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Make sure the .SRT filename is exactly the same as the video filename (minus the extension) and is in the same folder as the video file.

Shouldn't command F make it go full screen? It works for me. Make sure in Preferences the box "Show Fullscreen Controller" is checked. You can also play with checking the "Use the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion" box, but i don't use it.

If those using OS X Lion and want to play everything plus the 10p MKV's get the nightly builds, i use the vlc-git-intel64 version. You have to quit the program after each video to play a new one, but once it will play them.
http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/mac ... l/?C=M;O=D

The current 1.2-64bit nightly unstable version is able to play 10bit MKVs, i've checked and confirmed.

I use the 64-bit 1.1 branch nightlies and I don't have any issues playing mkv files under Lion. http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/?C=M;O=D Note that if you're trying to play new 10-bit mkv files, that those won't play until VLC 1.2 is ready. Cheers for this! The 10-bit MKV files must...

Reset your preferences. Didn't work. I also deleted the VLC Preferences. This may be an issue of how VLC handles MKV formats in OS X Lion. I know that for anime especially people recode MKV's differently...not all MKV's are the same. Just a guess though, i don't really have any idea why VLC is only...

Been using VLC for years with no problems but after updating to Lion suddenly i have problems with random MKV's. Certain MKV's that i was able to play fine pre-update now show a frozen blank screen, a green screen, or just the first title screen. I can hear audio but no video. Since Quicktime X does...