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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 ?
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Kodi does this by default. Every video file I have with embedded subs plays the embedded subs.
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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.
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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 ?
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Kodi plays only one subtitle track at a time, as far as I know.
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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.