Failure also occurs with subtitled video files recorded by vlc itself from a TV input. vlc is invoked from the command-line, passing the filename as an argument. I have tried this version of vlc on three different machines failure on all three. If it is a plugin, there is a possibility that something is missing. I do not know what component of vlc is used for displaying subtitles. However if the files with embedded subtitles are passed to mplayer, mplayer displays the subtitles automatically, which suggests that the subtitle track has been embedded correctly. Playing the original MP4 file from a directory containing the associated SRT file also fails to display the on-screen text when selected. The resulting files play in vlc and the subtitle track can be selected but nothing happens no OSD text. To set this in context for a long time I have been downloading files from the BBC as MP4 with an associated SRT file which I then embed in the MP4 file using ffmpeg.
Your best bet at this point is either to download the subtitles again, or look for other subtitles.I am not sure when this happened, but after a recent update of tainted vlc, embedded subtitles no longer work for video files. If your subtitles still show up as question marks, there is a chance that your file is actually filled with question marks. You can permanently break subtitles by trying to change the text encoding in a wrong way (like trying to save it with Notepad). If you are sure your subtitles are encoded in UTF-8, and you are using a unicode font in VLC, but your subtitles still don't work, then the subtitles are most probably broken. VLC is now using a unicode font that can display all Chinese, Korean and Japanese characters correctly. You might need to restart VLC after changing these font settings. If Arial Unicode MS is not in the list, you can download and install it from here Now make sure the font is set to Arial Unicode MS, other unicode fonts should also work. Step 3: expand the Subtitles / OSD item, and select text renderer.
Step 2: in the bottom left corner of the preferences screen underneath show settings, select the all radiobutton
Step 1: open the VLC settings by pressing Ctrl+ P or by going to Tools > Preferences If you are sure the file is encoded in UTF-8 but the subtitles still show up as boxes or weird symbols, you should make sure you are using the right font in VLC.
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