Hey There,
I’ve been using Plex for a number of years, but with recent changes to the server, I’ve decided to open it up to various family members. One thing that is quite the inconvenience is how Plex handles tracks that are tagged as “unknown” audio.
In a nutshell, Plex assumes that “unknown” audio is not in your preferred language (in my case English). This is annoying, as it will then enable subtitles if you have the “Shown with Foreign Audio” setting enabled. This can cause confusion for less savvy users who just want a set and forget solution. The alternative is to have “Manual Subtitles” selected, but this then causes issue’s with movies/TV that has a “Forced” subtitle track.
Furthermore, I think it’s safe to assume that any media that was downloaded/ripped would be done in the native language. Even assuming that this is wrong, a user would notice instantly the problem and be able to fix it.
So what I propose is that either “unknown” audio tracks are either assumed to be in the preferred language, or (preferably) that an advanced option exists to set the language for “unknown” on the server. This should be the preferred method, as it won’t impact current functionality.
Finally, I know some scripts exist to do this through modifying the DB, so I imagine that the tech behind this request is not to difficult.
Thanks for an awesome product, and thanks for (hopefully!) implementing this change.
~Spritz
EDIT - It should be noted that without this change, it reduces the usefulness of the automatic language selection of Plex, which is a great feature.
