Is there away (or maybe this is a feature request) to set server side preferences ad a per user or global level for preferred audio track? ex. set global preferred audio to ac3 over truehd to reduce transcoding ex. User who has compatible hardware, force truehd over ac3 I know Plex remembers thes…

You could strip out unwanted audio tracks with MkvToolNix, or if inclined Handbrake [image] MKVToolNix news – Matroska tools for Linux/Unix and Windows

Yeah, that’s what I do, what SE56 said, about striping out the unwanted audio tracks using HandBrakeCLI.

This just seems to be a obvious necessity. Right now, I think there are only two apps/devices that will automatically select the “best” audio track, based on the audio/video equipment it is connected to. The Plex Media Player (PMP) and the Roku. All other apps require that you manually select an…

So yes :slight_smile: stripping away the unwanted audio track would solve the issue, just not an option I have. removing all down stream components which are ultimately responsible for the experience due to comparability. I’ve notice a big difference in players and how they handle media. I’ve been t…

@BigWheel @sixones can we please get support for setting a default audio format on Android? I always have to quality’s for each language (as do many folks, I believe). In my case I have a stereo aac track and a 5.1 ac3 track so that I can direct play on as many clients as possible including: phones,…

[image] marcjt: It would be great to be able to do like PMP and Roku and tell the device to always default to whatever quality is right for the device… and Another big “Yes, Please!” to both of these. And a bump up in case anyone is paying attention.

[image] Alternative to Plex We’re getting way off topic in this thread :sweat_smile: It would likely be better to open a new thread so it doesn’t get lost in the mix, @elan Fair enough; sorry to get off topic. Here is the thread where we have been discussing this in the past. :grinning:

This isn’t the first request for this, just the most recent. In another thread, (and I’m not looking for it, the search feature lacks some times).I was told the Roku and PMP can do it because you select the codecs the device is capable of decoding or pass-through, so it’s impossible to do it on oth…

Is there away to move this into the feature request section or do I need to post another?

[image] jantjo: Is there away to move this into the feature request section it is moved.

Set preferred or default audio for videos

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leelynds January 15, 2019, 8:58pm 14

Any way of combining it with this one, so I don’t have to vote twice for the same feature?

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Set preferred or default audio for videos

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