Hardware device to guarantee direct play with ASS and PGS subs

submitted by platypus_plumba

Any recommended hardware device to ensure that I won't need to transcode in order to burn ASS and PGS subtitles?

Right now I have a FireTV but it only direct plays SRT.

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Bakkoda , edited

I could be wrong but ass and pgs are image based and are "burned" because that's the only way to make them compatible. Burning requires transcoding, end of story.

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watson387

ass are text-based.

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Bakkoda

Well crap, maybe Plex just doesn't like them then

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platypus_plumba [OP] , edited

Oh ok, that sucks :(

I wonder how streaming services offer the ASS-like (hehe) subs without the burning delays.

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edgemaster72 , edited

That is a very interesting title if you don't realize what community it's posted in

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mmmmmsoup

My Apple TV 4K will play PGS without burning in

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platypus_plumba [OP]

Dang, I just realized my FireTV does PGS without burning. Why do people always add embedded ASS subs if they require burningggg?

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Glassed Silver

Anything Android-based using the builtin Exoplayer (Google's open-source AOSP media player of choice for Android) will need transcoding since Exo doesn't support styled subtitles fully.

https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/8435

Feel free to echo your frustration there, Google is unlikely to care otherwise I'm afraid.

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