# Subtitles **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** subtitles\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040 "2024-12-16T14:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![innovatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@innovatone](https://forums.plex.tv/u/innovatone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/1 "2024-12-16T14:10:41Z")
ok, so I have a movie that is in English, but has some sequences in another language. I prefer to watch movies in English with the English subtitles turned on. I have 2 options: 1. English Forced (SRT): this will enable English subtitles for everything that is spoken in the other language, but won’t show subs for everything spoken in English 2. English (SRT): this will enable English subtitles for everything that is spoken in English, but won’t show subs for everything spoken in the other language What do I need to set to have English subs for everything that is spoken in English as well as the other language ? ---
**Author:** ![MarkV1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@MarkV1320](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MarkV1320)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/2 "2024-12-16T14:32:04Z")
Use [Subtitle Edit](https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/releases) to edit the .srt subtitles to what ever you want. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/3 "2024-12-16T15:39:19Z")
> [@innovatone](#): > > English (SRT): this will enable English subtitles for everything that is spoken in English, but won’t show subs for everything spoken in the other language Then I’d say that the subtitles you have are wrong. If you don’t have a source for proper English subtitles, you can try and merge the two subtitles, thus generating a complete version of the English subs. I concur with the above recommendation of [Subtitle Edit](http://www.nikse.dk/SubtitleEdit "Subtitle Edit") ---
**Author:** ![innovatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@innovatone](https://forums.plex.tv/u/innovatone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/4 "2024-12-16T16:30:23Z")
Thank you for the reply. Why are the subtitles wrong ? The subtitles are complete and Plex will show either one or the other depending on the setting. So if Plex would have a setting to enable both (English SRT and English Forced SRT) then it would work as expected. Can you please explain how this is not Plex’ fault ? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/5 "2024-12-16T16:37:01Z")
> [@innovatone](#): > > Why are the subtitles wrong ? > The subtitles are complete and Plex will show either one or the other depending on the setting. No, they are not. For an English speaker, they are supposed to _also_ contain the lines from the “forced” subs. If they don’t, they can only be considered “incomplete” or “wrong”. I can only assume that they were ripped from a disc. Particularly with VOBSUB format, it is quite common to have all subtitles in a common container, with the “forced” lines only carrying an additional flag on them. Someone made a mistake while ripping them. Instead of storing all subtitles, the “forced” ones were removed, thus creating an incomplete file. ---
**Author:** ![innovatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@innovatone](https://forums.plex.tv/u/innovatone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/6 "2024-12-16T17:04:06Z")
Understood, thanks again for the clarification ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitles/899040/7 "2025-03-16T17:04:34Z")
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