Any way to make VLC load srt files in the same directory automatically? (When they don't have the same name)

Question

Is there any way to make VLC automatically load srt files in the same directory of the file playing? (When they don't have the same name)

Just wondering, would make my life a bit easier.

**I use Linux [Lubuntu 14.04] and Windows 8.1, would like a solution for one or both.

Solution

In VLC do the following

Tools » Preferences » Show settings: All
Tools » Preferences » Video » Subtitles / OSD » Subtitle autodetection fuzziness: 1

1 means any subtitle will be loaded

^{Version 2.3.1.4 on Windows 7}

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I don't know for sure but I believe the Linux version offers the same option

Subtitle fuzziness numbers:

• 0 = no subtitles autodetected
• 1 = any subtitle file
• 2 = any subtitle file containing the movie name
• 3 = subtitle file matching the movie name with additional chars
• 4 = subtitle file matching the movie name exactly

Comments

[nixda]

FWIW: The Windows version of SMPlayer has the same subtitle options