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Selecting subtitles thru the menu to correct the issue only works after you have already encountered the fat grey blurry subs. It doesn't matter how you originally select the subtitles, either from the menu or through vlc's 'video' > 'subtitle track' options they always will occur the first attempt ...

This big fat blurry grey subs issue (as described by the OP, not whatever funkybomber was posting about which is a different issue entirely) has persisted for years in all versions of VLC since 1.0 was introduced. See here: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=63282 For whatever the rea...

I'm still experiencing this issue years, several different PCs, from XP to Vista and now Win7, and many versions of VLC later. I must say I'm a little disappointed that there's not yet been a fix for it by now. :-/ I suspect mastermik125 above has provided enough info as to exactly what's causing it...

Hello, I have a vob file with dimensions 720:480, when I drag in in VLC latest version, it is played at 720:540. The media info menu tells the correct size, but I am not able to play it at that size. The screenshot is wrong too. The file is played well in Media Player Classic and Gom Player. Their ...

It's been happening to me exactly as described by the OP for the most recent VLC versions (currently using v1.1.0) on many, but not all, retail DVDs. I appreciate the OP pointing out that disabling them in vlc and going into the DVD menu fixes them, but it's a pain the you know what to have to do ev...

Thanks for replying. I had already tried several of the 'output module' options and noticed no difference, but since you mentioned it I just tried it again, going through each option in order for both a DVD folder w 5.1 AC3 and an AVC DTS .MKV. I noticed no difference in volume between any of the op...

Currently using vlc player 1.1.0 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme PCI-E x1 audio cards in two Windows machines: XP MCE and Vista Home Premium Volume in all video files (so far I've tested various 2ch/5.1ch MP3, AC3 & DTS in AVI & MKV containers and several DVD folders) is extremely low ev...