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Turning Captions on in Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player 8

Turn captions on by selecting "View" > "Now Playing Tools" > "Captions"

Windows Media Player 9

Turn captions on by selecting "Play" > "Captions and Subtitles" > "English Captions"

Windows Media Player 10

Step 1

Turn captions on by selecting "Tools" > "Options" > "Security" tab > Check the box that says "Show local captions when present" > Click on the "OK" button.

Step 2

Turn captions on by selecting "Play" > "Captions and Subtitles" > "On if Available"

You may need to close down Windows Media player and restart it for the changes to take effect.

Last Updated: January 7, 2009 4:16 PM