[Help] Can you switch between different video tracks in mkv file? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by kalidali@feddit.org to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I have a situation where I have a tv show in two different languages. One is original the other is dubbed. The dubbed episodes are cut differently than the original, so muxing the audio tracks together and use the original video track in an mkv file is impossible.

Is there a way to switch not only between the audio tracks in jellyfin but to also switch the video track with the audio? Like, I create an mkv file with both video and audio tracks. When I then switch the audio language in jellyfin it should also load the corresponding video track from the mkv file.

For example, VLC player can switch between the different video tracks.

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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

I don't think so.

But you can have multiple versions of the same piece of media, and there will be selector to switch between them.

So you don't need to put both versions into a single file for things to work.

[-] kalidali@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

this only works with movies. As far as I tried it does not work with tv show episodes. I gave both video files the same name with different language tags:

TV Show S01E01 [English].mp4
TV Show S01E01 [German].mp4

All it does is show the Episode twice in the episode list. One with the correct name and description and one with just the file name and no description.

Plus you can't just watch a season of a tv show because the episodes would be played one by one. One time for each language.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Then you need to merge them.

Navigate to one of the episodes, then in the list of other episodes long click the other version. It will become selected, then from the top right select "merge versions".

I have several shows that have episodes with more than one version.