I am also experiencing this problem. I have tried the ppa given by Hew and the text still doesn't display. This is with a ttf thai font set with the ass file in UTF-8 encoding.
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- ssa/ass subtitles are read, but shown in the console and not in the main window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs