• remon@ani.social
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    15 hours ago

    Yeah, I think there is a misunderstanding.

    You are probably talking about hard-subs or full subtitles that are enabled by default.

    “Forced subtitles” specifically refers to subtitle that translate only non-default language or signs (like when someone speaks Spanish in an English movie).

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        9 hours ago

        Can you elaborate on why for the later?

        If you’re watching a movie in English and the bad guys are suddenly speaking a few lines of Russian to each other, why would you not want subtitles for that? Or if the movie shows a sign in a foreign language? It’s often integral to the plot to have that information.

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      14 hours ago

      Not in my experience.

      Forced Subs are just that - substantial are always forced on.

      Now which ones are forced on depends in the video and player.