Approach to Internal/External Subtitles

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Appreciate the response. To clarify:

Would pre-extracting subtitles (either using the plugin or other tools) prevent the entire video from transcoding if embedded subs forced a transcode previously? Not sure what function the "on the fly" extraction has on someone who doesn't have the plugin installed, or if it's even relevant to force direct-play with pgs subs.