IPadOS VLC & the ‘Open Subtitles’ download feature

[Bazaalad007]

Hi,

I recently reset my ipad & thus reinstalled VLC. When I used it today I noticed that subtitles section in the video playing toolbar menu- there was no-longer any option to download from ‘open subtitles’ within the subtitles’ ‘download subtitles’ menu area. In fact, the ‘download subtitles’ feature didn’t seem to work at all & I tested it with some very common movie & tv title examples, each of which, should have easily gained many positive results. The only subtitles feature that worked for me was the ‘load external subtitles’, which of course is a fantastic feature but I just miss the ‘download from open subtitles’ feature, as it was so handy, it was great .

∴ my question is this:

1. Does VLC iiPadOS no-longer have a in-built tool for downloading subtitles from ‘open subtitles’?
2. If it still does have this feature, how do I go about enabling it?

Thank you in advance for any support,
I’d be most grateful.
Kind regards,

[fkuehne]

There is nothing to be enabled. It should work right-away, however, sometimes there are load balancing issues that prevent it from working. Usually, trying again later helps.

[Bazaalad007]

Thanks so much for your reply and assistance.

I’ve tried many many times and finally I was successful. I think what confused me somewhat was that the download subtitles’ feature no-longer expressly states it’s using ‘open subtitles’ like it did previously. I kept waiting for this title to appear and thought because it wasn’t I must have a bug. But that wasn’t the case. Just like you said, as long as I was patient and tried again a few times, it would work.

So thank you very much for your feedback. I’m most grateful

[fkuehne]

Nice to hear that it is working for you. Yes, we removed the branding as it didn't look good on small screens as the label text was too long.