Hmm okay, thanks. I just found it strange that once I played Syriana on VLC and the subs were gray so I tried it on the xbox and they were fine and somehow I ended up watching it on VLC again and the subs were fine again...
When I'm watching DVDs with VLC the subtitles are gray and very hard to read. All my settings are default and this is the 4th time it's happened. It's fine when using srt files but when I play DVDs for whatever reason it just doesn't work.