Android mobile player won’t play any videos with SRT subtitles turned on while on cellular data. I have quality forced to 480p while on cellular forcing a transcode. Wheel spins indefinitely waiting for video to start.

Videos with subtitles turned on won't play

EricD1973 October 6, 2020, 7:33pm 3

I got it working by turning off automatically adjust quality. Leaving that on causes the wheel to spin indefinitely. So looks ok for now.

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