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Hello folks, Is there any trick to telling one Chinese subtitle from another when ripping a disc? It's not uncommon for discs to have 2-3 Chinese subtitle tracks and I'd prefer to only include the "simplified" version, if possible. Unfortunately, MakeMKV lists them all as "PGS Chinese...

Thanks for the replies. I used MediaInfo to see what the MKV contents are in the other MKV files I got elsewhere, which work fine with my externally sourced SRT subtitle files. What I found was that they either have NO subtitiles, or they have UTF-8 subtitles, rather than PGS. So I'm going to make n...

Sorry if I wasn't clear before. To clarify, I know how to make subtitles work in Plex with an MKV. I have other MKV files that I did not create and they work perfectly fine with SRT subtitle files I've gotten elsewhere. The problem is specifically with the MKV files I am creating by ripping my own d...

I’m not sure I follow, because I have other MKV files I got from elsewhere that play fine with external SRT subtitle files.
Clearly something is different with the MKV files I created myself.

Edit/Update - External SRT subtitles working fine now, with MKV without embedded subtitles. Thanks again for all the tips! Hello folks, New user here. I'm having issues with external subtitles not working with my MKV rips. I'm not sure what I did wrong during the rip, but maybe there is some option ...