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Default subtitle track not honored - nothingveryobvious - 2025-06-08
Hello,
I've noticed that for some of my anime, Jellyfin doesn't honor the default subtitle track. On the Web UI I set preferred language to "English", and on a file that has 3 "English" subtitle tracks, it doesn't play the default.
For the file below, both Jellyfin Android TV and Jellyfin Media Player play #4 (PGS) instead of #6 (Dialogue@GJM), which is set as default and forced.
General
Unique ID : 246390195802459379296649458010634538626 (0xB95D068E5F7AC70EA9B2CB3201E74E82)
Complete name : /ExtHDD/Media/Stack/Jellyfin/Anime/Kaguya-sama Love is War/Kaguya-Sama.Love.is.War_S01E05-Kaguya Wants to Handle It, Kaguya Wants to Be Covered [6EFA1683] [BDRip][Dual-Audio][1080p x265 HEVC 10bits DD][EMBER].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 462 MiB
Duration : 24 min 1 s
Overall bit rate : 2 688 kb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Movie name : S01E05-EMBER
Encoded date : 2024-12-17 03:16:10 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v88.0 ('All I Know') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1
Cover : Yes
Attachments : BRADYBUNCHREMASTERED.TTF / BRUSHSTROKES.TTF / DEJAVUSANSCONDENSED.TTF / EAGERNATURALIST.TTF / FOT-KUROKANESTDEB.TTF / FOTRODINPROUB.TTF / GANDHISANS-BOLD.OTF / GANDHISANS-BOLDITALIC.OTF / IWAOMINPRO-BD.OTF / IWAOMINPRO-HV.TTF / IWATAMINCHOOLDPROH-TR.TTF / IWATAMINCHOOLDPRO-TR-BOLD.TTF / JANDAMANATEESOLID.TTF / KOZUKAGOTHICPR6NH.TTF / LACARTOONERIE.TTF / LONDONTWO.TTF / MATISSEPROTOARU-EB.TTF / NOTOSANS-MEDIUM.TTF / PANEFRESCO800WTKILLLAKILL-REGULAR.TTF / PARISJETAIME.OTF / POSTNOTE.TTF / RIFFIC-BOLD.OTF / WCRHESUSBBTA.OTF / ADHOC.TTF / AVERIASERIF-BOLD.TTF / BABEBAMBOO.TTF / BAQA.OTF / BLUEHIGHWAYLINOCUT-REGULAR.TTF / BOBCAT.TTF / cover.jpg
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L4.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 24 min 1 s
Bit rate : 1 989 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.040
Stream size : 342 MiB (74%)
Title : Presented By EMBER
Writing library : x265 2.4+14-bc0e9bd7c08f5ddc:[Windows][GCC 6.3.0][64 bit] 10bit: KG7x [x265.ru]
Encoding settings : cpuid=1050111 / frame-threads=3 / numa-pools=8 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1920x1080 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=41 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=4 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / open-gop / min-keyint=23 / keyint=250 / bframes=8 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=80 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=2 / tu-intra-depth=2 / limit-tu=4 / rdoq-level=2 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=3 / limit-refs=3 / limit-modes / me=2 / subme=3 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:-1 / no-sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=4 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=1.70 / psy-rdoq=1.25 / no-rd-refine / analysis-mode=0 / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=crf / crf=20.8 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / vbv-maxrate=30000 / vbv-bufsize=30000 / vbv-init=0.9 / crf-max=0.0 / crf-min=0.0 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=3 / aq-strength=0.90 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / sar=0 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=1 / transfer=1 / colormatrix=1 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / max-cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / opt-qp-pps / opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr / no-hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / refine-level=5 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 24 min 1 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 33.0 MiB (7%)
Language : Japanese
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : A_AAC-2
Duration : 24 min 0 s
Bit rate : 253 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 100 ms
Stream size : 43.5 MiB (9%)
Title : KS@FUNI
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 4
Format : PGS
Muxing mode : zlib
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 22 min 18 s
Bit rate : 51.2 kb/s
Frame rate : 0.510 FPS
Count of elements : 682
Stream size : 8.17 MiB (2%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #2
ID : 5
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Duration : 23 min 31 s
Bit rate : 67.9 kb/s
Frame rate : 5.896 FPS
Count of elements : 8322
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 11.4 MiB (2%)
Title : Signs & Songs@EMBER
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #3
ID : 6
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Duration : 23 min 48 s
Bit rate : 67.3 kb/s
Frame rate : 6.150 FPS
Count of elements : 8783
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 11.5 MiB (2%)
Title : Dialogue@GJM
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Prologue
00:00:15.933 : en:OP
00:01:45.939 : en:Part A - Kaguya Wants To Do It Properly
00:08:51.990 : en:Part B - Shirogane Miyuki Wants To Show Off
00:15:13.996 : en:Part C - Kaguya Wants To Share An Umbrella
00:22:20.422 : en:ED
00:23:50.471 : en:Epilogue
I have tried setting my preferred language to "Any Language," but it didn't help. I also tried "Search for missing metadata" and "Replace all metadata," but it didn't help.
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!