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Subtitle srt file caching

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct section, but I have a question about srt subtitle files. I have got the subtitles to show properly, but I find that once I play the video and then change the subtitle file on my server, and then play the video again it still shows the old version of the subtitles. CTRL-F5 does not seem to fix the issue.

Any thoughts on how to always retrieve the file from the server in case there have been changes made?

Thanks,
Gavin

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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You should generate a random number in JavaScript and then append the random number to the end of the srt file.

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admin

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Thanks for the reply. So if the filename on the server is bla_English.srt, in the jwplayer config generated when the page is loaded we use a filename like bla_English.srt.dhdhd33?

If I am understanding wrong could you provide more details? Thanks

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Something like:

bla_English.srt?rand=4873874

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admin

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Works great, thanks!

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np!

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