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As you can see that bug is not an upstream VLC bug but an issue with GVFS.

Well, Kodi does not have this problem. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Here in this bug report is the exact same issue that i am having: https://github.com/flathub/org.videolan.VLC/issues/36

VLC does not care (or even see) if a file is remote or local, so long as the file system is properly mounted and files are accessed via the mount point. It's as simple as that. I don't know what you are trying to say. I think i have explained my problem properly in my first post. VLC does not load ...

On what type of folder are your files stored? Is it a SMB share?

Yes it is a Samba shared drive. The file system is ext4.

Make sure the filesystem is mounted (and access through the mount point). I am sorry but i did not get this. The file system is already mounted as i can actually play the video files from it in VLC. The only problem is with the subtitle files (srt). VLC can open remote video files but not the subti...

Google TV. VLC refuses to automatically load external subtitle files (srt) which are the same name with the video file and within the same folder. Every time i open a video, i have to go through the hassle to manually select the external subtitle file. I have gone through the settings and i don't th...

I have a RPI serving as a server at my home. It has a storage device that holds my video files. There are also "srt" subtitle files, with the "same name" as the video files next to them. If i open one of those video files from my remote computer using VLC, those subtitle files ar...