Probably discussed a billion times on this forum, but I just want remind the devs that subtitle selection / downloading is still terrible. I installed sub zero, which is the best option available to get subs. However it still misses often, especially with TV shows.
In Plex I want to be able to see ALL subtitles available for a specific language. Not just one single match, found by subzero. And if no match, you should still be able to select the other subtitle versions available on opensubtitles.org.
I like Plex but because of this, I’m using Kodi more often lately.
Availability might depend on the client you use.
With the latest version of Plex Web, when selecting a subtitle, you should get an extra More button that’ll show the available subtitles for your language incl. a rating (currently based on opensubtitles.org only)
Actually great news ! But I can’t find “Settings” in my player. The whole menu is missing
and I’m running the desktop app on OSX, TV mode. On my TV I have AndroidTV version 8 running wiht Plex. So I hope it will be available there.
Does my server need an update for this feature or just the latest client ? I’m using plex beta on synology RTD1296
Click the ... button (right of the play and trailer buttons).
In the subsequent popup you can select/change the audio and subtitle tracks (-> click Change Subtitles)
Plex shows all the subtitles embedded in the file or available as local files first – scroll to the very bottom of that list to find the More... button and click it
Ok, … I see. But I don’t have the “More” option. I guess it’s because my plex client did not update yet (Android TV). Yesterday it did not update, but maby today
It is perfectly possible that this feature hasn’t been enabled on your user account, yet.
It will be slowly rolled out over the next few days.
And even after it has been activated for you, your server needs to get the information that it has been activated.
And for that to happen, it needs to contact plex.tv
While it will do that periodically, it might still take too long for you.
You can provoke this contact to plex.tv by
quit plex server
wait a few seconds
start plex server
Whether the feature is present you can determine by using the current ‘hosted’ web
app https://app.plex.tv/desktop
Open the preplay page of any movie or tv show episode and look for the ‘More…’ item under the subtitle selector.
If it is present, the feature has been activated for your user account.
Thanks the tips. But will my Plex server also need An update in order for this feature to work? My server is running the beta version for synology nas with rtdt1296 CPU. And i’m not sure any updates Will be available soon?
Don’t want to offend you, but are you working for Plex?
Are you actually aware of the fact that the official package ARMv7 is not compatible with ARMv8 ??
If you have a model which has an ARM v8 cpu, then you have to wait until this cpu is officially supported.
This will be the case once the new build system has been certified as ready for production.
Until then, unfortunately you’ll have to make do with the PMS version available as a ‘preview’.
