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The app never auto-loads external subtitles
Issue The first time I long press the file icon, I did not get any option to auto load external subtitles in the future.
So every time after choosing a movie, I have to long press the file icon, and navigate to the movie folder to pick an external subtitle file.
Question Why can't the app automatically detect subtitles in the same folder of the movie, and add it to the subtitles list?
The first time I long press the file icon, I did not get any option to auto load external subtitles in the future.
You should see a dialog "To automatically load external subtitles...". Try clearing app data and doing that again. If that doesn't work, share some adb logs.
Why can't the app automatically detect subtitles in the same folder of the movie, and add it to the subtitles list?
Just Player doesn't want to implement its own file picker so it uses system (SAF) file chooser. Because of that, it doesn't have access to any other files than the one user selects.
I am experiencing the same issue on a Philips TV with Google TV (Android 12). I have been looking for a player that plays everything out of the box as a default external player for Jellyfin. This player seems to just work and play everything (so far)!
Jellyfin sends a streamable url to the player, including all available subtitles which I can pick. There is however no option available to set a default language for subtitles (there is for audio) so it loads this automatically. It also doesn't seem to remember the last picked subtitles when restarting the same video again.
When should this dialog to "To automatically load external subtitles..." appear? Maybe it would be an option to just add this to the settings like the default audio track option?
Make sure you use the same filename as the video file but .srt Why do you use Jellyfin ? Use mixplorer and works like a charm via webdav, ftp, samba.... The only issue is via ftp(no TLS) on android 13, with android 11 and 12 works as expected. Btw ftp with TLS is not recommended in your LAN.
