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This is a good start. Thanks. But how do I turn on subtitles by default? It isn't intuitively clear on the panel and there's no documentation regarding this.

In addition, I've ticked notify me when there's an answer to my post but the system isn't doing that.

Is there a way to set subtitles on by default?

I looked on the board but I can't find where I can change my email notifications. I joined the board using an email that is no longer valid so I won't be getting notifications, which I like. How do I change the email address associated with my name now that I have changed ISPs?

How do I restream an avi file that's in PAL format and plays in Windows Media Player 11 without sound but plays fully in VLC? I want to be able to burn the file to a DVD and view it on my TV/Stereo DVD player. It appears to be in PAL format. At least that's the error message I got using Nero Essenti...

Eh? What did you say? <grin>

Then it's a request!

Under Windows XP SP2, fully patched, on a 2.2 Celeron with .5GIG RAM and 80 GIG HDD, how do you turn on closed captioning?

I converted them into stereo waves in VideoLan prior to burning them to audio CD. As I recall I used CDBurnerPro 4 to burn them. That was the succesful burn. The result is slightly less crisp than the ordinary DTS-WAV files that I played in VideoLan per your instructions earlier. That just means tha...

I did make an audio CD. As per your instructions above...

Well that was an interesting exercise...in creating a nice coaster. LOL It appears that either (1) my computer CD burner is not capable of writing DTS and/or (2) my stereo CD/DVD playback unit isn't capable of playing (badly recorded?) DTS CDs. Not to worry. I've made many a coaster in my day. I DO ...

It's a Sony (as the adverts say). It clearly has a DTS logo/insignia on the face of it. I want to know, being a little more precise, whether I can burn a DTS wav file using my computer CD burner and then play it back on my Sony DTS DVD player. I ASSUME the computer CD (it isn't a DVD) burner (only a...

Yeh - foobar2000 uses the foo_dts.dll plugin (based on libdca :)), and cannot play DTS-WAV files with the *.wav extension, so renaming to *.dts should work for foobar2k. However, that should not affect VLC in any way. I'm not sure why renaming the *.dts file stopped it from working though? The ster...

My issues have been entirely solved, thanks to your invaluable help!

This is a curious occurence. I copied the original file creating a copy of file. Then I renamed the file to a DTS extension. That played wonderfully in VideoLan. But when I removed the "copy of" prefix and tried to play the file it wouldn't work. So I had to get the original file and copy ...

Have I said thank you? You're being really helpful! Thank you. <grin> As it happens, I'm back at square one. I had loaded on foobar200 and when I got VideoLan to play the file I deleted the software. I suspect it MAY have included a codec that VideoLan was using. Not sure. So now I have to figure ou...

An Addendum to the last post. Is there a way for me to burn them to an audio CD so I can play it on my stereo?

do you have 5.1? you ask. I wouldn't know. How do I check this? I'm on a 2.2Ghz Celeron with .5GIG RAM on a 80GIG HDD. I'm running WIndows XP Home SP2, fully patched.

1. There was nothing advanced information tag. 2. I'm using the most recent version. 3. I got audio when I copied the file to a DTS format. Thank you. Sounds a bit odd though. Not really full bodied, if you know what I mean.

A friend transferred a large wave file to me that requires PC with PowerDVD XP with the DTS decoder option, or VLC media player installed on your computer and a compatible sound card and speakers. Do I need a special codec to play this file? Currently all I'm hearing is static.