Tons of Subtitles are added after Conversion

[casminkey 19]

I've seen this a few times now as I'm trying to gradually convert my entire library...

I convert a movie but when it's done, there's a TON of subtitles. I have the library itself set up to only automatically search for English. Anything I'm missing? 

[Q-Droid 989]

If the media files have embedded subtitles the conversion extracts them to VTT files.

 

 

[casminkey 19]

Got it. Anyway so that it keeps them embedded or only extract certain languages?

I don't mind them being there but annoying when it usually defaults to Arabic. It seems to pick the first language in alphabetical order.

[Q-Droid 989]

I thought the list would show your preferred language first, then the rest alphabetically. Do you have a language set in your preferences?

 

[casminkey 19]

Yes, English.

[Neminem 1518]

Can you show media info at the very bottom.

I would like to see what is set as Default.

 

[Luke 42077]

The conversion process will usually preserve all subtitles. Those external vtts were probably internal subrip on the original file.

[casminkey 19]

English forced subtitles are set as default in the original.

 

After conversion, forced subtitles are no longer default

[Luke 42077]

3 minutes ago, casminkey said:

English forced subtitles are set as default in the original.

 

After conversion, forced subtitles are no longer default

The default distinction happens based on the subtitle preferences of the user who created the conversion.

[casminkey 19]

Where do I set that?  I already have English as my preferred language.

[Luke 42077]

56 minutes ago, casminkey said:

Where do I set that?  I already have English as my preferred language.

Have you explored clicking your user icon in the top right?

[casminkey 19]

Yes. When I go to my user settings, then subtitles, my preferred language is English. I even have a screen shot of that above.

Is there somewhere else I should be setting this?

[Q-Droid 989]

This is odd. What version of Emby?

 

[Luke 42077]

You have track selection remembering set to enabled, so the default may have been chosen on what subtitles were enabled when you last played this content.

Basically, the new default should be the same one that would have been selected automatically if you had played the old version of the file.

[casminkey 19]

6 hours ago, Q-Droid said:

This is odd. What version of Emby?

 

4.8.11.0

[casminkey 19]

So I tried this again just to make sure I'm not going crazy.  Subtitle was set to English Force which is the default subtitle, I kicked off the conversion and when it finished there is no default subtitle track and it automatically selects Arabic.

Before: 

 

Conversion:

 

 

Post conversion:

 

It doesn't do it with all media as I'm trying to convert my entire library but I've noticed it with a number of them. Or maybe it does and I haven't noticed or they don't have embedded subtitles.

[Luke 42077]

@casminkeywhat other subtitles does it have post conversion? The fact that it is extracting all of these looks normal.