Enabling local subs to plex, dummies

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Hi, I’m new to plex (well 2 years actually!) and I’m trying to enable my local subs to my “GOT” series, namely the dothraki sections! I’ve names the subs exactly as the main episode e.g “Game of Thrones_S3E03” but I can’t get them to play when the show is played… I have plex on my laptop and also on my Synolgy NAS server as well. How can I configure plex to play my local subs? do I have to change the wettings in the web version of plex?
Thanks for any help given!
Graham

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Go to settings, agents, enable local media assets, and then refresh metadata for that show.
I would also recommend to add the language suffix, like Game of Thrones_S3E03.eng.srt, otherwise it will be shown as Unknown

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Game of Thrones_S3E03 <---if Audio is Unknown - Good Luck
Game of Thrones_S3E03.eng.forced.srt <---Dothraki Language Only - note Language Tag
Game of Thrones_S3E03.eng.srt <---Full Subs with a language tag.

Note:
Forced Dothraki subs ONLY contain the Dothraki Language lines and if Language Options are correct and the correct Language Tags applied will display automatically.
Full Subs ‘MAY’ contain the Dothraki Language - May not - it depends… on many things.

If you want subs to work automatically - tag the audio and subs with the appropriate Language tags.

Plex won’t automagically pull the Dothraki Language out of the full subs. Get the right subs - https://subscene.com/

Groundbreaking Crappy File Naming, but that means you’ll need to make the subs have the same Crappy File Naming with the right stuff in it.

Since we don’t know what type of file that is - MP4/MKV/M4V we’ll have to also assume the Title Field in an MP4/M4V file isn’t making this impossible. If it is - remove it, or take LMA out of the equation by lowering it’s priority:

The Scoop:

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200471133-adding-local-subtitles-to-your-media/

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Thanks! would I have to do the same for each episode and series of the show (there’s 8 seasons with about 10 episodes per season, except for season seven and eight!)

what would be the best way to configure this?
Cheers
Graham

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First you need to pick a good naming and directory structure, then use what everybody use.
Naming only: filebot
Naming and managing: sonarr/radarr
Subtitles: bazarr

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