How to display subtitles on DVD movie? Please help

[fanny]

Hello,
I bought a DVD that doesn't have English subtitles. Luckily I found subtitles for the movie on the Internet, but can't figure out how to get the DVD player to display them. I've tried both VLC and MPlayer. VLC works for a few minutes but then the subtitles disappear. MPlayer does not work at all, though I downloaded the version that should be compatible with Mac. Could someone please help me? The subtitles are an .srt file and the movie is on a regular DVD with copyrights. I was really hoping to see this movie and getting desperate, so any ideas would be warmly welcomed!

[kisuke3]

may or may not work since you've downloaded the subtitle separately. Usually if you download a movie depending on the ripper, they'll include the subtitle with the file so .avi + .srt +.sub these are the three file that are needed for it to play with subtitle

[fanny]

I know, the problem is I haven't downloaded the movie, it's on a DVD.
Does anyone have any ideas, for example on another media player I could try?