problem playing movies

[Jo-Anne]

I've just started playing movies on my two-year-old Dell laptop, which runs
WinXP. The computer came with Cyberlink's PowerDVD, which I updated right
away. The first movie I started to play is showing close-captioning, even
though I have it turned off. Is this likely an issue with the movie itself
or with the software? If the latter, is there better software I can install?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

 

[John Inzer]

I've just started playing movies on my two-year-old Dell laptop,
which runs WinXP. The computer came with Cyberlink's PowerDVD, which
I updated right away. The first movie I started to play is showing
close-captioning, even though I have it turned off. Is this likely an
issue with the movie itself or with the software? If the latter, is
there better software I can install?
Thank you!

Jo-Anne

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Cyberlink PowerDVD is a good program...
the following freeware may be worth a try also:

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

In VLC...the following steps should disable subtitles:
Tools / Preferences / Show Settings / All /
Expand...Video / Subtitles/OSD...
Uncheck...Autodetect subtitle files / Save...

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Jo-Anne]

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Cyberlink PowerDVD is a good program...
the following freeware may be worth a try also:

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

In VLC...the following steps should disable subtitles:
Tools / Preferences / Show Settings / All /
Expand...Video / Subtitles/OSD...
Uncheck...Autodetect subtitle files / Save...

--

J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.

Jo-Anne

 

[John Inzer]

Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.

Jo-Anne

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OK...I hope it works for you.


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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Jo-Anne]

So far, so good, John. Thanks to your instructions, VLC is showing the movie
without the close captioning. One more question: How do I get VLC to be the
program that opens the DVD file? Right now, when I close the DVD drawer,
PowerDVD automatically opens the file. I then have to close that program and
open VLC.

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

 

[Donald Anadell]

So far, so good, John. Thanks to your instructions, VLC is showing the
movie without the close captioning. One more question: How do I get VLC to
be the program that opens the DVD file? Right now, when I close the DVD
drawer, PowerDVD automatically opens the file. I then have to close that
program and open VLC.

I don't use the VLC Player myself so I can't varify if the following
instructions work:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=4709&highlight=dvd+registry

Good luck,

Donald Anadell

 

[Jo-Anne]

Thank you, Donald! I had no idea it would be so complex to do this. (I hate
dealing with the registry.) I'll give it a try later, when I've built myself
up to it...

Jo-Anne