Ability to censor parts of movies for kids via a text file

[jon762]

Please let me know if this is already a thing.

if a .srt file is in a folder with a movie, you have the option to see subtitles or not…

similarly could there be an option to have another text file (maybe *.rdn for redaction) which would allow you to skip parts of a movie for parental controls? For example many movies are mostly fine for my kids to watch, but i may want to automatically skip parts. srt files have timestamps for text to show on the page, but this new rdaction file could have timestamps for sections to skip (or silence for language).

it would be enabled same as subtitles… option to enable redaction, pick your redaction file if detected, or none to disable redactions and play full movie.

i thought i could write something like this as a plugin, but sadly you guys are removing that ability.

for example redaction file can be structured like this (note that it can be parsed essentially the same as a .srt file… after all, an .srt file would usually be the starting point since you can easily find all the bad words via .srt):

1. A numeric counter indicating the index of the redaction.
   

2. Start and end time of the redaction separated by –> characters
   

3. First word is redaction type (Skip or Mute), rest can be ignored as comment
   

4. A blank line indicating the end of the redaction section.
   

move-name.rdn

1
00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:15,300
Skip this due to excessive violence

2
00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:25,300
Mute

[tom80H]

There’s already an existing feature suggestion discussing such an option (so far with Förster limited interest from the community). I recommend you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting/dispersing votes.

Live Censor Videos During Playback / CleanFlix / VidAngel

Now… If I were you, this could be a fairly large income maker for you. At least to get plex pass subscriptions. I’d be willing to help with the development if I had access to the python source. Long story short, it would be excellent if users could “define” parts of a movie to blip out the sound or skip the video. Similar to what VidAngel did, or cleanflix did in the past. Heck, you could even team up with them to get a large enough database of that data. But imagine, an extra subscription to …

There’s a slightly related and more popular suggestion asking for a profanity filter (based on subtitles as well as input from online sources too).

Profanity Filter

I was wondering if there will ever be an option to filter profanity and scenes for instance integrate a service such as “ClearPlay” where the file is downloaded and it will automatically cut the audio and/or video as necessary based on your settings? This would be a most useful feature for those with children, and religious families to enjoy digital content without the language or scenes with nudity or excessive violence.

Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion, I’ll close this thread as a duplicate.