2017-10-10, 10:58
(2017-10-07, 19:30)DragonFly Wrote: It seems that CS in NOT to blame for subtitles not showing and Kodi itself is the culprit. That's because it doesn't properly show embedded subtitles anymore, even though you told it to do so.
Lots of mkv's have embedded (sub-rip format) subtitles. Autosubs recognizes that and does NOT fire. Kodi does probably recognize it's presence but does NOT display the embedded subs. At least not initially, but only if you'll trigger a "ShowSubtitles" event.
This only happens for NEW content with embedded subs (library or not). After a new item has been played for xxx seconds, an entry will be written to the MyVideosxxx.db. This entry is written regardless if you use the video library and is used for resuming playback time and such. Once that particular episode is played again the "<showsubtitles>true</showsubtitles>"in "<defaultvideosettings>" will be obeyed and the subtitles are shown.
Somehow, according to related forum topics, the Kodi code has changed regarding embedded subtitles in relation to language track. If the subtitle is not bound to the preferred audio language track, it will not be displayed. No matter what your settings are. This was an issue in the v17 beta stages but has not been resolved yet.
I can't have access to embedded subs....
