Subtitles...... Only when the language changes in the movie

Hey everyone heres my question.

If I am watching a movie in English and they start to speak Spanish, how do I get the subtitles to come on just for those parts? Is it an all or nothing thing or can I select subtitles and when the language changes in the movie it will display the English translation.

An example of what I am talking about would be the movie Fast 5 or Fast and Furious 5 when they are in Rio.

any and all info/help would be greatly appreciated.

You are looking for ‘forced’ subtitles. Sometimes also called ‘foreign language’ subtitles.
There are not many of those availalble in the usual places online.
Your best bet is to rip them from the source DVD/BR.

If you have a movie which has such a forced subtitle already muxed in (and it is properly flagged as a forced subtitle), you can instruct Plex to automatically activate it.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/204985278-account-audio-subtitle-language-settings/

Set subtitle mode to ‘Shown with foreign audio’

This requires that both

  • your video files have their audio language(s) correctly tagged
  • your subtitles have a language tag on them

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