Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151 Player Version#: android 9.8.2.35221 I’ve been recently having weird issue where in plex client GUI is showing that I have external SRT subtitles selected but subtitles are not shown at all. If I select some other subtitle from subtitles menu in the player, subtitles …

No it didnt either - must be the players side ? Not sure if we can roll back in that.

Maybe, unfortunately changelogs / older versions are not readily available on android as far as I remember. I just tried clearing all data / cache / defaults from my android client application and reinstalled. No change by this either Guess I’ll need to look if I can find changelogs for android cli…

I did rollback to 9.7.0.34811-e3f8b122 and 9.6.3.34515-1b12302f both of then have the same issue. I’m really not sure if this is client or server issue here I was checking plex media server log and grepping for subtitle. This happens when I’m starting to play the file with external .srt subtitle S…

Ohh and changelogs and apks are available from plex forums here in case you want to try some older version by yourself Plex for Android - #440 by sixones

I will give it a try - This doesnt only affect SRT as you describe - PGS subs are affected too.

I’m still running 1.28.0.5999, and have the same issue.

Ok, need to double check then too. Also today I noticed this issue also happening with video with internal srt subtitles… So happens with internal and external srt subtitles too @Deepfriedbutter @nielsvdp @Dystaxia are you by any chance encountering this issue with 4K HDR material? Going thru a bit…

@Nurffe Confirmed on my end as well. SDR titles work as desired. HDR/DV titles do not.

Looks like there is another similar thread here posted within 24 hours Nvidia shield plex client initially not playing external srt subtitles @ChuckPa @anon18523487 looks like we have here also bunch of people with the issue. What exactly you need in order to look into this? Are there easy ways to …

Subtitles shows as selected but not shown when playing

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kevindd992002 November 9, 2022, 2:09pm 17

I have a Roku Ultra 4 user that’s experiencing the same issue. @ChuckPa can you look into this? This is different from my other thread because the same workaround doesn’t work here.

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Subtitles shows as selected but not shown when playing

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