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How do you turn off subs in VLC 2.0?

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THE dAY

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Is there a way to have the subtitles Default to OFF for video files on VLC 2.0?

I've searched and only found info on previous VLC versions.
I've also played with the subtitle options in VLC's preferences with no luck.
I'm running Leopard 10.5.8.

Thank you!

EDIT: Fix found, post #15
 
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Are you sure the video you're trying to watch doesn't have subtitles embedded (recorded onto the images)? If that's the case, you can't turn them off with any player.
 
Thank you GGJstudios,

The subs are not embedded, I can turn them off manually but would like a way to have them off by Default.
These are TV episodes in MKV format.
 
THE dAY said:
Thank you GGJstudios,

The subs are not embedded, I can turn them off manually but would like a way to have them off by Default.
These are TV episodes in MKV format.
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I would expect that turning them off in Preferences should do the trick, but I no longer use VLC for movies and TV shows, so I can't be certain.
 
THE dAY said:
Thank you GGJstudios,

The subs are not embedded, I can turn them off manually but would like a way to have them off by Default.
These are TV episodes in MKV format.
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Preferences > Subtitles and OSD > uncheck 'Enable OSD'
 
THE dAY said:
I tried that but subs are still there and I have to manually turn them off.

Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Unfortunately, they removed the option that I used to change in the settings to disable subtitles. In version 1.x you just set the default subtitle option to "0" (which means no subtitles turned on by default).

I have no idea how to do this in version 2.0. Maybe switch back to version 1.x until you find some information on this online... unless someone here knows something.

Scratching my head on this one, I feel stupid. lol
 
MonkeyBrainz said:
Unfortunately, they removed the option that I used to change in the settings to disable subtitles. In version 1.x you just set the default subtitle option to "0" (which means no subtitles turned on by default).

I have no idea how to do this in version 2.0. Maybe switch back to version 1.x until you find some information on this online... unless someone here knows something.

Scratching my head on this one, I feel stupid. lol
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Thank you, I'll probably go back to previous version and I've actually tried something similar to what you mentioned but with no luck.

In Preferences, Show All, under Input / Codecs:
I changed Subtitles track from -1 to 0
and changed Subtitles track ID from -1 to 0.
Still get the subs.

Thanks everyone for you help!
 
THE dAY said:
Thank you, I'll probably go back to previous version and I've actually tried something similar to what you mentioned but with no luck.

In Preferences, Show All, under Input / Codecs:
I changed Subtitles track from -1 to 0
and changed Subtitles track ID from -1 to 0.
Still get the subs.

Thanks everyone for you help!
Click to expand...

That would annoy me to no end. I don't know what to tell you. That always worked for me. :confused:
 
Ok good news, I found another section in the VLC preferences for subtitles and there is the option for "Enable sub-pictures".

I unchecked that and now subs are off by default.

This seems to be the main subtitle settings option, before I was looking under "Input / Codecs".

The attached pic shows the location in VLC preferences.

Hope this helps anyone else looking to have subtitles of by default in VLC 2.0.
 

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