How to turn on captions in Windows Media Player 11

  1. When you open Windows Media 11, chances are, it will look like this:

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  2. To view captions or subtitles when they are available, you must turn on the "Subtitles" setting.

    Right click the title bar and select "Show Classic Menus."
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  3. Then, select Lyrics, Captions and Subtitles > Subtitles from the Play menu. If there are subtitles that go with your video, they will show up below the video in the player.
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