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Am i the only one getting subtitles and closed captions on some live tv and movies?

Not all movies but i checked some in the collection area at the bottom some of them have subtitles.

Also in live tv i am getting CC. Again not all of the channels but a few i checked.

I didnt add any subtitle service and i am using troys fork 21.2.

I dont want to post the titles of what worked here for others to test because i do t think this is a locked thread.

@JerryJ let me know if i can DM you a few titles to try out.

Edit: i may have “enabled parsing for closed caption” in thr kodi setting. Maybe that was it?

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For Live TV Closed Captions

Select Settings in kodi then select
Player then make sure you are in Standard, Advanced or Expert mode.
Select Subtitles
Select Enable Parsing for Closed Captions

When watching something if CC does not appear click select button while watching and scroll over to the right. The second to last icon is “subtitles”. Make sure Enable subtitles is enabled.

Below that see the “Subtitle” and if there are more than one available select a diffent one. Ex: if it says “unknown 1/2” select “unknown 2/2”.

If subtitles say “None” then i dont think its available.

Working pretty well for me.

As far a the movies, i think its a crap shoot if the movie has Subs embedded. But I’ll have to check this another time.

Good luck!

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Ok i found a solution for you.. you will need to do a manual search for your title. The 2 i tested give titles totally unrelated to the movie when selecting Download Subtitles.

These are the steps i took to get the Subtitles for movies.

Kodi Settings
Select Addons
Select All Repositories
Select Subtitles
Select Open Subtitles.com (NOT .org)
Select install
Go back to DreamTV
Select a movie
While playing select Subtitles and Download Subtitles
Most likely the titles shown are not the movie you are trying to watch. If they are you can select and watch the movie. Otherwise…
Select Manual Search String
Enter the title of movie
××Be specific or give enough in title to distinguish from other similar titles.
You should have results for the movie you are watching.
Select a link and enjoy. Find a working link if needed.

Hope this helps.

There may be better or easier ways but this is what i found to work so i stopped. Lol

A thank you to @Miki for sending me on the right path.

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Thank you, that works great

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