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Hi, how to enable subtitles for DivX movies from USB on LG 42LE5500? I connect USB, TV recognizes folder where DivX .avi file is but within same folder it does not "see" .srt subtitle. Also, in settings for "video player" only "picture size" can be modified - audio language as well as subtitle language positions are grey. Any hints? Thanks

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It seems that subtitle file must have exactly same name as movie file. For example: Movie file: Mission impossible.avi Subtitle file: Mission impossible.srt or Mission impossible.sub or Movie file: Mission_impossible.avi Subtitle file: Mission_impossible.srt

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    Yes, but how do i put two files with same name in one folder

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    Yes, you can place two files with the same name in one folder, because their extensions are different.

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    Is there any way to add multiple subtitles?

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I have LG 32CS460-ZA LCD TV, when I play any movie from the USB port I faced a problem with the subtitles... it does not "see" subtitle.... can you help me????

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Be sure that the file name doesn't include ".srt". The pc is able to recognize it as an extension of the name, while the LG-tv is not. And avi and srt files must have exactly the same name in order to work together.

  • Anonymous Sep 12, 2012

    Wow this actually worked for me, only sometimes it actually works while not removing the .srt extension.. Some really weird firmware, they might consider upgrading. Anyways, thanks alot!

  • Anonymous Sep 12, 2012

    This really did the trick for me, weird as some .srt files did work and some didn't. Anyways thanks alot dude!

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Set encoding type of the srt to ansi instead of utf8,
by opening the srt with notepad, save as (name..) and choose ansi before saving

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You can combine your video with subtitle. Then you can play it freely on TV with USB. The VLC media player is one excellent tool for smart video consumers and even a lot of professionals. This program is very stable and simple to handle. You can use it to play almost any format video smoothly. It is without any configuration hassle. It can run very well, which allows users to do many tasks related to videos like subtitling videos. Check out this article and you will learn the way to use VLC to add subtitle to video file easily.

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Thank you for all the help, guys. I had also no subtitle when I was watching movies using USB. Now after I renamed my subtitle file same as the AVI file is and I put two subtitle files, one with .srt and one without extension, it works great.
My TV support .srt, .sub and many other subtitle extension. So, I think the same name matter. Will test this next time.

Thanks!!

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SOURCE: how do I turn the subtitles off in my lg tv?

Look for the CC button on the remote, press on it until the subtitles (closed captions) are off.

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SOURCE: can not delete subtitles on my LG Plasma TV

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If you've got a cable receiver, you can change that in the menu of that receiver.
Or maybe the setting on textpage 888.

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SOURCE: How do I switch off subtitles on my LG 19LG30 19 in. HDTV LCD TV?

Hit the menu button, select options , select "hard of hearing", turn off and press ok.

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