Emby Ignoring Default Subtitle Flags

[Fixel99 1]

I have 2 subtitle tracks for my media. One which has a forced flag and one which has a default flag. For some reason the forced one is the one getting selected rather than the default.

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[Happy2Play 9784]

Yes it appears Forced tags are superseding Default tags when Default option is selected.  Devs will have to comment more as this option looks at both of these flags.

[Fixel99 1]

Bump

[pünktchen 1409]

@Happy2Play is right. "Forced" is superseding "Default" and Emby is doing it right. From the mkv wiki: "... Now on to the "forced display" flag, in short "forced". If this is set to "on", this track must be played/shown no matter what the user selected for his preferences or what the player would normally chose to show/play. ..."

[rbjtech 5284]

As above - Forced will always supersede Default - there is nothing wrong here.. ?

If you need to ignore the 'Forced' (for some reason) then you need to remove it's Forced Flag in the source file - using mkvtoolnix (header editor) or such tools.

[Fixel99 1]

@rbjtech I was confused as I had done this after punk pointed it out, however I ended up needing to also refresh metadata/scan library files in order for this to take effect. Thanks! That was really the last major thing bugging me from making the switch from Plex.