Abstract: A system and method for playing audio only in a disk player. The disc player is configured to read data from disks formatted according to a selected audio and video standard. The system includes a file reader to read files of audio and video files based on the audio and video standard. A stream parser identifies audio data, video data and sub-picture data. An audio decoder decodes the audio data according to the audio standard. A video stub receives the video data and leaves the video data unprocessed. A sub-picture menu processor extracts menu information. A user interface system to use the menu information to configure at least one user input to play audio-only from the disk according to the menu information.