Steps to make closed captioning (CC) work in Windows Media Player 11:
1. Download the video and CC file from Discovery Streaming to the same directory, and make sure they have the same name. The video file can be an ASF, ASX, or WMV. The CC file must be a SMI file.
2. Open the video file you downloaded. Windows Media Player should run.
3. Open the “Play” menu (if you do not see the Play menu, press the ALT key on the keyboard). Select “Lyrics, captions, and subtitles”, and click “On if Available”.
4. Open the “Tools” menu, and click on “Options”. Select the “Security” tab. Make sure the following boxes ARE checked: “Run script commands when present”, “Run script commands and rich media streams when the player is in a Web page”, and “Show local captions when present”. Click the “OK” button.
5. Close Windows Media Player. Open the video file again, and it should play with captions.
– Jason Braddy
Manager, Technical Services
