Subtitles tend to render quite small on mobile devices. Especially when the subtitle tracks specify a small font size. Also, subtitles often present with strange, low contrast foreground, background, and outline colors. Can we please get playback controls to override subtitle font settings? For e…

Suggest moving this to feature requests so we can vote on it. I support this!

The subtitles system could use an overhaul. On iPad, subtitles still exhibit the glitch where they show up for a second upon resuming playback, only to disappear for the rest of the video. Not seeing iPad options to burn in subtitles during transcoding.

There’s already one… [image] Subtitles settings (font, color, offset time, position) Feature Suggestions Plex is almost perfect to me except it does not allow user to change subtitles color, font, offset time, etc… like common HD video players else. It’s painfu…

Request: Larger subtitles

Plex Players

tom80H August 11, 2025, 6:46am 4

There’s already one…

Topic		Replies	Views
Settings for subtitles on iOS Plex app Plex Players ios-legacy	3	200	June 25, 2025
Please allow selection of subtitle font / typeface Feature Suggestions subtitles	3	190	October 25, 2022
Subtitle Font Control Feature Suggestions	2	199	June 10, 2021
Subtitles settings (font, color, offset time, position) Feature Suggestions subtitles	40	3289	July 18, 2025
Plex doesn’t use custom subtitle settings Plex Players subtitles , ios , android-mobile	5	78	November 14, 2025

Request: Larger subtitles

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