External Player doesn't recognize subtitles tracks (none).

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Hi, I’m currently using Plex on a cheap VPS that can’t handle transcoding at all. I am able to watch anything if I select a external player to watch my media (VLC or mpv), the problem is: both of them can’t recognize subtitles. I can select multiple audio tracks but the subtitles that appear on the built-in Plex player disappear on the external players. I’m referring to external subtitles (movie.mkv and at the same folder movie.srt). Is there any solution for this?

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have you tried accessing your Plex sever via DLNA? that should enable all the subtitles as well…
to activate on your Plex server go to Settings > Server > DLNA.

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@tom80H said:
have you tried accessing your Plex sever via DLNA? that should enable all the subtitles as well…
to activate on your Plex server go to Settings > Server > DLNA.

I forgot to tell that this VPS is a remote server so I can’t use DLNA.

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you didn’t forget… just an indicator for me to get offline and into bed :wink:

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Anyone? I really want to solve this problem.

I found the answer:

I found the solution!

Now I can play all my media with direct play even 10gb+ 1080p MKV! (P.S.: My VPS has 512MB RAM and 1 Core)

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