Plex @lemmy.ca AnActOfCreation @programming.dev 2 mo. ago

Plex Will Now Fix Your Out-Of-Sync Subtitles

www.howtogeek.com Plex Will Now Fix Your Out-Of-Sync Subtitles

That will be handy.

Plex introduced an Auto-Sync Subtitles feature that aligns subtitles with audio using an algorithm that detects voices, supporting external SRT files and those from OpenSubtitles.com.

The feature requires a Plex Pass subscription, voice activity detection, and media analysis enabled on the server, but won't work on some systems like FreeBSD, Nvidia Shield, and certain NAS servers.

Plex is expanding its app offerings, including a new dedicated photos app in open beta, and currently offers a 20% discount on Lifetime Plex Pass subscriptions.

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I should get lifetime...
- You should. It's worth it
  
  Source:have had it for ages.
  
  Hw transcode and skip credits. (Plexamp used to be here too ) Makes it worth it imho
  
  Hw transcoding requires paid version? Thought this was in the free one all along
  
  Edit oh nvm, I found it on the website. Welp guess I’m buying it
  
  Also paid for lifetime maybe 3 or 4 years ago. No regrets, it has served me and my family well
What I'd like is the ability to fix out-of-sync audio. My wife won't watch movies/tv/etc on Plex (on Roku) because some part of it creates an audio delay, and it really bothers her that the audio doesn't match the lip movement.

I've tried all sorts of settings, both server and client. It mostly only seems to affect my Roku, though, so that seems to be the issue. I just want to add a small video delay or something.
- I usually don't skip an opportunity to rip on Roku but it's possible the player supports the video codec but the audio is being software rendered.
  
  Our stereo system also added delay for some codecs so we had to change that as well
  
  We had to retranscode some of our library because my dad really likes his Roku
  
  Do you have somewhere I could get more information?
  
  Most of my video files are mkv, encoded as MPEG, and audio is AC3 5.1, but I'm only playing audio through my TV speakers, so maybe it's transcoding for my cheap 2-speaker setup? I also typically enable subtitles, which I think can cause transcoding.
  
  I've enabled Direct Stream wherever I could find it, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
- at least on Apple TV you can adjust the audio offset in the plex player. I think it's a universal feature, give it a shot.
- I have had similar issues with Plex on my Nvidia shield. Changing the audio track often helps
- just put a delay in the image
  
  Do you have a way to do that? I don't see any settings that allow that, which is why I posted.
  
  Or did you mean just re-encode all of my video files with a delay to fix the one device that has an issue?

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