helena
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Post by helena on Aug 12, 2007 5:55:32 GMT -5
i think this may have been asked (or something similar) somehwere else, but i don't know where. i'm making an appeal to the kind hearts of all you tk-lovers, because i have a big problem  my friend gave me a hong kong vcd of 2046 for my birthday. it does this wierd thing where there appear to be 2 sound tracks playing at once - one in mandrain, and the other in cantonese. i was hoping to practise my mandarin by watching it, but it's difficult to hear it properly, and there aren't any english subs, so essentially i can't understand the film at all. does anybody know a way to configure my dvd player to play just one track or the other? thank you so much if anyone has any ideas because i was looking forward to watching this film so much and its been ruined  |
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helena
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Post by helena on Aug 15, 2007 14:57:10 GMT -5
no answers? not even commiserations? |
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Post by MissCarlos on Aug 15, 2007 15:22:39 GMT -5
I'll let you know when I get my VCDs because I ordered a couple of his movies that are on VCD.
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Post by kewpie-chan on Aug 16, 2007 21:22:29 GMT -5
I feel your pain. I bought "Hero" vcd last year and experienced the same problem. Someone in the forum pointed out that Mandarin is playing on one side of your speaker while Cantonese is playing on the other side of the speaker. What you have to do is depending on how your DVD is set up, choose your left or right only speaker. OR go to your set-up menu and choose the language. I found on my DVD player that plays only Region 1, I can't choose one speaker. I can however play it on my other DVD player which is region free just fine. Go figure. Hope this helps sheds some light for you!
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Post by MissCarlos on Aug 16, 2007 21:26:48 GMT -5
Guh to have a region free DVD player!!
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Post by kewpie-chan on Aug 16, 2007 22:04:52 GMT -5
yes it'll make your life much easier especially if you like watching films made overseas
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Post by MissCarlos on Aug 16, 2007 22:13:13 GMT -5
Considering that I love all sorts of Asian movies, a DVD region free player would be great for me.
Like many people, finding Takeshi movies are found on LUCK here.
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helena
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Post by helena on Aug 17, 2007 13:47:51 GMT -5
thanks kewpie chan! i was trying to play it on only british-region dvd-player, but ill try it on my region-free and hopefully it'll be better. otherwise i'll try and find some way to muffle the sound from the cantonese speaker. thanks =D
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Post by MissCarlos on Aug 17, 2007 13:55:27 GMT -5
Shoot!!
How much do those players cost?
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helena
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Post by helena on Aug 17, 2007 13:58:43 GMT -5
mine was no more than an ordinary one. you just have to find a store selling em. mine was a small uk chain store i think. but it only cost about £30 or summat  |
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wowtk
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Post by wowtk on Aug 17, 2007 16:06:20 GMT -5
My all region DVD player cost same as helena. Used all region ones are cheaper.
Helena I hope you can watch TK now on your DVD. Kewpie chan gave you very good advice. Also you can watch the VCD on your computer. Maybe it won't be good quality but at least you can watch TK!
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helena
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Post by helena on Aug 18, 2007 15:32:11 GMT -5
alas my computer doesn't play vcds wierd. |
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wowtk
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Post by wowtk on Aug 19, 2007 1:38:04 GMT -5
That is weird because VCDs should work on computers. Do you have a good media player? Did it work on your all region?
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