Play external audio files in sync with video

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I would like to have this feature too.

22

Same here, you can't always just remux it into the container either, for "reasons"...

If you can't see why, don't worry about it, just realize this would be beneficial for users. I would suggests integrating it into the "local media assets" - "Local Extras" features. Could just add another "-extratype" of "-soundtrack" so that people tag the external soundtrack with it and it get integrated into the movie's page.

This feature would save me gobs of space... 

23

+1

I would like .mka, .dtshd or any other HD audio format to be playable with the original video.

Would be great if plex could mux it on the fly, direct stream.

24

It seems really strange for me that plex doesn’t have such a simple feature. If I start remuxing in all audio tracks in my library I wouldn’t be able to continue to seed those video files in torrent client.

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@panzerklein said:
It seems really strange for me that plex doesn’t have such a simple feature. If I start remuxing in all audio tracks in my library I wouldn’t be able to continue to seed those video files in torrent client.

This is the exact same reason for me.

With the new Atmos tracks I really want to be able to have the Atmos track and select that when in my home theatre room but just play the normal file that was originally muxed in all other times.

26

+1
I have couple of .ac3/dts files, but I can’t play them with video :frowning:

27

+1
Please, add this feature

28

I’ll join in as well, this would be great functionality to have!

29

Still not added? How sad.

30

+1!!
please

31

I too desire this.

32

Need it too

33

I don’t necessarily need the ‘sync’ feature, but it’d be nice to have audio files be detected as subtitle files are.

My use case: Avoiding a transcode when streaming lossless Bluray rips to plex in the browser. BD video can usually be direct streamed, but the very common 5.1/7.1 AC3 audio can’t. To solve this, I downmix to stereo AAC. It would be nice to have this external audio track be recognized as an “Optimized Version” of the audio- I’d save a lot of space by not having another copy of the same video sitting around.

I feel this feature request is within the spirit of plex; between “optimized versions” and the real time transcoder, it seems to me that plex is intended as a system which interprets your media as is. An archive of lossless media should remain untouched, and all alterations should be made externally, either on demand or in an optimized version. Plex’s on demand transcoder takes care of this; what we want is the ability to have ‘optimized versions’ to be as flexible as the transcoder. Remuxing the original file is working in reverse, and I do not believe it is in the spirit of this system to require that.

In my use case, the stereo AAC track is explicitly a ‘plex version’ of the audio track- it was made for use with the contemporary limitations of plex clients and browsers. As browsers and plex clients evolve, these limitations are subject to change, and as such anything built with these limitations in mind do not belong in a media archive.

In short, what I am asking for is a more modular approach to plex’s “optimized versions”, where alternate audio tracks are presented as a ‘version’ of the movie/show. As I understand it, plex clients will prioritize versions which they can direct stream; the ‘version’ approach will ‘just work’ whereas selectable audio streams would not.

It just occured to me; my proposition is basically to make plex’s optimization operate in a similar manner to youtube’s DASH.

34

Yes, i would really appreciate this feature as well

35

I also need this feature to be able to watch my downloaded movies( only english audio) with the german audio that I own. of course i can remux the german audio using (mkvtoolnix or tsmuxergui) but this would be a hard work to enable it to hundreds of movies. I just need to put the .ac3 or .dts or .mka audio track into the movie folder and voila it should be detected by plex as external audio track!!!

36

8 years later
 and the thread continues to be resurrected. In fact - I just created an account here after ages of lurking, solely to say “yes - THIS!” please


37

need this feature!

38

How is this still not a thing??? It would be so useful to be able to add additional audio tracks. Plex needs to come to the party here and make a plan.

39

It is must have feature for those who watch foreign language films.

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40

PLEASE MAKE THIS A THING

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