greetings;

kindly i need a solution for the following problem:

the arabic subtitles of all my video files cannot be displayed in the video players.

i tried these solutions: 

1- installing K-lite codec full pack & mega pack.

2- installing subRT player from windows store.

3- installing VLC media player.

4- having the choice (Lyrics, captions and subtitles) in windows media player options turned on.

but i failed to show the subtitles, when i installed the k-lite codec and i played the videos by Media Player Classic the subtitles appeared in western language.

My operating system is: windows 8  64 bit

My computer is HP.

thanks so much for attention.

• Edited by Fouad El.Razzaz Sunday, December 14, 2014 11:40 AM

Hi Fouad El.Razzaz,

having the choice (Lyrics, captions and subtitles) in windows media player options turned on." the arabic subtitles of all my video files cannot be displayed in the video players"
 Are you using a .sub or .srt file ?Have you tried to open them in the notepad to have a check? The video file and the .sub or .srt file should be put in the same folder and make sure they have the same name.

If you're playing a Windows Media file or DVD that has captions or subtitles in a different language, you can change the language in which the captions or subtitles are displayed .
 Windows Media Player language settings: frequently asked questions
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/media-player-language-settings-faq#1TC=windows-7

Here is a similar issue may be helpful:

shown the Arabic subtitle in windows media player in windows 7
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/shown-the-arabic-subtitle-in-windows-media-player/57648ac7-8547-4809-8244-9f3eb62f4947

Best regards 

hi MeipoXu,

thanks so much for your attention and rapid answer,

i use .srt files and i put them in the same folder of the video file also having the same name.

i am sure that the .srt file is working, because when i run the same movie(s) on another operating system (windows 7 ,vista or XP) its runs well and the subtitles are shown in arabic.

i use (windows 8),  i searched alot for a suitable codec for windows 8 which can show the subtitles in arabic -as the .srt file is - , but all my tries failed. Also i followed your links and i downloaded the DirectVobSub (VS Filter) 2.41.332 from here http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DirectVobSub.htm ,  but nothing happned as they were suitable for windows 7.

if you don't mind providing me with more solutions for this problem.

thanks for your efforts.

best regards.

• Edited by Fouad El.Razzaz Monday, December 15, 2014 2:34 PM

Hi Fouad El.Razzaz,

i am sure that the .srt file is working, because when i run the same movie(s) on another operating system (windows 7 ,vista or XP) its runs well and the subtitles are shown in arabic

Did the subtitle show correctly opened with the notepad both in Windows 8 and another operating system (windows 7 ,vista or XP) ?

Please try the following steps:

1.Check the Region settings of this machine and change it to arabric language to have a try.

Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\Change location\Administrative\Change system locale

2. Re-encode your SRT file into Unicode UTF-8 and use "Arial Unicode MS" as subtitle font.

Best regards

• Marked as answer by Yolanda ZhuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, December 24, 2014 10:21 AM

Hi MeiopXu,

(1.Check the Region settings of this machine and change it to arabric language to have a try.

Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\Change location\Administrative\Change system locale)

i tried this solution as i changed the setting to my preferred language, now it works well.

thanks you very much for your help :)

My best regards

Use MPC-HC instead of VLC media player, i got the same problem until i used MPC-HC, now i can read arabic subtitles without any problem

• Edited by alihaz 12 hours 26 minutes ago