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The last entry in https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/824#no1 states that it is possible to display two different subtitle languages simultaneously in VLC 4.0. It provides a link to the relevant change (de9ec19c483) but that link is broken. I've downloaded VLC 4.0 and I can't see how to use this ne...

I'm trying to open a subtitle file. VLC tells me that it can't open the file and I should check the log. Where is the log? Thanks.

Sounds good to me. I don't quite understand how it all works, but I'm sure you know more about ahk than I do!

Here's my autohotkey script, in case anyone is interested. To use it: 1. Installl autohotkey 2. Copy the code below into notepad, or something similar. 3. Save it somewhere with an extension of ahk. E.g. subtitlerlite.ahk 4. Double click on the saved file. 5. Start merdi's extension (in the View men...

OK. Thanks. I'll see about setting something up with autohotkey. Has something happened in a recent release of VLC to make this necessary? I don't recall it working like that before.

Hello again mederi, I've just returned to using your extension after a long break. This time, I don't seem to be able to get it working correctly. The only way I can get it to display any kind of subtitle is like this: 1. Click the "subtitler (lite) mod" option at the bottom of the View me...

Yes it would be very handy if it were added into VLC. It seems to be something that people have been asking for for a long time. I also came across this ticket, which goes back 6 years. But until something added to the official build, your script is proving very helpful.

Thanks for your work on this, mederi. The extension is very helpful. Before I came across your extension, I found this one. It doesn't work with the current version of VLC, but I thought I would mention in to you, anyway, in case the code the code is of any help to you.