         all_splits = re.split(PLSTTReader.RE_SUBS_SPLIT, body, flags=re.MULTILINE)
         nonempty_splits = [split.strip() for split in all_splits if split and split.strip()]
+        if framerate is None:
+            framerate = self._guess_framerate(nonempty_splits)
 
         for sub in nonempty_splits:
             sub_start, sub_end, sub_text = self._parse_sub(sub)
diff --git a/tests/samples/pl_stt.py b/tests/samples/pl_stt.py
index ea8d8440..c2989b26 100644
--- a/tests/samples/pl_stt.py
+++ b/tests/samples/pl_stt.py
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
 SAMPLE_PL_STT_NO_HEADER = f"""{SAMPLE_PL_STT_BODY}
 """
 
-SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_1 = f"""{SAMPLE_PL_STT_HEADER_NO_FRAMERATE}
-{SAMPLE_PL_STT_BODY}
-"""
-
-SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_2 = f"""{SAMPLE_PL_STT_HEADER_WRONG_FORMAT}
+SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_1 = f"""{SAMPLE_PL_STT_HEADER_WRONG_FORMAT}
 {SAMPLE_PL_STT_BODY}
 """
diff --git a/tests/test_pl_stt.py b/tests/test_pl_stt.py
index 5e99135c..cf174c7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pl_stt.py
+++ b/tests/test_pl_stt.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     SAMPLE_PL_STT,
     SAMPLE_PL_STT_NO_HEADER,
     SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_1,
-    SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_2,
 )
 
 
@@ -50,7 +49,3 @@ def test_no_header_file(self):
 
     def test_bad_header_1(self):
         self.assertRaises(InvalidInputError, self.reader.read, SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_1)
-        self.assertRaises(InvalidInputError, self.reader.read, SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_2)
-
-    def test_bad_header_2(self):
-        self.assertRaises(InvalidInputError, self.reader.read, SAMPLE_PL_STT_BAD_HEADER_2)