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Direct playing PGS subtitles? - stumble - 2024-12-09
Hello,
I am wondering how the community is getting PGS subtitles direct playing on their setups? I start transcoding because "The subtitle codec is not supported" whenever I enable subtitles. I understand from my searches that this experience is heavily client dependent. I've attempted this with both my Samsung (Tizen) TV app as well as casting with Jellyfin Android to a Chromecast Ultra (non-Android TV). I get a similar experience with either client. I have tried the "Experimental PGS subtitle rendering" in the Subtitles setting but have not been successful - either no subtitles appear or I still am transcoding the media due to subtitle codec.
I'm wondering if anyone has managed to get this working with these clients? If so, what is your configuration? If not, which clients do you recommend? I noticed that the new Android TV v0.18.0 has support of PGS. Does that mean any Android TV devices like the cheap ONN box should direct play these subtitles?
Any help would be appreciated. I would prefer not going through the hassle of converting subtitles into a different format unless absolutely necessary.
Client Details
Jellyfin Server: 10.10.3
jellyfin-tizen-builds: 2024-11-24 04:31
Jellyfin Android: 2.6.2 with Chromecast Ultra (non-Android TV/Google TV)
Media Info
Video Codec: H264
Video Container: mkv
Audio Codec: DTS DTS-HD MA
Subtitle Codec: PGSSUB
RE: Direct playing PGS subtitles? - TheDreadPirate - 2024-12-09
Yeah, the Chromecast Ultra doesn't support PGS.
ONN Boxes are good, from what other users have reported. The Nvidia Shield Pro is still a great client. If you don't have any Dolby Vision content, only plain HDR10, the Google TV Streamer is good (I have one).
RE: Direct playing PGS subtitles? - stumble - 2024-12-09
Thanks for the response. I'll upgrade to one of these options.