It should be possible to extract and display closed captioning recorded in the .ts files from plex DVR. I was able to frame accurate cut the .ts files with VideoReDo, and still extract subtitles with CCExtractor . After this is done Plex can display Closed Captioning, but I believe this functionali…

I was just thinking of Plex as a solution for my elderly parents once Windows 7 - and therefore Windows Media Center, which they absolutely love - goes off security patches in 2020. Plex, they absolutely require closed captioning in order to be able to watch their TV shows; their hearing isn’t that…

It should also be possible to use CCextractor to display live Closed Captioning if it is integrated into Plex. It can process captions via UTP, if it’s not able to process them otherwise. It should be an easy feature to integrate as the captions are already in the media files Plex creates, they’re …

Exactly; we know they’re in the broadcast file since WMC can process them, and from what I’ve read of Plex DVR (i’ve not used it myself, just thinking for my parents’ sake - that’s another lifetime membership there plex, if you can get this working!!!) the sub/caption files are THERE, they’re just n…

Plex DVR Closed Captioning Request

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Plex DVR Closed Captioning Request

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