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sludgetrough
Visitor
7 years ago

[Resolved] - Plex External Subtitles (.srt) files not displaying

Hello, all, I've been searching everywhere and I've seen this problem reported by many, but couldn't find a definitive answer. When using Plex media server channel through the Roku, subtitles fr...
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sludgetrough
Visitor
7 years ago
Hmm well that's weird.  Yep, unzipped the file of course.  Again, it's working fine through Plex so the file and setup is good.  It's just Roku that seems to be braindead.

If you got it working with a Roku Plex channel, that's disturbing.  Might just be my version of the player or something, who knows.  It's an older Roku 3.

Have not tried Roku Media Player, I'll give that a shot next. 
Thanks for taking the time to experiment with this!
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wka5917
Reel Rookie
5 years ago

I have found that the RokuMedia Player does not like font changes in the file. They are found between <  > brackets. Use an SRT Cleaner to remove.