Plex vtt subtitles on apple tv 4k

[Hoderr]

The problem is well known and in a recent post with @raiiyzen77 we never got an answer.

TVOS / iOS: external VTT subtitles prevents direct play

Server Version#: Version 1.32.8.7639 (running trough official docker repo) Player Version - iOS #: 8.30 (iPhone 11 pro) Player Version - TVOS #: 8.30 (AppleTV 4K 3rd gen) Hi, I discovered that when i try to play a media with external VTT subtitle with the mpv player. i’m unable to direct play. i have the following message “No direct play video profile exists for protocol HTTP, with container mp4, and video codec hevc” my test media was an file with a mp4 container, then i try another medi…

Double subtitles (VTT) on Apple TV

From what I can see if you have external VTT subs enabled it shows the subtitles twice as described in this topic. if you have them disabled it still shows them as described in other topic. From what I was told about VTT they are intended/designed as internal subs only which is why the Apple TV app has trouble with them, so our Apple player team need to figure out how to handle them when external.