Default Subtitles Not Automatically Selected

[ebr 16396]

1 hour ago, emby.trace706 said:

So it plays the last track of the file? That might be the reason why it didn't seem like it was working right. I thought it would follow the previous episode, but it was following the previous track of the file?

If you had selected a specific track for that episode previously, and had the option to remember the selections turned on, it is going to do just that - remember the last selection for that specific episode.  

[emby.trace706 2]

1 hour ago, ebr said:

If you had selected a specific track for that episode previously, and had the option to remember the selections turned on, it is going to do just that - remember the last selection for that specific episode.  

In my mind, it would remember the track from the episode played previously. Although in this instance, I had not selected a track previously as I had not played the series before

[visproduction 351]

eb706,

Embedded subtitle choices are fine for giving each user their choice. It would be nice to get those to work. Carry on getting that fixed.

Here is an alternate solution.  Do you know that a separate subtitle file can just add '.default' at the end of the filename to force the subtitle to appear?  But using '.default' means you don't give each user their custom choice anymore. 

Softwares that can pull out the embedded subtitles: MKVCleaver, Box4 and the full ffmpeg, (if you like command lines).  All these can batch copy out hundreds of media content subtitle files all at once.

Then you rename subtitles, to match each media name and add, for example,  '.en.default' to turn on an English subtitle.  Put these subtitle files back into each media directory. Subtitles will then appear in each Media or individual episode page, as pull down options.  (Pull down subtitles are listed, based on the file name that comes after the dash "-".) 

Separate subtitle files, I think, are a more dependable way to get subitles to turn on.  You control it by adding ".default".  The server has less to process, because it doesn't need to sort through subtitles options and pull the data from inside the media file.  Again, of course, you lose each user's preference option.

• Rocky (1976) - 720P.mp4
• Rocky (1976) - 720P.en.default.srt  (this should always play for everyone)
• Rocky (1976) - 720P.fr.srt

[emby.trace706 2]

1 hour ago, visproduction said:

eb706,

Embedded subtitle choices are fine for giving each user their choice. It would be nice to get those to work. Carry on getting that fixed.

Here is an alternate solution.  Do you know that a separate subtitle file can just add '.default' at the end of the filename to force the subtitle to appear?  But using '.default' means you don't give each user their custom choice anymore. 

Softwares that can pull out the embedded subtitles: MKVCleaver, Box4 and the full ffmpeg, (if you like command lines).  All these can batch copy out hundreds of media content subtitle files all at once.

Then you rename subtitles, to match each media name and add, for example,  '.en.default' to turn on an English subtitle.  Put these subtitle files back into each media directory. Subtitles will then appear in each Media or individual episode page, as pull down options.  (Pull down subtitles are listed, based on the file name that comes after the dash "-".) 

Separate subtitle files, I think, are a more dependable way to get subitles to turn on.  You control it by adding ".default".  The server has less to process, because it doesn't need to sort through subtitles options and pull the data from inside the media file.  Again, of course, you lose each user's preference option.

• Rocky (1976) - 720P.mp4
• Rocky (1976) - 720P.en.default.srt  (this should always play for everyone)
• Rocky (1976) - 720P.fr.srt

All my files are mkv files, and I have used mkvtoolnix to set the default subtitle track, which Emby was not following. For the most part my files only have 1 set of subtitles, but there are a few series where there are 2 sets. 

[ebr 16396]

2 hours ago, emby.trace706 said:

the default subtitle track, which Emby was not following

We would only show that automatically if you set the option in Emby to always show the "default" sub track.  Most people don't want that because most items have one of the tracks marked as default.