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PhoeniX12 · 2016-07-09, 14:49

How can I get Kodi to play the subtitles which are embedded in the video file itself ? There are many movies where the subtitles are present in the video but Kodi doesn't seem to pick it up. Kodi is able to pick up the subtitles if they are present in the same folder though. Any workaround for this ?

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2016-07-09, 23:23

Kodi does this by default. Every video file I have with embedded subs plays the embedded subs.

CaptainKen · 2016-07-10, 04:56

Have you tried to manually select the embedded sub titles, rather then expecting Kodi to auto play them? For instance, not all embedded subtitles are set to auto play.

PhoeniX12 · 2016-07-16, 21:40

well, the subtitles are not playing whenever they are embedded in the video file. Kodi is not detecting them entirely, so there is no question of manually selecting the subtitles. Any other way to select these ?

nickr · 2016-07-16, 22:00

Debug log (wiki) and mediainfo for the same file you play during the log.

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2016-07-17, 00:51

Kodi plays only one subtitle track at a time, as far as I know.

McButton · 2016-07-19, 09:44

Did you create these files yourself?

Kodi auto plays subtitles in files IF they are muxed together correctly.
For instance, in a container file such as an MKV, you can choose how subtitles are impacted upon play {Kodi or otherwise}.
If the tracks are IN the file but not SET to auto play, they simply exist and await a user driven response.

Using MKVToolNix as an example program....
Lets say you have your sub track listed as
{Track 1 - English / Default track Flag [Default] / Forced track Flag [NO]}, the Forced track will need to be set to [YES].
This will enable this item to always play and force you to turn it off (unless you already instructed Kodi to turn it off the first time, then it won't play again unless you turn it back on).

If the above is the case, you will either have to find subs to put into the folders, turn the subs on individually once per file, or remux your videos with the correct settings.

I hope that helped.

McButton · (This post was last modified: 2016-07-19, 09:50 by McButton.)

(2016-07-17, 00:51)Ned Scott Wrote: Kodi plays only one subtitle track at a time, as far as I know.

If that was a riddle to find your pot of gold...

I vote you can hard encode a sub track to a video, then either attach a default sub track to the video or add a standalone version to the video folder.

That'll do 2 at once if you like wasting your time.

If you want to get really Inception with it, you could always use a camera to record the above happening, then add the same subtitle track to that file as well. Subtitles within subtitles...within subtitles.

PhoeniX12 · 2016-07-20, 05:41

(2016-07-10, 04:56)CaptainKen Wrote: Have you tried to manually select the embedded sub titles, rather then expecting Kodi to auto play them? For instance, not all embedded subtitles are set to auto play.

(2016-07-19, 09:44)McButton Wrote: Did you create these files yourself?

Kodi auto plays subtitles in files IF they are muxed together correctly.
For instance, in a container file such as an MKV, you can choose how subtitles are impacted upon play {Kodi or otherwise}.
If the tracks are IN the file but not SET to auto play, they simply exist and await a user driven response.

Using MKVToolNix as an example program....
Lets say you have your sub track listed as
{Track 1 - English / Default track Flag [Default] / Forced track Flag [NO]}, the Forced track will need to be set to [YES].
This will enable this item to always play and force you to turn it off (unless you already instructed Kodi to turn it off the first time, then it won't play again unless you turn it back on).

If the above is the case, you will either have to find subs to put into the folders, turn the subs on individually once per file, or remux your videos with the correct settings.

I hope that helped.

No, I did not create the file myself. It is a downloaded video file (by Grym) .

I do not have the subtitle file seperately. When I play this file in vlc, I have to manually select the subtitle track from vlc options. I don't mind doing that.. Problem is, Kodi doesn't even give me the option to select from. I don't care about auto play as long as the option is present, I am fine selecting it manually.

How do I turn the subtitles ON ?

nickr · (This post was last modified: 2016-07-20, 07:59 by nickr.)

While playing press "OK"

Navigate to the "Audio" button, Press "OK"

In there you will find the subtitle on/off switch.

EDIT: if that doesn't work go back to post 5 and follow my instructions.

Note: Gosh look what I found on the wiki, just by putting "subtitles" into the search. Amazing huh?

http://kodi.wiki/view/Subtitles

mastaan · 2020-04-10, 09:45

(2016-07-09, 14:49)PhoeniX12 Wrote: How can I get Kodi to play the subtitles which are embedded in the video file itself ? There are many movies where the subtitles are present in the video but Kodi doesn't seem to pick it up. Kodi is able to pick up the subtitles if they are present in the same folder though. Any workaround for this ?

Hi, I see my reply is a little late and don't know your problem is solved or not, but I had the same issue and solved it,so let you know how:

In KODI app, go to "Setting", "Player", "Language" then in "subtitles" section, select "preferred subtitle language" and put it on "original language".

**DarrenHill** · 2020-04-10, 10:30

Please don't post in bold, especially not at this time of a bank holiday morning Wink