While Microsoft has introduced a new media player app dubbed Movies & TV with Windows 10, it still includes the age old Windows Media Player. It's a wise move, considering there are a number of people who still use the Windows Media Player for its simplicity. While Windows Media Player is great when it comes to handling simple media playing tasks, chances are, you are here because you haven't been able to add external subtitles to videos in the application.

If you explore the web, you will find various ways that claim to fix subtitle addition in Windows Media Player, however, in our experience, most of those ways don't really work. Well, the good news is, we tried different options and we did manage to add subtitles in Windows Media Player. So, without further ado, here's how to add subtitles in Windows Media Player:

1. The first step is to make sure that the video file and its subtitle file feature the exact same name. Windows Media Player does not let you add subtitles manually and it only detects the subtitles when they have the same name as the video.

2. Once done, open Windows Media Player and in the Library Mode, go to Play -> Lyrics, captions, and subtitlesand click on "On if available". You can also find this option in the Now Playing Mode by right clicking on the top.

3. Then, download the DirectVobSub (VSFilter) codec and install it on your PC...http://www.caltrends.com.ng/2016/11/tech-see-how-to-add-subtitles-in.html

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