problem playing movies

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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
 
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
 
"John Inzer" wrote in message

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> 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
 
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
 
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" 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

>
 
"Jo-Anne" wrote in message

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> 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" wrote in message

> news:Or8x$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

>>

>

>
 
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" wrote in message

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>

> "Jo-Anne" 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" wrote in message

>> news:Or8x$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

>>>

>>

>>

>

>
 
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