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Although i manage to install VLC i was unable to load subtitles. I tried to load the subtitle file from the open file menu but i didn't showed. In the video options menu there was a Track1 which was ticked and still there are no subtitles. After plenty of reading in the forums i started looking in the preference subtitle/ocd menu and there located the subtitle folder then i activated the Freetype2 subtitle render and in the overlay also, but still i was unable to view them. pls give some advice.

VLC version ?

0.8.6 - the latest from the VLC's package storage

P.P my linux is openSUSE 10.2

Try to change the encoding in VLC for subtitles...

I've tried with different truetype fonts but no success. I can't find how to change subsitles charset or encoding - my subtitle files are in bulgarian i.e. cyrillic charset.

In the preferences, tick advanced.

Or when you open advanced file, you can choose special encoding.

Hi when I set charset to CP1251 from open file advanced settings all works fine. The problem still exist when I open file directly or via playlist. I can't find how to make all subtitles to use CP1251 charset. I don't want to set this for each file.

You can also do that in preferences!

Hi,

Finally I found where ecactly I sould set subtitle charset to work in cyrillic.

Thanks for your help.