[chakratos]

Hey,
I wanted to ask if it is possible to configure kodi to automatically enable subtitles if i watch a specific TV Show or a Video with a Japanese voice stream.

Thanks in advance

[chakratos]

Anyone that can help?

[whysoserious]

If you remux the video files with MKVToolnix you could flag the subtitles as "forced" and they will automagically play. Could be a lot of work, depending on how many files you have.

[nickr]

Is it that hard pressing one button on your remote to turn subtitles on?

[fnord12]

Some people (like me!) use things like PseudoTV or just playlists and keep our "tv" on in the background while doing other things (knitting, mindless data entry type work on a computer, etc.).  And so having to reach for the remote every time a foreign language film/show comes up can be annoying.  Not the end of the world, of course, but having a way to set the subtitle options in advance, either on a per show/movie basis or with some kind of rule like "if language track is not english, enable english subtitle" would be very useful.

Update:  Actually, it seems like there's an Addon for this: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=153783