Subtitles not showing/Multiple languages playing at once

[hoboman]

Backstory: Basically I had the idea to get anime online for free and download it onto DVDs instead of buying the seasons from stores. I already know I'll probably have to convert the files to mpeg-2 or something that the DVDs will actually allow to be played on DVD player, but that's for later.

Problem: The files i have right now are .mkl, and are the 14 episodes of Elfen Lied in 720p. Here's a link to it to be more specific, http://bakabt.me/169307-elfen-lied-720p-h264-flac-10bit-coalgirls.html
The problem is when  play an episode in my media player (Windows Live Movie Maker. Yeah, I know. It's sad) it plays the Japanese dub (which I want), but leaves out the subtitles. Then when I try to play it on the other media player I have (Windows Media Player) it once again doesn't display any subtutles, but also plays the Japanese/English/German dubs all at the same time.

What's going on? Will my episodes be all messed up like this when I try to download them to DVDs?? I have no idea what's going on or how to fix it. Please help a newbie 

[Al_Sleeper]

http://wiki.bakabt.me/index.php/Windows_Video_Playback

[hoboman]

I see that Windows Media Player is on the "Acceptable" list yet it is showing me otherwise with it playing 3 languages at once and no subtitles. Should I use a media player on the "Recommended" list or am I using what I have wrong?

[Southrop]

It's on the "acceptable" list because it works for most files. It's not recommended (because, you know... it's not on the recommended list)

[hoboman]

Okay so I suppose the problem must be my media player. I will download one from the recommended list tomorrow and see if the problem is fixed or can be fixed. But that leaves my other question. Will these same problems occur when I attempt to burn them to DVDs? Sorry for the possibly dumb questions. I've never done this before or experienced a problem like this.

[Southrop]

Are you burning them as a data disc or a video disc?

[hoboman]

Which ever would be recommended (I haven't done it before. Excuse the lack of knowledge). Im assuming video...? The goal is to be able to stick them in a DVD player and watch them pretty much.

[Southrop]

Then you probably want video. Creating a video DVD involves re-encoding all the files, so provided that you use a converter that allows you to use multiple audio channels, this issue should not occur. The problem is likely completely software-related (i.e. windows media player sucks)

[Freedom Kira]

Just know that doing what you describe there will almost always kill the quality of the video (I used to do it, and absolutely hated it, especially when the subtitles get cut off at the bottom due to overscan). Generally, burning videos to DVD for DVD Player playback is not recommended, unless you're downloading DVD ISOs, which are pretty hard to find for anime.

As for computer playback, if you are a complete newbie and are uncomfortable with complicated installations, I'd point you at Zoom Player (the free one). Install it, and then run the Install Center, and everything you need to play back anything you can find on BakaBT will be installed for you. I don't think any of the other options get any simpler than that. The default settings are probably fine too. You'd just have to close a window once in a while saying how it's free software and that you should buy the paid versions to support it.

[hoboman]

Well I've heard you can save the quality if the stuff you're using is good enough, but i guess I can only really find out by trying. I've seen a number of ways to do it, but they seem kinda complicated for something that seems so simple. Would this method be advised? http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=10624.0

[Al_Sleeper]

Have you noticed that the thread in question is more than 5 years old?

[hoboman]

No, it seems I accidently overlooked that 
I assume there are more current up-to-date methods of doing it now?
Oh and I'm not sure why, but I downloaded the CCCP and when I play an episode in MPCHC it comes out black with no audio.

[Freedom Kira]

You have to install CCCP, not just download it. You may have to restart your computer after (you probably should regardless if the video is still not working).

Again, I point you at Zoom Player, which will work out of the box if you go through the entire installation process properly.