Ok, a few server versions back, Plex introduced a lovely feature, which was to default NON-FORCED subtitles on any media if the preferred language for audio and subtitles did not match. This was expecially useful for me, since I’m italian and always watch my movies with english audio and full italia…

Non-forced Subtitles NOT default anymore

anon18523487 August 23, 2019, 6:30pm 6

Playback the latest movie you added, then provide me the PMS log, the xml for that movie, and a screen shot of your subtitle settings under your profile in Plex Web.

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