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Emby Server Not Recognizing Subtitle 'Forced' Flag


Wilky13

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I noticed Emby Server is not recognizing the 'Forced' flag for internal subtitles in a MP4 container.

 

Here is an example, you can see from Subler that Track 5 is subtitles and they are checked as 'Forced'.

 

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However in Emby Server it is showing the subtitles as "No" for Forced.

 

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Well that's what ffprobe is telling us. Does the mp4 container even support those flags? You may want to just extract them into an external subtitle.

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Well that's what ffprobe is telling us. Does the mp4 container even support those flags? You may want to just extract them into an external subtitle.

I assumed MP4 container supported forced subs flag, it seems to support the default audio flag.

 

I had been using external subs with the ‘eng.forced.srt’ file name. But it seemed to be hit and miss between players (AppleTV, Roku, ET, EmbyWMC, etc.). I’d thought making them internal would be more universal.

 

 

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External subtitles is the most universal and recommended approach.I am not sure the mp4 container supports what you were trying to do.

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External subtitles is the most universal and recommended approach.I am not sure the mp4 container supports what you were trying to do.

@@Luke I'll add external subs with the "eng.forced.srt" suffix. Do you think having internal and external subs will conflict? Should I delete the internal ones?

 

 

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