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2 ways to get rid of forced subs.Robin9 said:Thank to a tip-off from another HTF member, I bought a French DVD of Mark Of The Renegade, a film I've been seeking for ages. I'm a Cyd Charisse completist.
Unfortunately this disc is a double whammy. Being French, it has forced sub-titles. Neither my Oppo HD981 DVD player nor my Zone B Blu-ray player can block them. It's also a Universal film, and the transfer was done when Universal were using DNR without skill or restraint. Faces are unnaturally smooth and I thought at first the transfer might have been from a VHS tape.
As Cyd Charisse is one of my four favorite female film stars, I'm glad to have this film but I wish the disc was better.
Robert Harris has assured us that Universal has a new attitude, and anyone who has seen the new Spartacus or Remember The Night Blu-ray discs will be inclined to agree. Universal however will more likely revisit the Douglas Sirk and Anthony Mann films and Day Of The Jackal than a very minor film like Mark Of The Renegade.
First is to use a player that has UOP disabled. I'm in the UK and players with this feature are scarce ( my Panasonic Bluray Recorder has it though) and I think its even rarer in the US but you should find players for your PC should enable you to remove the subs.
Second way is to make a copy of the disc and you can delete the subs entirely.