Please help understanding how subtitles work

[TCEmby1 8]

Most of my movies have a subtitle file right next to the movie. However often I have to use the plugin to load subtitles and sometimes there is nothing that is hash matched like the file that comes with the movie. How can I select the actual subtitle file next to the movie file when turning on subtitles? Thanks

[Luke 42086]

Hi there, have you explored the subtitle controls during video playback?

[TCEmby1 8]

During playback there are only subtitle options if I've downloaded them in the title screen before playing the movie. I use the plugin to download subs. It seems to not look into the folder that has the actual movie file for subs

[Deathsquirrel 745]

Are the subs and movie files named properly?  For example, I have:

• \\<SERVER>\<SHARE>\Be Cool (2005)\Be Cool (2005).mkv
• \\<SERVER>\<SHARE>\Be Cool (2005)\Be Cool (2005).eng.srt

[TCEmby1 8]

They might not be exactly like that. So if thats the issue I can fix any naming differences in the future to '.eng.srt'

 

They are all srt files.

[Carlo 4561]

Hi, can you show us what you're looks like?

[Happy2Play 9785]

Also do they appear in the media info section of specific item in the web client?

[TCEmby1 8]

As I receive them, the subs are either in a /subs folder or at the same level as the movie.

[TCEmby1 8]

It looks like the subs where I'm having problems are slightly differently named:

 

Edited September 15, 2020 by TCEmby1

[Carlo 4561]

Yep, rename them and they should work.

You may want to give Filebot a try as it's great for renaming files, subs and other things correctly.

[Luke 42086]

Have you compared your subtitle naming to our subtitle naming guidelines?

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159160-subtitles