For shows that have foreign audio I have forced subtitles and Plex picks them up as such. However, I have my account audio settings set to always enable subtitles so I would like Plex to choose the normal subtitles over the forced ones if there is an option. Is there any way to accomplish this?

[image] Egleu: For shows that have foreign audio I have forced subtitles Do you mean if the whole audio track is in a foreign language or only some dialog lines are foreign? If you have a whole audio track with a foreign language, you must not mark the subtitle track with the ‘forced’ tag.

Only some dialog lines are foreign. Game of thrones for example.

That is correct then. Do you have full/complete subtitles for the affected videos? How are the settings in your account https://support.plex.tv/articles/204985278-account-audio-subtitle-language-settings/ and how many audio and subtitle streams are available in the affected videos and how are the…

I can replicate the behaviour. This must be a regression. I will report this.

I think I’m having this same issue, only my problem is kinda the reverse. I have media files that are dual audio and dual subtitle (one forced, one complete subtitle). I have my Plex account set to have subtitles always on, and preferred subtitle language to English. If I have a default audio lang…

Sounds like the same issue, actually.

I already reported this faulty behaviour a few months ago in this topic: https://forums.plex.tv/t/non-forced-subtitles-not-default-anymore/ To make it short, this is my typical use-case for Movies: Audio: ITA, ENG SUBS: Forced ITA, Regular ITA, Regular ENG My settings: Preferred audio language:…

I guess this issue is flying under the radar like every single time I brought it up. Does anyone have any info? @anon18523487 maybe?

The issue is still open on our end. I don’t have any other update.

Plex is selecting forced subtitles over regular subtitles

Plex Media Server

Egleu July 3, 2020, 8:51am 5

Yes I do. I attached a couple screenshots. This episode in particular I removed and did the Plex dance to check but it still defaults to the forced subtitles.

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Plex is selecting forced subtitles over regular subtitles

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