I’ve read the forum here as well as others (Reddit, the StackExchange family of websites, etc.), and I’ve not quite found the correct thread that definitively addresses this topic. I have several video files that include subtitle streams, some of which are marked as “forced.” That is, the subtitle …

Thank you for the pointer. Vote has been cast. To others who’ve had this problem ( @MCBARFIELD some of your threads indicate you’ve had some success with this), what pieces do I need to set in my MP4 containers’ metadata to correctly get things flagged?

The only “solution” I know is to use an external subtitle file and mark it as ‘forced’ in the file name. Title of Video File.mp4 Title of Video File.eng.forced.srt The above adds a forced subtitle in english.

I still only use MP4 containers and was able to solve all my subtitle issues by using the method OttoKerner mentioned. I exported the forced subtitle tracks from the MP4s (using subler) and use them externally using the naming scheme provided by Plex. I still keep the embedded subtitles in tact w…

Well, that’s distinctly suboptimal. But thanks very much for the clarification. It gives me more data that points to Plex needing a feature enhancement before it will do what I want. Oh, but for an open-source core that I could submit a pull request to…

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OttoKerner November 22, 2019, 4:02pm 2

Feature request Metadata: detect force Subtitles in embedded mp4 and DolbyVision

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