I had VLC media player version 0.8.4a before I installed this new version and I had no problem with it.
But now when I play the same movies (avi) in this new version, the subtitle wont show up all the time. During a movie, sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't (it doesn't most of the times).
The subtitle is an SRT file (which worked just fine in the older versions of VCL). Also I have win xp pro.