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Subtitles usage in Emby

sross44

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A lot of people when watching movies or TV shows utilize subtitles. They can be for watching a movie in a foreign language or helpful for those with hearing difficulties to enjoy their favorite TV show. Whatever your reason for using subtitles, Emby has a few great options that individuals can set up at the user level to make subtitle usage easier for themselves every time they watch their favorite media. 

Did you know that every user on your server can set up different subtitle settings that best fit their individual needs? They can edit the preferred language, change the color, positioning and more to best suit their needs. One of our favorite features here at Emby are the various subtitle modes that a user can take advantage of. This setting allows them the ability to have the same subtitle settings for every media file they play and is very helpful for those that use subtitles every time they watch something on Emby. 

The individual settings are as follows for subtitle mode:

Default - Subtitles are loaded based on the default and forced flags in the embedded metadata. Language preferences are considered when multiple options are available. 
Smart - Subtitles matching the language preference will be loaded when the audio is in a foreign language. 
Only forced subtitles - Only subtitles marked as forced will be loaded. 
Hearing Impaired - Subtitles matching the language preference will be loaded, with a preference given to tracks that are marked as hearing impaired (SDH).
Always play subtitles - Subtitles matching the language preference will be loaded regardless of the audio language. 
No subtitles - Subtitles will not be loaded by default. They can still be turned on manually during playback. 

These settings can be changed by going to the app settings and under the subtitles section, clicking on subtitle mode. These are great options for users to take advantage of when someone commonly uses subtitles for a variety of reasons. 

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Cipri_Ferreira

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What about auto-sync subtitles using something like ffsubsync? Is that something that can happen?

Luke

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1 hour ago, Cipri_Ferreira said:

What about auto-sync subtitles using something like ffsubsync? Is that something that can happen?

HI, yes it's something that can be investigated.

Cipri_Ferreira

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Plex has auto-sync subs now. It would be amazing if Emby had it too.

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yavkata

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Is it possible to make the subtitle size based on the principle of increasing by percentages, as is the case with Jellyfin and Stremio. I think it's much better with them to set percentages for how big the subtitles should be?

Luke

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3 hours ago, yavkata said:

Is it possible to make the subtitle size based on the principle of increasing by percentages, as is the case with Jellyfin and Stremio. I think it's much better with them to set percentages for how big the subtitles should be?

That's what already happens. They are just named smaller, small, medium, etc.

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