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g1ng3rk1d5 t1_jdn2nly wrote

What are you watching on? I can't watch on my Roku because the subtitles either don't pop up or are out of sync with the show, but when I watch on my Xbox everything is fine.

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cmrdgkr OP t1_jdnbuc2 wrote

We watch on a TCL Smart TV through the Apple TV App. It should be more than powerful enough to display subtitles. This happens both through wifi and while having an ethernet cable into the back of the TV, so it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the connection itself.

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Fabbyfubz t1_jdpcsux wrote

I have a TCL Roku TV and it does the same thing with English subtitles on Apple TV. It's like the subtitles are being loaded separately and after a few minutes of dialogue, it starts lagging and going out of sync.

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cmrdgkr OP t1_jdq2nds wrote

That would make sense if it was only subtitles showing up late (lagging) and then blinking out the moment they're meant to go off anyway. But we also have subtitles that appear to show up on time, and blink out immediately. It would also make more sense if the subtitles were showing up randomly late. If a subtitle is meant to be up for 2 seconds, lag would mean it would randomly show up at any point during those 2 seconds. Meaning you wouldn't just see subs blinking on and off, you'd see subs that come on and just don't last as long as they should. e.g. it's a .5 second late so it's only up for 1.5 seconds making it a quick read. These are always blink on and off.

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cmrdgkr OP t1_jdq1hft wrote

If it was a TV issue, then Netflix, Disney and other services wouldn't work fine. If those work and Apple doesn't, then it's because Apple produces a crappy app.

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