Foreign Languages/Subtitles on US Blu-Rays

[Kyo28]

Originally Posted by Nullpersona

I have spent the last few months trying to find a way to get Japanese audio or subtitles on my Blu Ray movies, to almost no avail. Tonight I stumbled upon something that may be helpful to many others, so I *had* to register here to share it.

I bought Power DVD 8 Pro to use with my PC blu ray drive. I have a PS3, but since I was building a new PC anyway I decided to toss a BD drive in there to watch the many movies I have on another platform. I only knew of a couple discs that actually had Japanese language/subtitles (Harry Potter, Shinobi, etc.)

I watched 'The Matrix' earlier. I checked and it had no Japanese language or subtitles. This was no surprise to me. On a whim, I changed my interface language top Japanese and restarted the program. Suddenly, I now have 4 Japanese audio tracks and 4 Japanese subtitle tracks!

I am not sure how many movies this applies to, of any others than the Matrix Trilogy, but I know it works on those.

If this helps anyone, please post in here....more hits means it will pop up on google when someone else needs to know, even if you never do.

If I ave been of any assistance, you are welcome, and I am glad to help.

Have A Nice Day!

Actually this is just for the Matrix and has been reported before.

A limited number of blu-rays include Japanese audio and subtitles, but won't show these as available, unless your player is set to Japanese locale (that includes also PS3's). However, this is just for a handful of blu's, including the Matrix box.

I've made a list of western released movies that have Japanese audio/subs in these very forums (a search should help you find the thread)