I’d like to see this feature too. I have the special edition of Indie Game the Movie and the commentary tracks are separate mp3 files. Would be nice to be able to select those as alternative audio tracks when I am playing back the movie without having to mux them all into an mkv file
Just a bump as this request only has 15 votes.
@Orionshock said:
No actually, as subtitles when added to the AV mix are more of an after thought of design while Auido and Video tracks are the main point of the file.I’ll be honest, I see no value in this idea what so ever. If you have an external audio track, remux the file. It takes like 10s to do this and then plex will easily pick it up, no problems.
–But that is just my Humble Opinion.
@Orionshock I totally agree with what your are saying, as far as what the finished product should be, but I think most people are unfamiliar with tools for encoding, decoding, and muxing, like handbrake, makemkv, or whatever you’re using, to make their own container files for their movies which have custom audio tracks, subtitles, encoding, and so forth. Personally, I assumed adding an audio track onto an existing mkv required lengthy decoding and encoding, not to mention figuring out the audio mixing of two sources and the time sync issues, but from what you’re saying it’s fast and easy, right? So… show us the way! Maybe a link or something?
The reason people ask for this to be a feature in Plex itself is because there isn’t really a comprehensive tool or how-to on for any given platform- nothing specific to this task anyway. Sure, there are more general guides on how to make container files and use the combination of tools to master media files form Blu Ray disks or whatever source. I know that just the daunting task of organizing files in a way so that Plex doesn’t get pissy has been handled by FileBot, bridged the gap on a lot of BS that people didn’t want to put up with. Finally, since Plex did a nice job of adding the “optimize” feature right in the server app, you no longer need to manually encode files to avoid on-the-fly transcoding- Plex will do it automatically if you ask it nicely. I guess people are thinking along those lines.
From your point of view, how to contain all of this file data after ripping media into a neat package for easy Plexing is probably second nature to you. Perhaps even the task of adding some foreign audio track, whether it’s ac3, mp3, WMV, etc… and could have that audio synced up with the video file perfectly, get the mix right, and maybe maybe have the film audio auto-lowered slightly for the moments of commentary. I only say this because I have enjoyed the handiwork of others who have done exactly this, and to them I am eternally grateful. It just would be nice to know how to easily do this without spending a load of time trying to master the skill. Some of us have jobs! This is why people want an “easy” solution specifically for this task. I have literally ripped one Blu-Ray in my life with makemkv and after looking at the dog’s breakfast of files it creates without any explanation of what each bit was I kind of stopped there, mostly rfor unning out of time because I knew there was more to it than just ripping a CD and having it turned into useful media in one step, like in the days of CD Paranoia. (You might be too young for that?)
The point of all this is that while the end product of what you suggest is clearly what anyone would want because then the container file is portable and mixed in a desirable manner, but it’s still about the getting there. Saying “just mux the audio in” isn’t really helpful even for someone like me who might actually spend the rest of today figuring out how to freakin do it, but yeah- it would be nice to have Plex have a feature to just “do the thing”. Clearly there are dozens, maybe hundreds of people clamoring for it, and while I feel like there is more nuance than just “muxing the audio” as you say for the reasons I’ve already mentioned, I am sure there is a process that can be followed to get those nice results, unless the makers of these releases keep their productions a closely guarded secret. Personally, were I to figure it out, I’d write something up to save others’ time!
Just my humble opinion!
Kodi has this feature
It’s funny even in 2018 we still don’t have this feature that most other media players have. Please do it Plex. You have made us wait enough
That works, but when you have differently encoded versions for different devices for example with the same audio track it takes twice the disk space. While if you have the audio track separately it solves that problem.
It’s also easier to add different languages and commentaries or re-encoded version later on
You can try this: https://forums.plex.tv/t/release-external-audio-track-support/390714
What about external audio trecks support for Plex on nVidia Shield Pro ?
I don’t have it so I can’t help you.
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