Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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ancient
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Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

Post by ancient »

Hey all

When ripping to mkv is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown? (I'm not referring to "forced subs")
I can't seem to find a way to do it through the gui.

Thanks
d00zah
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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I expect that would be a player-specific preference. What are you using for playback?
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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Most, but not all, players will honor ONE OF the track flags "Forced" or "Default". The most reliable way, therefore, is to set BOTH to Yes in the MKV header.

Details of my search for the way to set both, using the mkvtoolnix header editor.
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ancient
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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Cheers guys ;)
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

Post by d00zah »

ancient wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:55 pm
Cheers guys ;)
Did one of us get it right? :?
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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Woodstock ;) ...as I knew about enabling it on various players.
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Re: Is it possible to force the subtitles to be shown?

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He usually is. :) Cheers.
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