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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ass are text-based.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh ok, that sucks :(

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My Apple TV 4K will play PGS without burning in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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.