Hi guys!

I'm currently doing something that is probably a bit different from what you're doing with editing and preserving ;)

If anyone knows the Macross anime legal situation outside Japan, you're probably aware that there was a legal dispute between Studio Nue and Big West some time ago about the distribution rights of Macross and all sequels/prequels.

Even though the legal issues about the original series was enventually resolved, the situation about the sequels and prequels is still unclear and it is very doubtful that I'll ever going to be able to purchase Macross 7, Zero, Frontier or any of the recently remastered editions with english subs.

However, being not too stupid myself, I ordered the Macross DVDs from Japan starting with Zero and subbing them myself using already available fansubs. Of course I don't want to recode the DVDs leaving only the option to softsub them.

Thus far it worked pretty well but the thing is, even that I used the option "forced" with MuxMan (and I double checked with IfoEdit), my HD-EP10, Xbox360 and all the software player still seem to take this as a suggestion rather than an mandatory setting, not showing the subs when I pop in the DVD (I don't use menus yet, the Macross Zero discs have only one Episode per DVD anyway) until I press the subtitle button.

What do I have to do to make them really forced?

PS.
I tried to watch the US release of Macross Plus last night. What a bummer, I've never seen such a dark and bad looking transfer for ages. The only thing that is probably salvageble from that release are the subs. Hopefully they sync up with the Japan remastered box (no frame cuts etc).