New Plex Subtitles Configuration/Forced Subtitles NOT working at all

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Since Plex has removed the Plug-Ins option, they have announced the new Subtitles that is built in.
I am having ZERO luck with downloading only Forced English Subtitles.

I only want subtitles to show when someone is speaking any language other than English.
Even with all of these settings checked, it’s still not happening.

I was watching Equalizer 2, and the non-english speaking, which is where I want subtitles, doesn’t show up. I either have to watch subtitles throughout the entire movie (super irritating) or get no subtitles at all.

Does anyone know how to get ONLY forced english subtitles working correctly? Is anyone else having this problem? Is this something that the PLEX team is working out?

I had SubZero Subtitles working awesome…but now no more because Plug-Ins were made away with recently. Super frustrating.

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I see this being the way it was always gonna be… at least till Plex and/or subtitle hosting sites improve. FORCE sub’s can only be possible if the force sub exists on the hosting site and Plex knows what to do with them.

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I’m having the same issue. I have all the local .SRT files that have the non-English dialog text but the system won’t auto-detect they are there and I cannot select them. The only thing I can select are from the online sites and those don’t work for me. I have a way of hard-coding the subs with a video editor but that is time consuming and I am trying to watch Game of Thrones which has subs in just about every episode. Am I missing something in terms of setting things up to see my own SRT files?

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You got me there. I am clueless how this works and if it works in conjunction with local sub’s. I think the whole online sub is flaky as f–k.

What are the names of the local subtitle file?
Something like…
Game of Thrones - s01e01 - Winter is Coming.eng.forced.srt?

More info can be found here.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200471133-adding-local-subtitles-to-your-media/

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I’m having the same issue… Trying to pick up the local
.SRT file. But it’s not picking up the file. The only options are the online ones.

I’ve looked at the guides and followed the steps, but adid not help.

The file names are the same as the movie file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Not sure if this is the solution but I had similar problem.

I only started using Plex last year and just couldnt get my local .srt files I used for foreign parts to work properly, I found a solution but not sure if it was a bug thats since been rectified as I still do it out of habit.

Basically I convert my .srt files to .ass using https://gotranscript.com/subtitle-converter

Copy them to same folder and renamed them like this (used Overlord as example),
Movie = Overlord.mp4
Sub = Overlord.eng.forced.ass

Make sure “Show with foreign audio” is selected in Plex/Settings/Languages

They should now play automatically, hope this helps.

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I am having the same exact issues discussed here. I have read numerous reddit articles, Plex forum posts and various other websites. I haven’t found a solution yet. It shouldn’t be this hard.

If you follow the directions on the Plex help sites, it should just work. Instead, it’s just more frustrations.

I will give MarPlex’s suggestion a try. I hope it works. If it does, great!, but again, it shouldn’t be this complicated.

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Add me to the list of forced subtitle frustration. All settings in Plex appear to be correct. Would be nice if Plex could give a “work around” solution until they find a way to permanently solve the issue.

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