Same here. Downgraded to previous version. Never in 40 years of computing have I had to do that. Very disappointed. It's the operating system which is the culprit here not vlc. I have Win 8.1 installed and can view subs without a problem in 3.0.12 https://i.postimg.cc/K4JqPfZc/subs-on-win-8-1.png (...