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Hey guys,

I tried searching in the forums but couldn't find the solution. I have a lot of 1080p blueray movies with subtitles. Most of the movies all have subtitles but by default are OFF, but if I want I can turn them on. These subtitles are embedded in the video file, there is no separate text file. However, I have these 2 other movies which have the subtitles ON by default which is really annoying. I can turn them off manually by going to Video->Subtitles Track-> Disable. However, I was hoping there is an option that automatically that will turn off embedded subtitles by default for all movies.

Basically, I want movies that have to show subtitles to show them when its needed or whenever the movie part calls for it like if your in a movie theater. I don't need to have subtitles playing for every word, so essentially I am saying I don't want to disable subtitles in entirely or always have to manually turn them back on for select parts. I assume most movie files are setup to play subtitles when its needed by default. I could be wrong though.

Forced subtitles (Forced subtitles only provide subtitles when the characters speak a foreign or alien language, or a sign, flag, or other text in a scene is not translated in the localization and dubbing process) are only supported in DVD movies. So you either watch with/without all subtitles, or you manually create/find forced subtitle file.

Ok that makes sense for forced subtitles.

However my question pertained to subtitles embedded in the video file. These subtitles have a track that can be disabled and most of the movies I downloaded have them off by default. However, I have 2 movies that have the subtitle tracks ON by default. I am wondering why these 2 files are ON by default and is there anyway to have embedded subtitles OFF by default for all movies.

The options are

--sub-track=<integer> Subtitles track
Stream number of the subtitle track to use (from 0 to n)

--sub-language=<string> Subtitle language
Language of the subtitle track you want to use (comma separated, two
or three letters country code, you may use 'any' as a fallback).

--sub-track-id=<integer> Subtitles track ID
Stream ID of the subtitle track to use.

they can be adjusted from command-line or from Tools -> Preferences (Show settings: All) Input / Codecs

Ok thank you! I ended up going to input/codec and changing subtitles track to 0, which made all movies by default Disable subtitles.

I guess now the only problem is, the MKV files usually have the (necessary) subtitles as a partial track that will now have to be manually turned on for specific movies, which stinks.

I've tried this and it works for some videos but not for others. ):

In the preferences dialog, you can set both the track number and the track ID. What's the difference?

track ID is used for ES selection, for example something like 20bd

Ah. Thanks for that. (: