Perhaps VLC could by default start playing without having discovered whether subtitles exist? That wouldn't eliminate the problem, but it would be experienced by a much smaller group of people, and the problem would go from "video doesn't play" to "sometimes subtitles take a while to start", which would be lower impact.
Perhaps VLC could by default start playing without having discovered whether subtitles exist? That wouldn't eliminate the problem, but it would be experienced by a much smaller group of people, and the problem would go from "video doesn't play" to "sometimes subtitles take a while to start", which would be lower impact.