Windows doesn't recognize Chinese Subs on a DVD...

[magomago]

Is there anything special needed? It doesn't even think that there are subtitles on the DVD. THis is with MPC and WMP. But I pop it in a stand alone dvd player and it works fine. Any ideas?

 

[magomago]

I ended up trying GOM player as well. No cigar. This is XP btw.


Ended up installing Ubuntu again after a LOOONG hiatus. Works fine out of the box. Go figure.

 

[0roo0roo]

vlc?

 

[Sam25]

This might be of help:

http://www.videohelp.com/forum...inese-sub-t279342.html

 

[akugami]

Windows XP and Vista should display the fonts just fine. You might need to go into the Regional and Language Options Control Panel to install Chinese fonts. These fonts/language packs are not installed by default.

I always install them on my own system whenever I re-install a new OS so I have never run into this particular issue with subtitles. You might need your original OS install disc to install the fonts which can be a problem if you bought something like a Dell and they didn't include an OS disc, merely a recovery disc.

If you are typing Chinese, you'd need to install these language packs to enable Pinyin typing within Windows without any added software. If you type in Wubi, you'll need to download 3rd party software.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: akugami
Windows XP and Vista should display the fonts just fine. You might need to go into the Regional and Language Options Control Panel to install Chinese fonts. These fonts/language packs are not installed by default.

I always install them on my own system whenever I re-install a new OS so I have never run into this particular issue with subtitles. You might need your original OS install disc to install the fonts which can be a problem if you bought something like a Dell and they didn't include an OS disc, merely a recovery disc.

If you are typing Chinese, you'd need to install these language packs to enable Pinyin typing within Windows without any added software. If you type in Wubi, you'll need to download 3rd party software.

Not quite my question. There is a misunderstanding for sure because another poster mentioned it and gave a link about it.

I have no issues with typing it. Never said I couldn't type. I installed support for east asian fonts and right to left alphabets loooong ago.

My subtitles, when they appear, are fine. I don't have an issue where they display something like "2!51!@#$" instead of the character. I'm not playing off of a ripped DVD or anything. I have a legit DVD that goes in the DVD drive.

The issue is that the players I'm using in Windows all to think there is no subtitle track.
I'll try VLC later because I really want to figure it out (although for now its resolved by using Ubuntu) but WMP, GOM, and MPC ALL think that the DVD has no subtitles on the disc.
But like I said, this isn't true - the DVD player and Ubuntu will load up the subtitles in Chinese without an issue.

 

[akugami]

Originally posted by: magomago
The issue is that the players I'm using in Windows all to think there is no subtitle track.
I'll try VLC later because I really want to figure it out (although for now its resolved by using Ubuntu) but WMP, GOM, and MPC ALL think that the DVD has no subtitles on the disc.
But like I said, this isn't true - the DVD player and Ubuntu will load up the subtitles in Chinese without an issue.

I use PowerDVD for DVD's (and Blu-Rays) and WMP or VLC for the rest so I've never run into your particular problem. I've never had PowerDVD not display Chinese subs. I find that a dedicated software DVD player is usually less hassle than something like WMP, VLC, etc., though a media player like VLC is superior for playing stuff like MKV's and DivX files.

If you bought a retail box DVD ROM/Burner, it usually includes WinDVD or PowerDVD.

 

[Pretty Cool]

I have run into this before when a DVD has multiple subtitles or language choices. Usually, media players will just play the default which might be no subtitles. Of course if the subtitle is hard-coded in the video, I would expect it to show on any player. What I had to do was try multiple media players. Sometimes players say they support subtitles, but they usually mean .srt files which are most likely 3rd party warez or fansubs. Not sure exactly which players worked, but it might have been VLC and/or BakadoPlayer and/or SMPlayer.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: akugami
Windows XP and Vista should display the fonts just fine. You might need to go into the Regional and Language Options Control Panel to install Chinese fonts. These fonts/language packs are not installed by default.

I always install them on my own system whenever I re-install a new OS so I have never run into this particular issue with subtitles. You might need your original OS install disc to install the fonts which can be a problem if you bought something like a Dell and they didn't include an OS disc, merely a recovery disc.

If you are typing Chinese, you'd need to install these language packs to enable Pinyin typing within Windows without any added software. If you type in Wubi, you'll need to download 3rd party software.

pretty sure its more simplistic than that. dvds use a buncha bitmaps for subs i believe. theres no intelligence in the player.
perhaps wmp is trying to be too clever, i dunno. normally subs should play no matter what.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: akugami
Windows XP and Vista should display the fonts just fine. You might need to go into the Regional and Language Options Control Panel to install Chinese fonts. These fonts/language packs are not installed by default.

I always install them on my own system whenever I re-install a new OS so I have never run into this particular issue with subtitles. You might need your original OS install disc to install the fonts which can be a problem if you bought something like a Dell and they didn't include an OS disc, merely a recovery disc.

If you are typing Chinese, you'd need to install these language packs to enable Pinyin typing within Windows without any added software. If you type in Wubi, you'll need to download 3rd party software.

pretty sure its more simplistic than that. dvds use a buncha bitmaps for subs i believe. theres no intelligence in the player.
perhaps wmp is trying to be too clever, i dunno. normally subs should play no matter what.

Yup...they are bitmaps. I'll try VLC later to see what it does, but vlc in linux, along with the default 'movie player' (forgot the package that it was built off of...totem?) handle it without a hiccup.