2024-08-04, 01:11 PM
Hey, I'm currently having an issue with Jellyfin and I've been trying to find a solution, but so far no luck.
In Jellyfin, I usually almost always have a subtitles file next to a video file and when I play the episode of a show or a movie, I want those subtitles files to be automatically chosen, over ANYTHING else.
So, my native language is Hebrew and so most of my external SRT files are in Hebrew. Some are in English, since I can't find Hebrew subtitles for those.
My goal here is to make Jellyfin ALWAYS pick the external subtitles file, over the internal subtitles track that are in the MP4/MKV files.
As I understand, in order to do that. I need to organize my folders correctly like this;
![[Image: c94DOth.png]](https://i.imgur.com/c94DOth.png)
![[Image: NDe4pU7.png]](https://i.imgur.com/NDe4pU7.png)
And the videos and subtitles files like this:
![[Image: w8r28A1.png]](https://i.imgur.com/w8r28A1.png)
with the SRT format being
So I did that, for all of my shows.
And also similar thing to movies as well:
![[Image: rS8DzUp.png]](https://i.imgur.com/rS8DzUp.png)
Occasionally I change it from
Anyway, this still doesn't work. It sometimes does select the subtitles file, but also sometimes doesn't, I have to manually switch to the external subtitles file in Jellyfin on my TV when it doesn't. Any ideas on what to do?
I just want a simple way to make it always choose the external subtitles files, ALWAYS.
Also, this is my subtitles settings here if it matters:
![[Image: X7YpGiV.png]](https://i.imgur.com/X7YpGiV.png)
In Jellyfin, I usually almost always have a subtitles file next to a video file and when I play the episode of a show or a movie, I want those subtitles files to be automatically chosen, over ANYTHING else.
So, my native language is Hebrew and so most of my external SRT files are in Hebrew. Some are in English, since I can't find Hebrew subtitles for those.
My goal here is to make Jellyfin ALWAYS pick the external subtitles file, over the internal subtitles track that are in the MP4/MKV files.
As I understand, in order to do that. I need to organize my folders correctly like this;
And the videos and subtitles files like this:
with the SRT format being
show name (year).default.language.srt and video file being the same but without .default.language.So I did that, for all of my shows.
And also similar thing to movies as well:
Occasionally I change it from
hebrew to english, but.. same thing, you know..Anyway, this still doesn't work. It sometimes does select the subtitles file, but also sometimes doesn't, I have to manually switch to the external subtitles file in Jellyfin on my TV when it doesn't. Any ideas on what to do?
I just want a simple way to make it always choose the external subtitles files, ALWAYS.
Also, this is my subtitles settings here if it matters: