This request is really two interrelated items regarding audio codec/quality selection for movies and TV shows.
1. Enable all clients to be able to automagically select the correct audio track based on the type of hardware and codec support reported by the device, like what the Roku and PMP do.
2. For users who would like the option to control the codec used, allow us to set a default audio codec/quality for movies/shows based on both user-level as well as, the client-level . If no default is selected, then Plex would default to option 1, listed above.
a) It would be good to have an option under User Settings > Audio & Subtitle Settings to set a default audio format if that format exists for a movie or show. i.e. DTS, or AC3, or AAC, etc. Or preferably a list like is seen in the Agents menu where we could reorder the various formats. This might be useful for people that have multiple audio formats, but donāt want to use Handbrake to strip out the unwanted ones, for example.
b) Have the option in each clientās settings to set a default audio codec. As mentioned above, have a list which can be reordered, or a drop-down. This per device option could be used for when the user-level is set to āUse Client Settingsā , or something like that.
An additional benefit to having the manual settings in addition to point 1, is that if Plex incorrectly chooses a default codec, this could be overridden.
In my specific case, I add both 2 channel AAC and 5.1 channel AC3 to all my movie files. It would be amazing to be able to tell my Android TV to always default to the 5.1 audio, and my phone to AAC. As it stands, since I have the AAC channel first, every time I watch a show or movie on my TV I have to select the 5.1 audio⦠it would be AMAZING to have it default.
Thanks!