davesurfer 18 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 So when playing a movie in Emby on Roku, Predator: Badlands for example, the SRT subtitles don't display when I've selected SRT for the subtitles option. However, other subtitles play, which I don't know where they come from or how they are generated. The subtitles that do play are more for the hearing disabled, like it says (Electrical humming) or when the foreign language is spoken, it displays (SPEAKING YAUTJA). However, when playing this exact same movie on Emby on a browser, it displays the proper SRT subtitles. So for example, when it says (SPEAKING YAUTJA) on Emby for Roku, it says "I sense you, brother." on the Emby for the browser. I have a SRT file in the same folder as the movie's video file and it's named the same as the video file. Here are some screenshots, I've enabled stats for nerds for the Roku playback screenshots which are taken on my TV. Thanks for any help!
Luke 42077 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!
davesurfer 18 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 29 minutes ago, Luke said: Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks! Ok thanks for the quick reply! I sent the log about 2:00 AM Eastern Time. So I started playing the movie (Predator Badlands 2025 1080p.mkv) from the beginning, forwarded several times till those other subtitles displayed. The name of the Emby user is "htpc". Thanks!
pwhodges 2012 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) Check the embedded subtitles for "forced" flags - these cause unexpected behaviour in the Roku player. Paul Edited February 13 by pwhodges
ebr 16168 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 8 hours ago, davesurfer said: and it's named the same as the video file Hi. It looks like you didn't provide a language in that naming so I'd be sure and do that as well. Then, you need to look at the embedded subs and be sure they aren't marked default or forced as Roku will force a "forced" sub. Subtitles Naming
davesurfer 18 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 4 hours ago, ebr said: Hi. It looks like you didn't provide a language in that naming so I'd be sure and do that as well. Then, you need to look at the embedded subs and be sure they aren't marked default or forced as Roku will force a "forced" sub. Subtitles Naming So the name of the subtitles file is Predator Badlands 2025 1080p.srt which is identical to the filename and that usually worked in the past. Are you saying I need to put "english" in the name like "Predator Badlands 2025 1080p.english.srt"? I don't understand why it would work perfectly on the Emby web player and not on the Emby Roku player? I'm not sure what you mean by "embedded subs" in this case, does that mean burnt in subs? Thanks.
davesurfer 18 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 10 hours ago, pwhodges said: Check the embedded subtitles for "forced" flags - these cause unexpected behaviour in the Roku player. Paul How can I look for this?
pwhodges 2012 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 MKVToolNix is one way; also MediaInfo. Changing them with MKVToolNix will copy to a new MKV file (not transcoding, though); if the files are already MKV, you can change the flags in place using jMKVpropedit But actually, they are shown by Emby at the bottom of the details page for Movies or TV episodes, under the Chapters row. However, Emby can't change them. Paul 1
davesurfer 18 Posted Friday at 11:03 PM Author Posted Friday at 11:03 PM 3 hours ago, pwhodges said: MKVToolNix is one way; also MediaInfo. Changing them with MKVToolNix will copy to a new MKV file (not transcoding, though); if the files are already MKV, you can change the flags in place using jMKVpropedit But actually, they are shown by Emby at the bottom of the details page for Movies or TV episodes, under the Chapters row. However, Emby can't change them. Paul Sorry for my lack of knowledge here, but with MKVToolNix (think I've used this before), can I add my existing MKV video file in it with the SRT subtitles file and it will package it into a new MKV?
pwhodges 2012 Posted Friday at 11:18 PM Posted Friday at 11:18 PM Yes; you can add subs as new streams, set default and (if required) forced flags - you can also omit unwanted subtitle streams, which can be handy when files these days may come with 30-odd sets of subs for different languages. Paul
davesurfer 18 Posted Saturday at 12:26 AM Author Posted Saturday at 12:26 AM 1 hour ago, pwhodges said: Yes; you can add subs as new streams, set default and (if required) forced flags - you can also omit unwanted subtitle streams, which can be handy when files these days may come with 30-odd sets of subs for different languages. Paul Cool thanks! So do I just rename the SRT file to movie-file-name.english.srt then? Or is there a way to specify language or default subs with the MKVToolNix?
pwhodges 2012 Posted Saturday at 10:18 AM Posted Saturday at 10:18 AM You don't have to match the names, and you can set things like language within the program. Just run it and see! Paul
davesurfer 18 Posted Saturday at 10:18 PM Author Posted Saturday at 10:18 PM 11 hours ago, pwhodges said: You don't have to match the names, and you can set things like language within the program. Just run it and see! Paul Cool thanks so much!
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