Setting to disable embedded subtitles

[mekwall 9]

I nearly always have issues with embedded subtitles and always try to get external ones (the language I want is never embedded anyways) so it would be great to be able to disable embedded subtitles so it will only show external ones or none at all if they don't exist.

 

Thanks a bunch!

[Deathsquirrel 744]

MKVToolnix can easily remove those sub tracks FYI

[Luke 40067]

External ones also get priority, so you could also just obtain external subtitles.

[mekwall 9]

MKVToolnix can easily remove those sub tracks FYI

That would change the hash of the source file and make it difficult to find matching subtitles.

 

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[mekwall 9]

External ones also get priority, so you could also just obtain external subtitles.

Yes, and I always try to do that. But when I only have english subtitles it's impossible to say if it's embedded or external. Hiding them would make it easier to know what movies and series I have working subtitles for and which I don't.

 

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[HaraldBluetooth 16]

I see it like this. If you download an external subtitle file, it's because you prefer this subtitle over the embedded ones. Otherwise there would be no reason to download an external in the first place.

I know you could rename all your external subtitles to ex: Home Alone.spa.default.srt - but why not make this to a setting: Always prefer external subtitles (if present) over internal/embedded: Yes/no.

[ebr 15663]

I see it like this. If you download an external subtitle file, it's because you prefer this subtitle over the embedded ones. Otherwise there would be no reason to download an external in the first place.

 

I know you could rename all your external subtitles to ex: Home Alone.spa.default.srt - but why not make this to a setting: Always prefer external subtitles (if present) over internal/embedded: Yes/no.

 

We don't need a setting as the system already does that.

 

 

External ones also get priority, so you could also just obtain external subtitles.

[HaraldBluetooth 16]

We don't need a setting as the system already does that.

Hmm, if I have a mkv file with an embedded subtitle file in danish (is set to default in the mkv file) and have an external subtitle file also in danish. On the subtitle page in my user setting, I have chosen Danish as Preferred subtitle language and Smart in Subtitle mode. In this case the web interface chose the internal/embedded subtitle file.

 

If I chose Always Play Subtitles in Subtitle mode, it gives the same result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2019 by HaraldBluetooth

[Luke 40067]

The system will remember previous subtitle selections. Try this with a brand new video.

[HaraldBluetooth 16]

Thanks Luke, I tried with a new movie, and it worked as it should. I don't think I actually have opened all my movies (without playing them) and set the subtitles to the internal ones. But I will give Emby the benefit of the doubt, and check next time I have more new samples to chose from.

 

Will this also be the case in those movies, where there is an english embedded subtitle in the mkv file, and I have an external english subtitle file. Will the preferred also here be the external, when my preferred subtitle language is danish, and I have chosen always play subtitles in the settings?

[Luke 40067]

Assuming all other factors are equal, then yes external subs take preference. But if the internal track is marked force and the external is not, or if the languages are different, then it depends on the emby user subtitle preferences.

[HaraldBluetooth 16]

Thanks for your answer. The later changes with better information about the subtitles on the movie page has also maked the life a little easier for the subtitle people, like me, so also thanks for that

[HaraldBluetooth 16]

One further question - should you have started playing the movie, before the system remembers your subtitle choice?

[Luke 40067]

Yes.

[otispresley 104]

I liked this request because my external subtitles are not preferred for TV Shows, and Emby does not remember my choices across episodes of the same season or show. When I set my preference to Smart or Forced only, no subs are displayed at all (probably because PGS subs are broken in Emby and is why I started downloading external subs). The only way I can get it to choose subs is if I set it to Always, but then it chooses the embedded PGS subs instead of the external ones and so I get no subtitles displayed. So for every episode of a TV Show, I must manually select the external subtitles, no matter what my subtitles settings are.

[ebr 15663]

where there is an english embedded subtitle in the mkv file, and I have an external english subtitle file. Will the preferred also here be the external,

 

If everything about the two is the same, yes.  If, however, the internal one is marked default, then that will have priority.

[AviatorBimmer 28]

+1 for this request as well.

 

Can easily be implemente by allowing an option such as IGNORE EMBEDDED SUBTITLES.

 

So the check that Emby does to populate the subtitles dropdown list is bypassed and the list is only populated with external subtitles, if available.

 

This would really clean up the dropdown list and not have duplicates being displayed, etc.

 

Much cleaner and friendlier.

 

 

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[ricardomaranhao 2]

+1 for this request as well.

 

Can easily be implemente by allowing an option such as IGNORE EMBEDDED SUBTITLES.

Brazilians never have embed subs. Just clutter everything.

[PontusN 12]

+1 To this request. Having to remind my few (not so techy) users everytime they try to use .PGS on chromecast is getting really anoying.

Or (in my situation) even better, Enable Subtitle burn in on HW transcoding. (Dont know if this is possible).

@Luke @softworkz (Hope you dont mind a tag)

Edited May 7, 2021 by PontusN

[garavelusta 1]

It's not a hard future request but it is not implemented for 6 years!

[marlon006 1]

I'd really like this feature as well, since it saves a lot of cpu-resources in the end, and i have bazarr to sync the subtitles properly.

[Chrisp12 0]

+1, this would be really good. I convert all my blu rays from embedded to external text but I still want to keep the original MKV container around unmodified, thus I am not going to mux out the subtitles.

 

Or even go one config futher, even if there are PGS/VobSub external files, ignore those as well and only allow text based subtitles.

[robert powell 8]

On 9/9/2018 at 3:12 PM, mekwall said:

That would change the hash of the source file and make it difficult to find matching subtitles.

 

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in theory one would already have the subtitles they need if they were going to the extent of removing  existing internal subs

[brothom 2]

+1 - there's a bunch of media I have with embedded PGSSUB files that basically completely break my server.

The requests to parse PGSSUB and ASS take forever, so users just click play multiple times which in turn causes there to be a bunch of ffpmeg's running causing the server to have a meltdown until all requests are processed.

The best "fix" for me would be to be able to disable the selection of internal subs or even better just only allow srt's and such.

Also: some movies have WAY too many subs causing UI issues as previously mentioned. Either an "force external subtitles" or a "allow these subs: (multiselect)" would be fine.