[ctorbaoglu]

Hi,

AFAIK only way to show subs when playing mkv, mp4 etc..  is disabling Media Foundation so WMP legacy able to show subtitles.
But doing this breaks Media Player app. 

I want to use WMP legacy for subtitled movies and Media Player app for listening music.
any other option to play files on WMP legacy with subtitles without breaking Media Player app.

As if I disable media foundation it breaks Media Player app, if not disabled MF then WMP legacy doesn't show the subtitles.


Thank you

[Shark007]

I am unaware of the existence of a Media Foundation subtitle codec.
Media Foundation must be broken to force WMP to use Directshow.

[ctorbaoglu]

I am unaware of the existence of a Media Foundation subtitle codec.
Media Foundation must be broken to force WMP to use Directshow.

Maybe I cannot clear myself.

Most of my movies .mkv and .srt subs.
I was searching the forum to find a solution and I came accross your explanations on 4K movies section of the forum saying:

''WMP Legacy and the Media Player App are 100% different software's and share exactly zero code between them.
My codec software supports WMP because it can use Directshow codecs but the Media Player App uses Media Foundation Codecs.
To use the Media Player App, the checkbox for [] WMP settings needs to be unchecked.

https://shark007.net/forum/Thread-4K-mov...ies-TV-app

So, if they are not sharing anything that should be worked. 
If I checked ''Disable Media Foundation for .mkv/.mp4'', WMP legacy shows subtitles but then Media Player app broken We couldn't opem ....(error code: 0x800700EA)

When I unchecked  ''Disable Media Foundation for .mkv/.mp4'', Medi Player app works but then WMP Legacy didn't show the subtitles.
(Disable Microsoft's Audio Decoding and Video decoding unchecked - because disabling any of this breaks Media Player app anyway)

Thank you 

[Shark007]

I am unaware of the existence of a Media Foundation subtitle codec.
Media Foundation must be broken to force WMP to use Directshow.

The Media Player App only uses Media Foundation.
WMP can use either, Media Foundation or DirectShow.
My codecs are DirectShow and contain a DirectShow subtitle codec.

WMP is designed to prefer Media Foundation
so that must be disabled to get it to fallback to using DirectShow.

[ctorbaoglu]

I am unaware of the existence of a Media Foundation subtitle codec.
Media Foundation must be broken to force WMP to use Directshow.

The Media Player App only uses Media Foundation.
WMP can use either, Media Foundation or DirectShow.
My codecs are DirectShow and contain a DirectShow subtitle codec.

WMP is designed to prefer Media Foundation
so that must be disabled to get it to fallback to using DirectShow.

Yes, this is what exactly I am doing. 

The problem is disabling Media Foundation make WMP Legacy to be able to show subs but breaks Media Player app to work.
I couldn't find any other solution, it seems the only way to show subs in WMP Legacy is disabling MF. Maybe I am unaware.

My question is:
Is some workaround not breakind MP app?

Any other way watch videos with subs without disabling MF?
Simply is it possible to watch videos with subtitles on WMP Legacy and also use Media Player app?



Thank you

[Shark007]

My question is:
Is some workaround not breakind MP app?

Any other way watch videos with subs without disabling MF?
Simply is it possible to watch videos with subtitles on WMP Legacy and also use Media Player app?



Thank you

I am unaware of the existence of a Media Foundation subtitle codec.
Media Foundation must be broken to force WMP to use Directshow.

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