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I tested lots of anime fansubs and found 5 series using SSA subs. Only one of them shows subtitle texts when played. In other 4 there are no errors visible anywhere and VLC finds subs, but does not show them at all. All series are either mkv or ogm files. One of them even had SSA subs as separate files and it still did not work.

Here is one example of file not showing SSA subs:
http://www.matroska.org/samples/mewmew/index.html

When played with Mediaplayer Classic there are lots of visible texts in that demo clip. None of them are visible for me when I play it with VLC.

Is this know VLC bug or just some Vista glitch?

Works on linux.

Can you give us some logs with verbosity set to 2 ?

Here is log from playing the clip I linked:

main info: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
main debug: adding item `mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv' ( C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: starting new item
main debug: processing request item mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv node null skip 0
main debug: resyncing on mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv
main debug: mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
main debug: thread 5184 (input) created at priority 1 (input/input.c:368)
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 3
main debug: `C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv' gives access `' demux `' path `C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 48.000 ms - Total 48.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 48.000 ms)
main debug: creating access '' path='C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1103
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 1
main debug: looking for access module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file debug: opening file `C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
main debug: using access module "access_file"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 30.000 ms - Total 30.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 30.000 ms)
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1103
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 2
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre-buffering...
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: pre-buffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 687635 kbytes/s
main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv'
main debug: looking for demux module: 59 candidates
mkv debug: | + Seek head
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 26015
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 111564
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 155036
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 205503
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 256914
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 305320
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 355851
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 403782
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 505225
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 558811
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 656170
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 707359
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 754991
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 880638
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 933065
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 992847
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1122342
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1173891
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1244391
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1294706
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1349453
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1541606
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1615906
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 1854807
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2130552
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2200355
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2256025
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2314156
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2371996
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2434067
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 2807479
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3075738
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3378166
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3686481
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3757998
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3776363
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3795907
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3840709
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 3989764
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4096964
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4139515
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4226852
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4409954
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4567991
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4842430
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 4981818
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 5149438
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 5383607
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mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 5681375
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 5922070
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 6120752
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 6264214
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 6518378
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 6831498
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 7164169
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 7465034
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 7777075
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | - unknown seekhead reference at 8093120
mkv debug: | | + Seek
mkv debug: | | + Unknown (N7libebml8EbmlVoidE)
mkv debug: | - cues at 8136235
mkv debug: | + Cues
mkv debug: | - loading cues done.
mkv debug: | + Preload Unknown (N7libebml8EbmlVoidE)
mkv debug: | + Information
mkv debug: | | + Muxing Application=libebml v0.4.4 + libmatroska v0.4.4
mkv debug: | | + Writing Application=mkvmerge v0.5.0
mkv debug: | | + Duration=58183
mkv debug: | | + Unknown (N11libmatroska10KaxDateUTCE)
mkv debug: | | + UID=-1708974614
mkv debug: | + Tracks
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=1
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=41
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=video
mkv debug: | | | + Track MinCache=1
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=V_MS/VFW/FOURCC
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=40
mkv debug: | | | + Track MaxCache=1
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default Duration=41708299
mkv debug: | | | + Track Video
mkv debug: | | | | + width=640
mkv debug: | | | | + height=480
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=2
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=18467
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=audio
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=A_VORBIS
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=3910
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`jpn'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Audio
mkv debug: | | | | + afreq=48000
mkv debug: | | | | + achan=2
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=3
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=4827
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1505
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=4
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=26500
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`dut'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=5
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=19169
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=6
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=15724
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`fin'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=7
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=11478
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`fre'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=8
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=29358
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`ger'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=9
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=26962
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1263
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`heb'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=10
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=24464
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`hun'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=11
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=5705
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`ita'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=12
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=28145
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1357
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`jpn'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=13
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=23281
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
mkv debug: | | | + Track Default=0
mkv debug: | | | + Track Language=`nor'
mkv debug: | | | + Track Lacing=0
mkv debug: | | + Track Entry
mkv debug: | | | + Track Number=14
mkv debug: | | | + Track UID=16827
mkv debug: | | | + Track Type=subtitle
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecId=S_SSA
mkv debug: | | | + Track CodecPrivate size=1160
message warning: message queue overflowed
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 3360512 )
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 963.000 ms - Total 963.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 963.000 ms)
main debug: thread 5284 (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:217)
main debug: thread started
main debug: looking for decoder module: 35 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "vorbis"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: thread 5312 (decoder) created at priority 2 (input/decoder.c:217)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 35 candidates
main debug: thread started
main debug: using decoder module "libass"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 4.000 ms - Total 4.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.000 ms)
main debug: thread 5348 (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:217)
