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I have a small Ubuntu Linux NAS server at home (HP ThinPC) that stores all my media files. I can reach them in LAN via SMB/NFS or over internet via FTP or HTTP (lighttpd server).

In XBMC I added all three SMB, FTP and HTTP sources. With SMB and FTP when I play a video he will automatically also load SRT subtitle file that has the same name as video file. But when I start a video file over HTTP source he will not load SRT file at all. If I am not home and wish to play a video over 4G or WiFi connection on my tablet (Galaxy Note 10.1 with Android 4.1.2 running XMBC 13) I would prefer HTTP streaming as it is much faster then FTP but problem I am having is it not loading subtitles.

It is not possible for XBMC to also load subtitles over HTTP or problem is somewhere else? Maybe because I am using lighttpd? It is a light HTTP server and I would prefer it over Apache.

Thank you for answers.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think this works if you set up your HTTP server as a webdav server. I could be wrong, though.

That could be the problem. I am using lighttpd as HTTP server and not Apache. All the tutorials on how to setup WebDAV require Apache installation first. Anything else I can try?

Off hand, I'm not sure.

Anyone suggests a different option to stream files from my small PC at home over internet? I need a way for it to also show subtitles that have same name as media file. HTTP streaming should be the best but subtitles just do not show.

I think if figured it out. Lighttpd also has a WebDAV module. So I enabled it and set up path for the files. Then I added source like this: dav://user:password@HOST.com/library/. I can see all the files fine over internet and XBMC when streaming also shows subtitles. So I would consider this a bug in XBMC. With FTP and WebDAV he correctly also finds the srt files but over HTTP he doesn't.

Can this be escalated to official bug report? I am using latest XBMC 13 build for Android on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.

It's not really a bug since I don't think it's something enabled in the plain HTTP protocol (as far as XBMC goes). Is WebDAV not usable for your situation?

Yes it is now. I will be using it from now on. It is working great.