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<blockquote data-quote="meek" data-source="post: 214715" data-attributes="member: 55533">MKV - SubtitlesSince I did a quick run down of how to get multiple audio tracks running, I figure I would explain what I did for MKV files with subtitles.By default, for me, Media Portal plays MKV files fine and if the file has a *.srt subtitle with the same name as the film in the same directory (ex: Movie.mkv, Movie.srt) the subtitles work just fine. However, if the subtitles were embedded into the MKV file, no go, so here is what I did:1) I installed ffdshow to play all H.264 content. This was what all my (MKV) files were in.2) Open Media Portal Configuration3) Go to Movies -&gt; Movie Post Processing4) Double-Click DirectVobSub (autoloading)5) Check the Enable box.6) Click OKAnd that was it! If the film has subtitles, they automatically played. IF you want to disable them, just go into the information section (I press the &quot;i&quot; button on my remote), and you can disable them or enable them anytime during the film.This is GREAT for some foreign movies if you hate dubbed tracks! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />P.S. I haven't played with the &quot;non-autoloading&quot; DirectVobSub yet, if anyone has experience with that, feel free to post an update. I'm VERY new with all these plug-ins, and do not pretend to be an expert on them. My assumption is that it would play the subtitles just the same, but you would have to manually turn them on movie-by-movie? This could be useful if you have a lot of movies with subtitles, but you don't frequently want the subtitles?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="meek, post: 214715, member: 55533"] [b]MKV - Subtitles[/b] Since I did a quick run down of how to get multiple audio tracks running, I figure I would explain what I did for MKV files with subtitles. By default, for me, Media Portal plays MKV files fine and if the file has a *.srt subtitle with the same name as the film in the same directory (ex: Movie.mkv, Movie.srt) the subtitles work just fine. However, if the subtitles were embedded into the MKV file, no go, so here is what I did: 1) I installed ffdshow to play all H.264 content. This was what all my (MKV) files were in. 2) Open Media Portal Configuration 3) Go to Movies -> Movie Post Processing 4) Double-Click DirectVobSub (autoloading) 5) Check the Enable box. 6) Click OK And that was it! If the film has subtitles, they automatically played. IF you want to disable them, just go into the information section (I press the "i" button on my remote), and you can disable them or enable them anytime during the film. This is GREAT for some foreign movies if you hate dubbed tracks! :) P.S. I haven't played with the "non-autoloading" DirectVobSub yet, if anyone has experience with that, feel free to post an update. I'm VERY new with all these plug-ins, and do not pretend to be an expert on them. My assumption is that it would play the subtitles just the same, but you would have to manually turn them on movie-by-movie? This could be useful if you have a lot of movies with subtitles, but you don't frequently want the subtitles? [/QUOTE]

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