No hard-coded subs in Angels & Demons

[capvid0429]

Just bought the theatrical edition R1 Angels & Demons. The only way to understand what they are saying when speaking in a foreign language is to turn on the sub-titles. Then you have to turn them off when they speak english. What a pain in the ass. Why didn't they release it with hard-coded subs for non-english speaking parts?

[capvid0429]

Forget it. It didn't work on my computer using VLC, but works on my Panasonic stand-alone.

[herbster]

Why does this happen? I've experienced it too, why does it not work with VLC for example, but it will do it correctly on a DVD player (show subs for non-english speaking parts at the right times)??

[jman98]

Possible reasons for the Angels & Demons problem:
Authoring error.
DVD is actually authored correctly but the DVD player fails to obey the "forced subs" instruction.

VLC is not without its flaws, although it is generally an excellent program. It has bugs in all versions so for all I know the behavior that herbster talks about is just a bug. Note that VLC has flaws in the Mac version, should anyone use it, that have never really been fixed and don't exist in the Windows version. It could be that "forced subs" are not obeyed in VLC by design. The writers of VLC aren't very big on obeying forced instructions, so they may just not obey the "forced subs" instruction by design rather than oversight.