Adding Subtitles To Windows Media Player Classic
Notes. If captions and subtitles appear even though you have not turned them on in the Player, verify that the sounds accessibility feature of Windows is not turned on.
Windows 7
When playing a Windows Media file or DVD that contains captions or subtitles, you can show the information in Windows Media Player.
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player.
If the Player is currently open and you re in Now Playing mode, click the Switch to Library button in the upper-right corner of the Player.
Click the Play menu, point to Lyrics, Captions, and Subtitles, and then click On if Available.
If the Play menu isn t visible, you ll need to show the menu bar. To do so, click Organize, point to Layout, and then select Show menu bar.
Begin playing a file or DVD that contains captions or subtitles. Subtitles appear on top of DVD videos, while captions appear below the video portion of Windows Media Video WMV files.
For more information about playing a video file, see Play an audio or video file. For more information about playing a DVD, see Play a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player.
Notes
If you re playing a Windows Media file or DVD that has captions or subtitles in a different language, you can change the language in which the captions or subtitles are displayed. For more information about changing the language in captions or subtitles, see Windows Media Player language settings: frequently asked questions.
The performance of the Player might degrade when showing subtitles or captions on computers that have limited video memory.
Windows Vista
If the Play menu is not visible, show the Classic Menus.
Begin playing a file or DVD that contains captions or subtitles, and then click Now Playing. Subtitles appear on top of DVD videos, while captions appear below the video portion of Windows Media Video WMV files.
If captions and subtitles appear even though you have not turned them on in the Player, verify that the sounds accessibility feature of Windows is not turned on.
If you are playing a Windows Media file or DVD that has captions or subtitles in a different language, you can change the language in which the captions or subtitles are displayed. For more information, see Windows Media Player language settings: frequently asked questions.
The performance of the Player may degrade when showing subtitles or captions on computers that have limited video memory.
Download Media Player Classic onto your system. Double-click the mplayerc_20081210.zip file to display its contents. Double-click the Mplayerc.exe.
Whether if you are watching a movie video in a language that you do not know, or if you just prefer to read subtitles instead of bringing up the volume of the movie.
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In this guide we will teach you how to use the excellent freeware program Media Player Classic to find and add subtitles to your video files that may need them.
Media Player Classic MPC is a compact media player for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows. MPC mimics the look and feel of the old, lightweight Windows Media.
