I know there is always much discussion about this but I'm still unsure about the best/simplest way to approach forced subtitles - mainly English subtitles for non-English dialogue. I had been ripping blu-rays and DVDs (now really just blu-rays) using makemkv and handbrake and using ATV3 preset for years. This limited subtitles to burn in only for the most part and i had to either use foreign audio search on handbrake wit mixed results or figure out what was the forced subtitle track and burn that one. I'm now using an ATV4 and switching to MKVs which obviously have better subtitle support. Sometimes I'm re-encoding video in handbrake but not always depending on movie as ATV4 can handle higher bitrates. I've read the plex guide on subtitles. However it's still not clear to me the best/simplest way to use makemkv and plex for blu ray rips to automatically have forced subtitles show up without having to select any subtitle track. For the couple I've tried I've ripped all english tracks and left them untouched (and checked forced track in makemkv) and selected "show with foreign audio" in plex but no automatic subtitles show. I'd rather not have to burn the subtitles in or manually remember a particular movie has foreign audio and have to select track.
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