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Hi, I'm having some problems with subtitles in VLC's latest version while watching mkv files.

The thing is, the next subtitle starts displaying before the previous one disappears, causing them to overlap

I tried changing the text subtitle's delay to a negative value (-20), wich more or less solves this problem, but sometimes subtitles still overlap.

what could the problem be?

The subtitles play well in other media players, so I know it's not the subtitles problem.

thanks in advance

I have the same problem. When I use bsplayer the subtitles are displayed correct. When I use VLC they are on top of each other.
I'm using vlc media player 0.8.5-test3.

im having similar problems also

I had this problem too, try extracting the subtitle from the mkv file with an app called 'mkvextract' (you should find plenty of info on google).
Then select the extracted subtitle in VLC, if it still doesn't work search the forums for the new problem.