Normal subtitles are primarily an aid so that are not generally intended to be seen. They are their so someone who is deaf or speaks a different language can still enjoy the content.
Forces subtitles are there as part of the experience. The director of the show wants you to see them, regardless of your players normal subtitle setting. These are typically used in a scene where characters speak in foreign language but the director wants you to know what they are saying.
Forced subtitles are implemented just like normal subtitles in that they exist in a secondary stream rather than being embedded into the video stream, but they have a flag set on them that tells your player “Always display these, even if subtitles are turned off”.
Subtitles typically are provided as a text file that accompanies the video, allowing the text to be overlaid on top of the video stream as desired. Full subtitles would mean everything is subtitled, from people talking to sounds, etc.
Forced subtitles are not optional. They are baked into the video and cannot be disabled.
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