Philips and Sony subtitle issues

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Hi there,

I have a big trouble to set up my devices to work with external SRT subtitles or any other type like SSA, SUB, TXT, etc...

This is my case scenario:

I downloaded today the latest Mezzmo (v3.4.2.0) trial version and installed on my Windows XP machine (Intel E6420 2.10GHz, 2x 1Gb DDR3 Kingston Hyper-X), this is my stand alone DLNA Media Server.

I have brand new PHILIPS 40PFL3208H/12 Smart TV "detected as Pioneer BDP" and SONY BDP-S370 Blu-ray Player "properly detected" configured over local network.

So, I have tried to load external subtitles for AVI, MP4 and MKV files, but without no luck (video played nice on both device, but no subtitles shown).

Please explain me "easiest way" how to make it possible, because I'm struggling with this issue about 4 days now and I will smash all my devices into little pieces.

Kind regards,
Viktor

p.s. All devices are updated with latest manufacturer firmwares.