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]

Jo-Anne wrote:
> 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
================================
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]

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
news:uT8ueFEsKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> 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
> ================================
> 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]

Jo-Anne wrote:
> Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.
>
> Jo-Anne
==========================================
OK...I hope it works for you.


--

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

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
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> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.
>>
>> Jo-Anne
> ==========================================
> OK...I hope it works for you.
>
>
> --
>
> 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
>

 

[Donald Anadell]

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%23e88kyMsKHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> 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



>
> Thank you again!
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
> newsr8x$xJsKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>> Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>> ==========================================
>> OK...I hope it works for you.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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]

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

"Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
news:u$pEzTXsKHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%23e88kyMsKHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> So far, so good, John. Thanks to your instructions, VLC is showing the
>> movie without the close captioning. One more question: How do I get VLC
>> to be the program that opens the DVD file? Right now, when I close the
>> DVD drawer, PowerDVD automatically opens the file. I then have to close
>> that program and open VLC.
>
> I don't use the VLC Player myself so I can't varify if the following
> instructions work:
> http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=4709&highlight=dvd+registry
>
> Good luck,
>
> Donald Anadell
>
>
>
>>
>> Thank you again!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.zyx> wrote in message
>> newsr8x$xJsKHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>>> Thank you, John! I'll check out VLC and will report back.
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>> ==========================================
>>> OK...I hope it works for you.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>