Windows 10: Change Closed Caption Settings in Windows 10

How to: Change Closed Caption Settings in Windows 10

How to Change Closed Caption Settings in Windows 10


Information Closed captions let you read the words spoken in the audio portion of a video, TV show, or movie.

This tutorial will show you how to customize how closed captions appear in Windows 10 and some Windows apps for your account.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: Change Closed Caption Settings in Settings
• Option Two: Change Closed Caption Settings in Registry Editor

OPTION ONE [/i] Change Closed Caption Settings in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

2. Click/tap on Closed captions on the left side, and change the caption font, caption background, and dim window content settings to what you want. (see screenshots below)

3. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.











OPTION TWO [/i] Change Closed Caption Settings in Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ClosedCaptioning




3. Do the steps below for which closed caption settings you want to change. When finished making changes, go to step 13 below.

• Step 4 - Caption color
• Step 5 - Caption transparency
• Step 6 - Caption style
• Step 7 - Caption size
• Step 8 - Caption effects
• Step 9 - Caption background color
• Step 10 - Caption background transparency
• Step 11 - Window color
• Step 12 - Windows Transparency

4. Change Caption Color
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the CaptionColor DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Color[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]White[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Black[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Red[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Green[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Blue[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Yellow[/td] [td]6[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Magenta[/td] [td]7[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Cyan[/td] [td]8[/td] [/tr] [/table]


5. Change Caption Transparency
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the CaptionOpacity DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Transparency[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Opaque[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Translucent[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Semitransparent[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Transparent[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [/table]


6. Change Caption Style
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the CaptionFontStyle DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Style[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Mono serif[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Proportional serif[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Mono sans serif[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Proportional sans serif[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Casual[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Cursive[/td] [td]6[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Small caps[/td] [td]7[/td] [/tr] [/table]


7. Change Caption Size
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the CaptionSize DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Size[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]50%[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]100%[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]150%[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]200%[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [/table]


8. Change Caption Effects
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the CaptionEdgeEffect DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Effects[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]None[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Raised[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Depressed[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Uniform[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Drop shadow[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [/table]


9. Change Caption Background Color
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the BackgroundColor DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Background Color[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]White[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Black[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Red[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Green[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Blue[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Yellow[/td] [td]6[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Magenta[/td] [td]7[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Cyan[/td] [td]8[/td] [/tr] [/table]


10. Change Caption Background Transparency
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the BackgroundOpacity DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Caption Background Transparency[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Opaque[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Translucent[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Semitransparent[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Transparent[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [/table]


11. Change Window Color
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the RegionColor DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Window Color[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]White[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Black[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Red[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Green[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Blue[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Yellow[/td] [td]6[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Magenta[/td] [td]7[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Cyan[/td] [td]8[/td] [/tr] [/table]


12. Change Window Transparency
A) In the right pane of the ClosedCaptioning key, double click/tap on the RegionOpacity DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Type the value data from the table below for what you want, click/tap on OK, and go to step 3. (see screenshot below)





[table][tr][td]Window Transparency[/td] [td]Value Data[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Default[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Opaque[/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Translucent[/td] [td]2[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Semitransparent[/td] [td]3[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Transparent[/td] [td]4[/td] [/tr] [/table]

13. When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.

That's it,
Shawn

:)

 

closed captioning

Hi RichardWilliams3606,

I'm Charles, an Independent advisor trying to help.

You have tried to verify the subtitle settings, through these steps I share

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/21055/...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/307810...

I hope the steps work for you

Attentive to any comments

Have a happy day

Best Regards,

Charles.

 

No closed captioning in Windows 10 Media Player wtv files

Hi Dough,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

I see that you are not able to find closed captions in Windows 10.

Please follow the steps and check if it helps.



1. Go to Settings by typing settings in the Search menu.

2. Select Ease of Access as subcategory.

3. There you will find Closed Caption .Click on the Closed Caption
and on the right side you will see a list of settings each configurable via a separate drop down menu.

4. The settings are divided into subsections namely Font and Background
and Window. Here changes made affect the captions as well as background where they are displayed in player.

Also try the following steps and check if it works for you.

• You may try the steps to turn on subtitling in a video application.

• Open the Video app.( Movies & TV app and VLC)

• Right-click on the video you want to play.

• Select Playback options

• If closed caption is not available, you will see Not available.

Also refer:

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/06/updates-to-entertainment-in-windows-10/

Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

 

Closed Captioning

How do I turn off the closed captioning? I only see ways to change the display of the captions but not a way to turn them off in the settings on my laptop.

 

Closed Captioning in Windows 10..Surface Pro 3...Movies & TV app

Hi Sean,

Welcome to Microsoft Community. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

I see that you are not able to find closed captions in Windows 10.

Please follow the below methods and check if it helps,

Method :

1. Go to Settings by typing settings in the Search menu.

2. Select Ease of Access as subcategory.

3. There you will find Closed Caption .Click on the Closed Caption
and on the right side you will see a list of settings each configurable via a separate drop down menu.

4. The settings are divided into subsections namely Font and Background
and Window. Here changes made affect the captions as well as background where they are displayed in player.

Also try the following steps and check if that helps:

• You may try the steps to turn on subtitling in a video application.

• Open the Video app.( Movies & TV app and VLC)

• Right-click on the video you want to play.

• Select Playback options

• If closed caption is not available, you will see Not available.

Also refer:

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/06/updates-to-entertainment-in-windows-10/

Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

 

closed captioning

Hi Richard

My name is Andre Da Costa; an Independent Consultant, Windows Insider MVP and Windows & Devices for IT MVP. I'm here to help you with your problem.

To turn on closed captioning:

On a Windows 10 PC that’s playing a video, right-click or tap-and-hold anywhere on the video. A menu bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. If closed captioning is available, a CC icon will be displayed.

Tap or click the CC icon.

Tap or click the language you want to see closed captions in. Closed captioning will now appear on your screen.

Note If closed captioning is not available for the video, a pop-up window will display “Not available.”

How to customize it:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/307810...