Subtitles fetching: How does it work?

[sscheib 11]

Hello everybody,

 

I wanted to know how many substiles I currently have, so I ran a quick search command:

find /var/lib/emby/metadata/ -regextype posix-extended -iregex ".*\.(srt|sub|tmp|ssa|mp1|txt|smi|vtt)$" | wc -l

1253

 

Alright, fair enough, but I have multiple thousand media files and two languages selected to get downloaded. Following settings are set in the Substitles section:

Download subtitles for:

[x] Movies

[x] Episodes

 

[x] Only download subtitles that are a perfect match for my video files

[ ] Skip if the default audio track matches the download language

[ ] Skip if the video already contains embedded subtitles

 

and of course username and password.

As I have a lifetime VIP account I don't assume I hit any limitations, so I guess the limiting factor is the option Only download subtitles that are a perfect match for my video files. (as its stated in the settings anyway)

 

So, my question is basically:

If I untick the option to download only perfcect matches, does Emby search for a perfect match first and if it does not find anything matching perfectly to my video file, downloading another subtitle or will it simply download "the first it gets"?

I'm asking because I don't want to end up with tons of "bad" subtitles, although Emby could have taken a subtitle matching my video file.

 

Thank you!

 

 

[Luke 42083]

Yes that is correct. Perfect matches get priority. Unchecking that box means you'll get the most popular subtitle file when a perfect match isn't available, which may or may not be in sync with your video file.

[CBers 7452]

Luke - how long does Emby continue to check for missing subtitles before giving up?

 

Is there a time limit of some sort?

[Luke 42083]

No time limit.

[sscheib 11]

Thanks luke