How to disable subtitles by default (but keep them available)?
- Browse to the menu Tools / Preferences / (Show settings: All) / Input/Codecs
- Then set 'Subtitles Track ID' to 0
per http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=62294
I know this is kind of an old thread, but if someone else is looking for the answer, I found an easier way.
In the simple settings menu, go to "Subtitles/OSD" and under "Preferred Subtitle Language," enter none. Subtitles will no longer be displayed unless you ask for them! This works in VLC 2.2.1 and 2.2.4 (windows 7 and 10 respectively) for sure, and probably others too, but I have not tested it beyond those two.
Hey VLC guys, how about just making the default none, so we don't have to do this? Pretty please??
Setting it to 0 doesn't always work. It works about 50% of the time. I set mine to 99 which seems to work better ;-)