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vesp · 2024-08-12, 02:43

so first of all, i swear i tried to search for an already existing thread on this topic but came out empty handed.

often nowadays the formatting of movies files are like this:
>folder with title of movie
>>video file
>>Subs (folder)
>>>ara.srt
>>>ita.srt
>>>etc etc, many many other languages

i would like kodi to pick up those already and not go searching for those in menus, loading my prefered language without having to do anything, in cases where the video file has embeded the subtitles instead of coming sepate in a folder kodi already does that and it's great. Is there an already existing add-on or maybe a config setting that does this?

**PatK** · 2024-11-10, 20:08

If the .srt is named exactly as the video name with the extension .srt and is local to the media, Kodi should pick up the sub if flagged.

Dragen · 2024-12-08, 00:21

The files needs to be named the same as the video file.
Ie: Ghostbusters.mkv and Ghostbusters.srt (or Ghostbusters.<langcode>.srt if you want Kodi to show language name.

**Karellen** · 2024-12-08, 00:41

Does Kodi find subtitles in a subtitles subfolder? I don't think it does, but I am not 100% sure.

vesp · 2025-01-09, 12:24

(2024-12-08, 00:41)Karellen Wrote: Does Kodi find subtitles in a subtitles subfolder? I don't think it does, but I am not 100% sure.

yeah exactly, but it's naming convention nowadays.

i just wished there was a simple add on which recognized and loaded them so kodi would play them wo me having to go into menus

**Karellen** · 2025-01-09, 20:58

(2025-01-09, 12:24)vesp Wrote: i just wished there was a simple add on which recognized and loaded them so kodi would play them wo me having to go into menus

What settings do you have for subtitles?... https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Player/L...#Subtitles
I think you need to name your subtitle files correctly. As an example...

Forced - <VideoFileName>.eng.forced.ext - Kodi will load this automatically for forced subtitles

Default - <VideoFileName>.eng.default.ext - Kodi will load this automatically as a default stream.

Other- <VideoFileName> .ita.<unique>.ext - Will be available for selection from the Subtitles list. <Unique> is just anything to make the filename unique and allow more subtitle files to be added.