Subtitle drag 'n drop for VLC stopped working

[shaffyx]

So I wasn't really sure which category to put this in. A few months ago, I was able to drag a subtitle file onto VLC while a video was playing, instead of right-clicking and adding a subtitle file manually. But it stopped working for some reason. Now, every time I would try to drag a subtitle file onto VLC, it would give me this icon:

My Windows is updated (Windows 10, 64-bit), and VLC is updated to the latest version, too. I tried reinstalling numerous times and have tried older versions of VLC, but result stays the same.

 

[jojesa]

Do subtitles appear if instead of dragging, you open the subtitle file while playing the video?

I never tried dragging the file.
What I do is rename the subtitle file the same name as the video file and place it in the same folder as the movie.
That way subtitles automatically appear when I play the video.

 

[shaffyx]

Do subtitles appear if instead of dragging, you open the subtitle file while playing the video?

I never tried dragging the file.
What I do is rename the subtitle file the same name as the video file and place it in the same folder as the movie.
That way subtitles automatically appear when I play the video.

I ended up going through most of the older versions of VLC, and I found out that version 2.8 works with the drag and drop feature. I'm not really sure why it doesn't work on the updated versions, but I guess I'll just use that one for now.

 

[jojesa]

Do subtitles appear if instead of dragging, you open the subtitle file while playing the video?

I never tried dragging the file.
What I do is rename the subtitle file the same name as the video file and place it in the same folder as the movie.
That way subtitles automatically appear when I play the video.

I ended up going through most of the older versions of VLC, and I found out that version 2.8 works with the drag and drop feature. I'm not really sure why it doesn't work on the updated versions, but I guess I'll just use that one for now.

They might have removed the feature.