FireStick VLC External player SRT files

[Kpoch]

Im trying to play a file with external SUBS.

I’m having trouble with external subtitles. When I use the internal Jellyfin player, everything works fine and the subtitles load correctly.

However, when I switch to VLC as the external player on a Firestick 4K, the video plays normally but the SRT subtitles don’t load, even though the file is properly named and matches the video file.

Has anyone run into this before? Is there a workaround or setting I might be missing to get external subs working on VLC through Jellyfin?

Thanks in advance.

Jellyfin version - 10.10.7
Windows 11 Pro Sep 2025 update