Show names for audio tracks and subtitles [in all apps]

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I’m sorry. This excuse really rings hollow. :roll_eyes:

While it’s true that you would have to add it to every client, that’s not something you have to do all at once. Plex has already shown that feature parity on all clients really isn’t that important to them. So there’s no reason they can’t add the feature and bring it out as they update individual clients down the line. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

And that first step is to get Plex Media Server to read the track names…
Oh wait, it already does.

Codec FLAC
Channels 6
Bitrate 1099 kbps
Language 日本語
Audio Channel Layout 5.1(side)
Bit Depth 16
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Title FLAC 5.1  <-------------------------- labeled separately
Display Title 日本語 (FLAC 5.1)

Codec FLAC
Channels 2
Bitrate 549 kbps
Language 日本語
Audio Channel Layout stereo
Bit Depth 16
Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
Title FLAC Stereo  <-------------------------- labeled separately
Display Title 日本語 (FLAC Stereo)

Codec ASS
Language English
Title Tezu (unedited)  <-------------------------- subber
Display Title English (ASS)

Codec ASS
Language English
Title Terra (Tezu+TL Check+Editing)  <---------- derivative subtitle job
Display Title English (ASS)

The next step would be to have one or two clients Plex has very close development control over add the ability. Like the web client, or PMP/Plex apps. That might be a little work.
Except, someone already figured that out, too.

Now the next step would be to start rolling it out to other clients as you update them. Might be best to roll it into a major UI improvement. I wonder when the last time Plex did one of those.

Lastly, we do have to admit that it might take a little time to get all this rolled out to all platforms. How long you think that might take? I mean we only sprang this request on you during the last presidential administration. Shall we give it a full 10 years?

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