How to Solve the Issue of VLC not Showing Subtitles Easily

Subtitles are helpful for persons watching videos in their non-native language. And most of us are used to having subtitles when watching movies and TV shows, but sometimes we encounter VLC not showing subtitles when playing with VLC media players. In this case, first of all, confirm whether your video file has built-in subtitles or another separate subtitle file, and then follow the corresponding method below.

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If VLC not showing subtitles contained in a video, then it is likely that VLC's subtitle function option is not enabled by default, which can be solved by the following method.

Step 1. In order to solve the issue of subtitles not working in VLC, first of all, open the VLC player, click Tools > Preferences on the menu bar, or directly press the shortcut key Ctrl+P.

Step 2. Click on Subtitles/OSD Tab and check the Enable subtitles option.

Step 3. Click Save to save the settings, restart VLC to play the video should be able to solve VLC subtitles not working. If not, go to the next step.

Step 4. During the video playback, click Subtitle > Sub Track on the menu bar. If it is the default Disable, then select the built-in subtitle you need.

If the video is played along with a separate subtitle file, such as .srt, .ass, .ssa, .sub, etc., but VLC subtitles not working. This is because VLC usually reads subtitle files in the same folder as the video with the same name. There are two ways to solve VLC subtitles not showing issue:

Method 1. Place the video file and subtitle file in the same folder and keep the names consistent.

Method 2. While playing the video, click Subtitle > Add Subtitle File on the VLC menu bar, select your subtitle file and add subtitles to VLC.