philips dvp642 question and comment

[bassgoonist]

Question, do subtitles with xvids work? I've tried Movie.avi combined with the following: Movie.srt, Movie.sub and Movie.sub AND Movie.idx. I cannot get subtitles to work with any of these combinations...
BTW, I made a UDF dvd-r with a 2.3 gig avi. Played just fine.

[bassgoonist]

well that's funny...I got srts to work right after I posted this. Still, I want to know why so many people say you can't play files larger that 2 gigs. I just did a UDF dvd, worked fine.

[bassgoonist]

ok, my subs work sometimes, and not others. I can't tell why. Both the .avi and .srt have the same name. What am I doing wrong? One disc has only one movie on it. The other has two movies, but only one has subs.

[Jeffster]

The subtitle file can have any name, it doen't have to have the same base file name as the movie, as external subs aren't auto-loaded.
Instead you must choose the external subtitle file you want to load, by selecting it and pressing the Subtitle button on your remote, before playing the movie.

[Khameleon808]

Dude you are awesome :) i couldnt figure this out for shit , i had no idea you had to actually highlight the sub file then hit the sub button . anyway man , thanks you just save me throwin this unit out of my damn window :)