Forced Subtitles not playing by default

[Dex150489 2]

Hi All,

 

Hopefully this will be a much easier issue to solve.

This effects pretty much all my movies and i just wondered if there is something within emby that can solve this.

 

When i play said movie by default none of the sub tracks play automatically, 1 is a track for all dialog the other is for all the non-english speech.

 

 

Now i've tried playing with the subtitle mode options and non of them work other than "always play subtitles" which uses the 1st track and gives all speech a subtitle.

 

Looking back at the screen shot i have noticed that there is a default and forced option under each sub track both listed as "no". is there a way to edit this to yes so that the second sub track plays by default?

I've tried editing the .nfo file changing the value from FALSE to TRUE but the nfo gets overwritten and resets it back to FALSE.

 

Thanks again for all your help!

[Luke 37250]

Hi, you'd have to change the attribute within the video file in order to have Emby reflect it.

[Guest asrequested]

Now I've tried playing with the subtitle mode options and non of them work other than "always play subtitles" which uses the 1st track and gives all speech a subtitle.

 

Looking back at the screen shot i have noticed that there is a default and forced option under each sub track both listed as "no". is there a way to edit this to yes so that the second sub track plays by default?

 

The first thing you need to do is make sure that the subtitle track contains only the forced text. Then you can use mkvtoolnix to remux and designate the track as forced. When you ripped the disk, did you select the option for 'forced only'  or 'forced and normal'? If you chose 'forced and normal', then most likely the forced text is among all the other text. If you chose 'forced only', figure out which one it is, then simply remux and you should be fine. Otherwise you'll have to edit the subtext or re-rip the disk.

[Dex150489 2]

Hi, you'd have to change the attribute within the video file in order to have Emby reflect it.

 

 I thought as much, thanks for letting me know.

 

The first thing you need to do is make sure that the subtitle track contains only the forced text. Then you can use mkvtoolnix to remux and designate the track as forced. When you ripped the disk, did you select the option for 'forced only'  or 'forced and normal'? If you chose 'forced and normal', then most likely the forced text is among all the other text. If you chose 'forced only', figure out which one it is, then simply remux and you should be fine. Otherwise you'll have to edit the subtext or re-rip the disk.

 

I'm just running Cap 2 through mkvtoolnix to see if this works, i assume then i can just leave the subtitle mode to default as the mkv will automatically turn on the sub i've flagged? 

[Dex150489 2]

Never mind my last question. the answer is yes.

 

now to go back and sort out subtitles on all my movies.....yippee!

 

Thank again!

[Luke 37250]

Well done.

[Guest asrequested]

Luke, is there anyway we could mark a subtitle forced, in the metadata editor?

[Luke 37250]

No, overriding in emby is not a good idea, because when you direct play the video players are going to be looking at track information, not emby metadata.

[Guest asrequested]

Ah, OK. I was just trying to come up with a more convenient way to achieve this without having to remux.

[Dex150489 2]

I'm currently using MakeMKV to convert iso to mkv and a friend said there is a "request feature" on the website so if that's true I'll attempt to ask if that option can be added to that program to save running the files through mkvtoolnix on top.

[MndWrp 99]

In mkvtoolnix you don't even have to remux to fix the forced flag... just open your file in the headers tab, do your changes and save... its instantaneous.

 

Just refresh the file in emby after and the changes should appear.

[Luke 37250]

Good advice, thanks!

[Guest asrequested]

I wasn't aware of that, thanks. I often like to remux, anyway. Sometimes the file has some errors, and remuxing clears it up.

[Dex150489 2]

In mkvtoolnix you don't even have to remux to fix the forced flag... just open your file in the headers tab, do your changes and save... its instantaneous.

 

Just refresh the file in emby after and the changes should appear.

 

I did not know this, that is a handy trick. I'll look into that when i'm home from work. Will save me 15mins a movie! Thanks MndWrp!

 

 

Also the admins at MakeMKV got back to me, sounds like this  particular conversation has been had many times and will not be added as a feature.

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14621&p=51631#p51631

 

At least we know for sure now.

 

Dex