LG Web OS App/android Kodi plugin forces burn in of srt subtitles when transcoding video to lower quality

[FordGuy61]

@zluzar

Why the hell is it burning subtitles into the video if the player obviously can handle common srt subtitles on its own?

Are custom profiles dead?

You’re running into the limitations of the Plex LG app (Samsung behaves similarly). I have an LG B7 OLED. The limitations are one of the reasons I purchased a Nvidia Shield for myself and give Amazon FireSticks to my family/friends as birthday/Christmas gifts. The Plex Android TV app direct plays PGS, VOBSUB, and SRT subtitles even if the video or audio is transcoding (reference). ASS subtitles still result in a video transcode and subtitle burn, but I’m not aware of any Plex client that h…

@zluzar

I noticed the same behavior also in case of Kodi player with plex plugin on my ShieldTv.

Use the Plex app on the Shield.