VLC 3.0.2 is not supporting .txt subtitles.

[Mastha]

Any idea why? Is this intended? There was .txt support before this update.

[Lotesdelere]

TXT subtitles are still working but they are not automatically loaded anymore:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=144067

[Mastha]

Hm, I can't even load them manualy :/

[pitt66]

yes, I can confirm that for 3.0.4 (Mac and Windows). I guess I had that for earlier versions too. No automatic load of .txt, manual load doesn't work either. A workaround is to rename .txt to .srt. I think it is a bug.

BTW, if automatic loading of .txt is was turned off intentionally then I ask why? Why not have it as a fallback? In certain countries .txt is very common, VLC will loose audience this way.

[mederi]

Try to report this issue at https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/
VLC could preserve the support for txt subtitles. Probably it is not a special subtitle format. Is it just the wrong filename extension for SubRip srt or MicroDVD sub subtitle format? I had some experience with the txt subtitles in the past. I think the idea of txt filename extension came from Poland within a media player used in that area. Txt subtitles are still supported by hardware media players (set-top box, tv, ...). Users could already have burned txt subtitles on their cds/dvds so if old VLC versions can play them automatically, new VLC should play them, too. Now they can be loaded only manually (not drag&drop, but VLC menu: Subtitles > Add Subtitle File...).

[mederi]

The related ticket: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/21462
The support for automatic loading of txt subtitles has been dropped in VLC 3.
Please try following VLC Extensions during playback of a video: https://addons.videolan.org/p/1276669/
Please let me know whether the extensions work for you and which one is better. Check VLC logs in case of any troubles.

[mederi]

It seems that txt stands for TMPlayer subtitle format: https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/TMPlayer