Windows Media Player continues to maintain its widespread popularity among users from all over the world. There is no doubt that it has an impressive user-friendly platform feature, so people are always curious to do adventurous things about it. You can use Windows Media Player to rip your CDs to the hard drive of your computer, use Windows Media Player to burn CDs or DVDs, and synchronise files to a portable device like an MP3 player. The Windows Media Player Media Guide has advanced features such as the ability to build and synchronise playlists with external devices, including an interface for free media downloads and online media purchases. Windows Media Player is a full-featured player that can play audio CDs, audio files, DVDs, and videos directly from the internet, and can play certain
Ability to the Media Guide is included with later versions of Windows Media Player, you can use the Media Guide to browse music, movies, TV, and Internet radio websites, it's free for anyone running Windows, and it's the greatest.
The following article will help you to understand the trick used by Window Media Player to add subtitles to video clips. For the Windows Media player, the following instructions apply. The steps to be followed depend on the installed version of the player. After you have made the selections described above, you may need to close the Windows Media Player and restart it for the changes to take effect.
The two main steps to add subtitles on windows media player:
2.Install a third party codec called Advanced Codecs.
How to download and install windows media player
If you can't see Windows Media Player 12 in your list of programmes, don't worry. The default media player on Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 used to be Windows Player. With Windows 10, things changed when it became an optional feature.
Now you need to download and update Windows Media Player if your version of Windows 10 doesn't have it. Microsoft Support has a list of versions of WMP that will help you find the correct version of your system's Player.
Step -1: The Media Feature Pack needs to be downloaded from Microsoft's official website.
Step-2: First, use the drop-down to pick your language, then press Download. You then need to pick which version of the file to import. This depends on which version you are running.
Step-3: Press Windows key + R, input dxdiag, and then select OK to figure this out. This will open up the Diagnostic Tool for DirectX. Look at the Operating System line and check if it reads 32 or 64-bit
Step-4: If you run 32-bit then click on download but if you run 64-bit , follow process
Pick the other file if you're running 64-bit. Tap Next until it has been ticked. Your browser should then prompt you to open the Standalone Installer with Windows Update (default). When you have selected this, click OK to start the installation.
Follow the wizard and the update will be installed as well.
In addition to installing Windows Media Player, other software such as Skype, Voice Recorder and Groove Music will also be installed. You can find a complete list of the additional features on the Microsoft support page.
Windows Media Player 8
When the player window opens, the captions are triggered by:
Step-1: Choosing “View” from the menu bar,
Step-2: Select the “Now Play Tools” option,
Step-3: Select the sub choice "Captions".
Note: Closing the Windows Media Player and restarting it might be required for the changes to take effect.
Windows Media Player 9
As few of the Skins support closed captions, the WMV Player must be in "Full Mode" (select Control+F1) rather than "Skins Mode". When the player window opens, the captions are triggered by:
Step-1: From the menu bar, pick 'Play' (keyboard equivalent: Alt+P),
Step-2: Select "Captions and Subtitles" from the drop-down menu.
Step-3: Select the 'English Captions' choice.
Note: Closing the Windows Media Player and restarting it might be required for the changes to take effect.
Windows Media Player 10
As few of the Skins support closed captions, the WMV Player must be in "Full Mode" (select Control+F1) rather than "Skins Mode". When the player window opens, the captions are triggered by:
Step-1: Select “tools” from the menu bar (keyboard equivalent: Alt+T),
Step-2: Choose "Options"
Step-3: Select the tab 'Security'
Step-4: Check the 'Show local captions present' box
Step-5: Choose the 'OK' button.
Step-6: Turn captions on by choosing "Play" then "Captions and Subtitles" then "On if Available" sub-option.
Note: Closing the Windows Media Player and restarting it might be required for the changes to take effect.
Windows Media Player 11
When the player window opens, the captions are triggered by:
Step-1: From the menu bar, pick 'Play' (keyboard equivalent: Alt+P).
Step-2: Select "Lyrics, Captions, and Subtitles" from the drop-down menu.
Step-3: Select the "On if Available" option.
Note: Closing the Windows Media Player and restarting it might be required for the changes to take effect.
