Mobile app: CC button toggles off/on when there is only 1 subtitle track

[jackandjohn 11]

Tapping the CC button to bring up the menu is very useful, and thank you for keeping it easily available (*cough* Plex and it's terrible "playback options" menu *cough*)

 

 

I would suggest that if there's only 1 subtitle track that subtitles is essentially a toggle and the menu is redundant.

 

Therefore: when number of tracks = 1, just toggle on/off.

[Luke 42079]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. Yes i can see your point, although then you're not able to see the language of the subtitle track or if it's marked as forced or not.

[jackandjohn 11]

Definitely a fair rebuttal. Maybe a notification with that info? "Enabled <same text as the menu entry>"?

[Luke 42079]

Well the other thing is that at some point we'll also have subtitle downloading during playback, so inside that menu underneath your one subtitle would also be a menu option to download more.

[jackandjohn 11]

How about another approach: a subtitle on/off button/checkbox, and then the same menu under the CC button? (Visually it could look like

| [  ] CC |

so that the connection is obvious.

 

I would normally let go of the feature request at this point since I undertstand where you're coming from, but I'm in the following situations at least a few times a week:

 

- The media file has english subtitles automatically enabled and the audio language is "unknown" (but also english)

- I'm watching without subtitles but can't understand something specific (this is the most frustrating as there's sometimes a delay while subs are added in, so it's bring up UI > tap CC > choose the track > wait for media to start > rewind > hopefully get the right dialog > possibly rewind again > finish the dialog > tap for UI > tap CC > turn off subtitles)
 

[Luke 42079]

I suppose a shortcut is always possible if we can find something that doesn't interfere with other features.

[Spaceboy 2573]

I did ask for this some months ago but was turned down. I’ve configured most of my media so I only have one English external sub and a forced one where necessary. For live tv I’ve been able to disable the second text sub stream. So 99% of the time an on / off button would work for me

Edited February 4, 2020 by Spaceboy