# Editing file metadata

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090 "2018-10-23T10:10:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![smokeofc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@smokeofc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/smokeofc)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/1 "2018-10-23T10:10:46Z")

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Editing language on bundled tracks in mkv files where language of audio and subtitle tracks is marked unknown.

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**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/2 "2018-10-24T04:44:23Z")

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Hmmm… I think this will be a hard one to sell. Most think we should have that already done at the file level.

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**Author:** ![smokeofc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@smokeofc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/smokeofc)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/3 "2018-10-24T10:12:58Z")

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Plenty of files don’t have their language tags in order, so I at the very least would love some way to workaround that manually without changing the source file…

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**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/4 "2018-10-27T03:53:11Z")

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How about this… Plex does the assume thing. Have a option that, If the audio is unknown/undetermined then set the language to a predefined language the user sets.  
At least this might help with subtitles displaying when needed…

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/5 "2021-01-17T13:57:53Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: implemented via 3rd party tools

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/editing-file-metadata/323090/6 "2021-06-10T00:56:57Z")

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