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Automatic subtitles on ICS

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Hi guys, I have a Hyundai A7 tablet and every time I try to play a video no matter what media player I play it in I have subtitles that turn themselves on and play the .srt file automatically. If I then choose to turn them on in my selected player I have two sets of subtitles working at the same time.

I can't find anywhere on the tablet how to turn them off, and since the "default" ones are big and ugly I really want rid of them so I can use the smaller ones built into my media player.

Anyone got any ideas why it might be doing this? I've got root access and I uninstalled the default media player that was on it when I got it hoping it was that but no joy.
 
Seems like the subtitles are hard coded into the video file. This means that the video file itself contains the subtitles. Even PC players cant toggle that off. I'm not sure if you can remove them even with a video editing program on a PC.
 
chanchan05 said:
Seems like the subtitles are hard coded into the video file. This means that the video file itself contains the subtitles. Even PC players cant toggle that off. I'm not sure if you can remove them even with a video editing program on a PC.
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Nope, definitely not hardcoded onto the video, it's happening with numerous different videos that I'm 100% sure don't have hardcoded subs. It seems there's something on the tablet itself that's automatically running them.

The reason I'm positive is because: If the .srt file is in the same folder as the video with the same filename (different extension) then the subtitles load themselves up automatically. However, if I put the .srt file into a different folder, start playing the video and then manually point it to the subtitles location it will load absolutely fine. So there's definitely something within the tablet that is making it play the .srt file automatically in a huge ugly font that sits on the menu bar.

Thanks for the recommendation though, all appreciated.
 
Same problem here on ICS on a Qware 7" Pro3 tablet. When not using the default movie player 2 sets of subtitles show up with no control over the 'system' subtitles / how to disable them.
Regards, Gerard
 
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