I have exactly thesame problem with subtitles in XBMP 2.3, only I use VOBSUB subtitles, so there is a .idx and a .sub.
Can anyone help me with the problem, there allready is a ttf file in the media dir, so it should work...
Also there isn't any menu which gives u a choice for the language of the Subtitles, there is one, only that option is prolly for DVD's,
please some help

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