VLC Player 2.0.6 released....subtitles working great!

[animal]

I downloaded and tested the new VLC player and tested it with MakeMKV files and it handles subtitles much better than previous versions...the player defaults to the correct subtitle stream with the forced subs...I used the header editor in MKVtoolkit and adjusted the settings on the 3 Sub streams and VLC plays them correctly. For example, I ripped 3 english subs and marked the second one in MKVtoolkit as "default" and "forced" and VLC player opens and plays the second stream with forced sub as default. In the past I always had to manually select the subtitle stream... Looks like my subtitle problems are gone!

[Chetwood]

This has been going on for a while, with 2.x at least. However, it's still not perfect cause you got to flag a sub as forced AND default for it to be played back automatically. Forced should be enough to turn on the sub automatically.

[animal]

Yea, you are absolutely correct, I had to mark the FORCED Stream as forced and default and it worked like a charm.

[Romansh]

Just setting the track as default is enough for me (VLC will select it before playback without my intervention).

[Chetwood]

Yep, I wasn't specific:

default set: on
default+forced set: on
forced set: off.