No subtitles in Chromecast (VLC 3.0)

[jangozo]

Hi,

I see the tick in Subtitles -> Subtitle Track -> Track 1 .. but they're not getting visualised on the TV. I set the encoding to UTF-8 to be more general and the subtitles are in English but still nothing shows up. I see the subtitles just fine when I switch from Chromecast to No renderer and the video displays on my laptop screen.

Video file: .mkv
Subtitles file: .srt
Version: 3.0.0 Vetinari (Intel 64bit)

Thanks,
Vladimir

[philipbuc]

Hi, using VLC 3.0 on MAC and have same problem, no Subtitles on my tv with Google cast

[InTheWings]

As by design.
NO SUPPORT for now;

[Tygrin]

Will we see it on the next update ?

[Dekans]

Subtitles are WIP, we don't have any ETA, but probably for 3.1.

[gkhp81]

fun facts fyki:
- since around 2.5 (android) (maybe earlier but that is when I noticed) there was actually a well working Chromecast (CC) "support" as a hidden feature(?) - when using screen mirroring VLC would go black and only CC was playing the movie - all this without issues! I loved it and I kinda knew the official support cant really bring more as CC won't be able to decode everything so you won't really be able to turn off the device all the time
- now 3.0 is there and when I started using the CC button in app:
--> sometimes aspect ratio is messed and I can't change (I use a non-standard resolution tab (more than FHD but less than 4k)) and a FHD TV
--> subtitles won't display
--> at one time it just dropped the audio (this only happened once, could have been CC issue too)
--> of course you can't turn off the display (? though I did not test this too much, I can live with turned on but "blackened" deviced)

Solution for all these problems:
still use screen mirroring When movie starts, cast from the device. VLC will notice (like it did since 2.5(.6?) (or earlier)) and will cast the content instead of being mirrored! subs display, aspect ratio OK. I do and I did experience occasional lags since the beginning and now but nothing disturbing...

Wouldn't it work with 3.0, or would you have other issues, try some of the earlier builds from the archive!

Hope this info helps some...

Either way, VLC is still the best!
a silent user using VLC for ages

[Dekans]

Mirroring should work as well in 3.0 than in 2.5.

But yes, it's still a great fallback while in-app support is not good enough.

[longbikez]

I also have the no subtitles problem when chromecasting to my TV. Win 10 pc, MKV file, Subs are fine on the pc display. We are waiting for a fix?
Thanks,

[unidan]

I also have the no subtitles problem when chromecasting to my TV. Win 10 pc, MKV file, Subs are fine on the pc display. We are waiting for a fix?
Thanks,

More a feature than a fix in fact.

[longbikez]

Just for now try Airflow, it casts the subs from mkv video to the TV fine for me, Win 10 64bit required.