main debug: idx1=-1(nl) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(en) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(fi) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(fr) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(de) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(he) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(hu) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(it) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(ja) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(no) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(pl) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(pt) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(ru) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(es) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: idx1=-1(sv) idx2=-1(en)
main debug: `C:\Users\Jaakko\Downloads\mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv' successfully opened
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1103
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 3
vorbis debug: headers already available as extra data
vorbis debug: channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:112001
main debug: no usable vout present, spawning one
main debug: thread started
main debug: window size: 640x480
main debug: looking for video output module: 6 candidates
main debug: no aout present, spawning one
main debug: looking for audio output module: 3 candidates
main debug: control type=1
aout_directx debug: OpenAudio
direct3d debug: creating Vout EventThread
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
main debug: thread started
direct3d debug: DirectXCreateWindow
main debug: looking for vout window module: 2 candidates
qt4 debug: waiting for interface...
qt4 debug: requesting window...
qt4 debug: Video was requested -1, -1
qt4 debug: Video is resizing to: 640 480
main debug: using vout window module "qt4"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
direct3d debug: created video sub-window
main debug: thread 5576 (Vout Events Thread) created at priority 0 (direct3d.c:206)
direct3d debug: Vout EventThread running
direct3d debug: disabling screen saver
main debug: using video output module "direct3d"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 493.000 ms - Total 493.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 493.000 ms)
main debug: waiting for thread initialization
aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver
aout_directx debug: found device: Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio (Vista))
aout_directx debug: found device: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio (Vista))
aout_directx debug: found device: Digital Output Device (HDMI) (2- High Definition Audio Device)
main debug: thread started
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!)
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels
aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel
aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
main debug: thread 5716 (DirectSound Notification Thread) created at priority 15 (directx.c:392)
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 517.000 ms - Total 517.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 517.000 ms)
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: thread started
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "converter_float"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 333.000 ms - Total 333.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 333.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 3 candidates
main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 18.000 ms - Total 18.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 18.000 ms)
main debug: input 'fl32' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'fl32'->'fl32' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 24 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "bandlimited_resampler"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: found a filter for the whole conversion
main warning: PTS is out of range (569000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (526000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (504667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (484000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (462667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (442000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (420667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (399000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (377667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (366000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (354000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (351334), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (330000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (308667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (287000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (266667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (245000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (223667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (203000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (181667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (160000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (138667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (117000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (96667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (76000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (54667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (33000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (11667), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-10000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-31333), dropping buffer
direct3d debug: Direct3D device adapter successfully initialized
direct3d debug: selected surface pixel format is YUY2
direct3d debug: 1 Direct3D pictures created successfully
direct3d debug: Direct3D scene created successfully
main debug: got 1 direct buffer(s)
main debug: picture in 640x480 (0,0,640x480), chroma I420, ar 4:3, sar 1:1
main debug: picture user 640x480 (0,0,640x480), chroma I420, ar 4:3, sar 1:1
main debug: picture out 640x480 (0,0,640x480), chroma YUY2, ar 4:3, sar 1:1
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 19 candidates
swscale debug: 640x480 chroma: I420 -> 640x480 chroma: YUY2 with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale"
main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 78.000 ms - Total 78.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 78.000 ms)
main debug: indirect render, mapping render pictures 0-7 to system pictures 1-8
main debug: thread 5616 (video output) created at priority 1 (video_output/video_output.c:504)
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1109
main warning: late picture skipped (683000)
main warning: late picture skipped (641000)
main warning: late picture skipped (600000)
main warning: late picture skipped (558000)
main debug: audio output is too slow (41000), trashing 50000us
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (41000)
main warning: buffer is 40666 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: resampling stopped after 8302000 usec (drift: 2917)
mkv warning: find KaxCues FIXME
mkv warning: cannot get block EOF?
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) stopped
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m58.205259s, kernel 0m0.046875s, user 0m0.546875s
main debug: thread 5284 joined (input/decoder.c:248)
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `XVID', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "swscale"
direct3d debug: Direct3D scene released successfully
direct3d debug: 1 Direct3D pictures released.
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m57.716032s, kernel 0m0.046875s, user 0m2.812500s
main debug: thread 5616 joined (video_output/video_output.c:536)
direct3d debug: DirectXEventThread terminating
direct3d debug: DirectXCloseWindow
direct3d debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY
qt4 debug: Video is not needed anymore
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: removing module "qt4"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m57.734586s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 5576 joined (direct3d.c:284)
main debug: removing module "direct3d"
main debug: removing module "vorbis"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m58.221859s, kernel 0m0.046875s, user 0m0.265625s
main debug: thread 5312 joined (input/decoder.c:248)
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `vorb', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: removing module "bandlimited_resampler"
aout_directx debug: closing audio device
qt4 debug: New Event: type 1109
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread exiting
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m57.699432s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 5716 joined (directx.c:664)
main debug: removing module "aout_directx"
main debug: removing module "converter_float"
main debug: removing module "float32_mixer"
main debug: removing module "libass"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m58.274590s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 5348 joined (input/decoder.c:248)
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `ssa ', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: finished input
main debug: dying input
qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 8
main debug: dying input
main debug: dying input
main debug: dying input
main debug: thread ended
main debug: thread times: real 0m59.444437s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 5252 joined (mkv.cpp:2735)
mkv debug: Stopping the UI Hook
main debug: removing module "mkv"
main debug: removing module "access_file"
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m59.629972s, kernel 0m0.031250s, user 0m0.015625s
main debug: thread 5184 joined (playlist/engine.c:244)
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv' : 1157.000 ms - Total 1157.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1157.000 ms)
main debug: starting new item
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play

I also have the same problem...
Windows XP SP3
Vlc 0.9.2

Avi files with ssa subs.

Vlc 0.8.6h displays it....

If you need more information, please feel free to contact me.

Libass seems to be called, but not much info... Sample ?

There is a link to one file in the first post. Page which link points to includes one sample mkv file which does not show any texts for me when played in VLC. It works perfectly in Mediaplayer Classic though.

EDIT: I am using Vista 64-bit + SP1. VLC works perfectly except for SSA subs.

I have the same problem in Windows 2003 SP2 Vlc 0.9.8

All Avi files / SSA

Thanks!

Try 1.0.0, it should have much better subtitle support.