Additional "Play Buttons" for Multiple Movie Versions - Feature Request

Feature Suggestions
1

I have tried the two methods for handling multiple versions of movies:

  1. Split them apart and modify the title with a description of the file and choose them from the browser. This gets messy as the same movie cover is shown many times.

  2. Leave the movies joined as one title and drill down through the menus to select the version I want. This method is not the most friendly for all users.
    a) there is no indicator on most clients that multiple versions are available.
    b) when choosing the version it only shows bit rate and resolution and that is sometimes not enough information like when the audio or video encode is different.

What I would like to see on the movie page is a button that would direct play each version. That is if there is only one version of the movie then there is only on button. If there is more than one version an additional play button would show up. “Play SD” “Play HD” “Play HD+” “Play 4K” (where HD+ = high bit rate files say over 10GB that won’t play smoothly over wi-fi)

This would make the selection of the right movie for devices with different capabilities easier and more friendly for all family members. I think this would be a great improvement for an already great product.

P.S. My preferred platforms are the Nvidea Shield and Apple TV

2

Early 2021 clean-up:

  • play version → implemented
  • handling of different cuts/editions → duplicate