The problem is as follows:
I like to watch movies in .avi form both on the computer, laptop and dvd player.
Recently I have noticed that when I make a folder with the .avi file and subtitles from Windows 7 (new OS so never tried it before with DVDs), my dvd player (DVD disk not usb) does not see the subtitles but when I do the very same thing from Windows XP, it works with the very same files and dvd player.
In windows 7 the film can be seen with subtitles but not on the dvd.
Why is that?

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