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submitted 7 months ago by Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml to c/plex@lemmy.ml

This is something I've been trying to do reliably for years. I can stream anything I want easily with VLC or even just Chrome itself but I can't get subs to work. I was able to make it work for a long time using a Chrome app called "videostream" but it now no longer works correctly on my system. It's a bit confusing to me but it kind of looks from what I have read that Plex can apparently handle this? Most references to the idea seem to be for later chromecast versions but mine's a 1st gen I bought in 2014. Could I use Plex to stream local media with separate or embedded srt files to my chromecast ?

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[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Have you tried the option on Plex to “burn in subs” always? I have had subtitle issues here and there but setting that option fixed my subtitle issues.

Not a chromecast user though but just wanted to throw that out there.

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I haven't used Plex yet, was wondering if it could do this to see if it was worth a shot. I'm hopeful from some of these responses though that it can. I expect burning in the subtitles would work, it's just that I want to avoid re-encoding if I can and wouldn't necessarily need Plex if that turned out to be the only way anyway. Thanks though.

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