Dvd player subtitles always on

since I upgraded to 10.6, DVD player always has subtitles on. This is happening with rented dvd's. no matter what I turn off in the control menus, subtititles are always displayed. anyone else with this issue?

Just use another player like VLC and you will have full subtitlte control.
But the DVD Player does have a little control in its control panel in the upper right which you can repeatedly click to cycle through the available subtitle languages or turn the subtitle off.
It's the top right of those 6 control boxes.
Note, if those 6 controls are not showing grab the little slider (double lines) on the right and drag to the right to make it appear.

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emp. I figured it out.

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