As far as I can tell any subtitle format (even the native blu-ray one) causes transcoding to occur on my LG B8 and B9. I don’t understand why this is necessary given that my TV clearly supports a lot of subtitle format’s. Heck some can even be verified using Plex as the same format when combined wit…

[image] Anderstn: even the native blu-ray one If you mean PGS subtitles, these are not supported and will always result in transcoding.

[image] anon18523487: If you mean PGS subtitles, these are not supported and will always result in transcoding. …unless you own an nVidia Shield :wink:

True, but OP specifically says LG TVs.

I recommend everyone to use MP4 containers for rips/downloads, with native MPEG-4 subtitles (mov_txt, txt3g, however apps call them) muxed in, and avoid exotic (external or embedded) sub formats. Not because they’re terrible formats (ssa, vobsub, srt, pgs, teletext, all have their uses), but pretty …

[image] Coxeroni: …unless you own an nVidia Shield :wink: Also FireStick 4K. I wish there was a big table with various devices and supported formats in Plex (kinda like those tables you see on Wikipedia articles). [image] certuna: I recommend everyone to use MP4 containers for rips/downl…

SRT is used a lot and there’s nothing wrong with the format in principle, but it’s not part of a standard like MPEG-4 so less devices don’t support it (all Apple products need 3rd party software to play it, for example) and for streaming over DLNA sidecar files also aren’t ideal.

[image] certuna: (all Apple products need 3rd party software to play it, for example) LMAO @ using Apple as an example in an argument about who we should consider a supporter of industry standards. This would be the same Apple that makes you rename all your mp4 files to m4v to get iTunes/iPod…

Eh, you don’t need to rename anything? MP4 works fine. Anyway, this is not a discussion on Apple vs Microsoft vs Android or anything, just a note on what works best in practice. Nearly all devices work with MP4 and its native subtitles format, and even though there are other formats, support is not…

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