How do you deal with English hard subs when watching movies?

I have tried VLC player using srt Japanese subtitles, making the font as large as possible and trying to add a font background in order to obscure the English text. But the font is still to small and the background doesn't obscure the English text well enough. I'm thinking that I need a different subtitle format like ssa, or perhaps a different video player. Any suggestions on how to deal with English hard-subbed movies that you can't get RAW?

I haven't had much luck with this, either. If I can I generally get movies from other regions.

How about shifting your subs to the top of the movie and using a piece of paper to cover the English subs?

Far from perfect, but a decent enough last resort if I can't find a raw version.

Watch it windowed and cover up the subtitle text with another window, or move it off the bottom part of the screen.

Am I the only one with the magical ability to just ignore them...?

My high school Spanish teacher used to cover up the subtitles with a piece of paper. Seemed to work pretty well.

JimmySeal Wrote:My high school Spanish teacher used to cover up the subtitles with a piece of paper. Seemed to work pretty well.

My teacher did the same thing in middle school french.

Media Player Classic should fix the problem. Load an external subtitle file, and it will show in place of the hardsub, maybe you'd have to play around a bit with the settings, e.g. ignore internal subtitles, but this is about all you have to do. Works great, and I use this program since only god knows for how many years, so try and see.

I just let my tears of frustration blur them out.

Nagareboshi Wrote:Media Player Classic should fix the problem. Load an external subtitle file, and it will show in place of the hardsub, maybe you'd have to play around a bit with the settings, e.g. ignore internal subtitles, but this is about all you have to do. Works great, and I use this program since only god knows for how many years, so try and see.

I think you misunderstand what hard subs are. Hardsubs are part of the video and can't be ignored by the player any more than one of the characters can. The only solution is covering then up in some fashion.