request for ui enhancements

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blueblue
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request for ui enhancements

Post by blueblue » Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:41 pm

I've purchased a few tv shows, which means many disks all in the same format. Generally I do the same thing over and over: insert a new disk, scan, manually select my titles; but then for each title I want to remove everything that isn't english subtitles, or english audio. And for blurays I generally only want the HD quality etc.

So there is a lot of repetition trying to check the right boxes and uncheck the ones I don't want.

I was wondering if its possible to have some setting somewhere that says: only select $LANGUAGE subtitles and audio, and for audio maybe even a prioritized list; if there is "True HD Surround 7.1 $LANG" then only select that audio, else if there is "DD Surround 5.1 $LANG" then only select that one, else fall back to the other $LANG audio only.

Etc etc. Just something to make it easier/quick to rip these to my NAS. I have a few shows with a number of seasons, it gets repetitive but more importantly error prone to make sure they're all ripped in the same format which uses as little disk space as possible.

outlier
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Re: request for ui enhancements

Post by outlier » Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:04 pm

Language already exists - just specify the language in the preferences. Though be aware that if you've got something that doesn't have any english audio tracks then you can end up with an audio-less mkv file.

d00zah
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Re: request for ui enhancements

Post by d00zah » Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:38 pm

Checking 'Expert mode' in Preferences > 'General' tab exposes the 'Advanced' tab

On the 'Advanced' tab, one can manipulate the 'Default selection rule' per the following:

Changing default track selection

Woodstock
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Re: request for ui enhancements

Post by Woodstock » Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:39 pm

I used to use the language filters, but turned them off almost immediately. Too much stuff has the wrong language attached to tracks, calling "everything" by some preferred-by-the-publisher language, be it English, Chinese, or whatever. I just rip everything, and chose languages later (everything goes through handbrake after ripping).

blueblue
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Re: request for ui enhancements

Post by blueblue » Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:07 am

Thanks guys, the language in the preference seems to work very well for me and is a great help.

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