MKV labels are not displayed for Dolby codecs

[Richard Branches 336]

When I remux a video file using MKVTOOLNIX, I always add a label to each video and audio stream:

However, Dolby codecs are the only ones not displaying the labels , for example, the label I set for Dolby TrueHD is "Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos (as the above screenshot) but Emby only shows "TRUEHD 7.1", the same happens with the other Dolby streams, as you can see in the below screenshot. It's important to clarify that DTS and AAC are also displaying the labels I set:

[Happy2Play 9802]

What is "Embedded track title display:" set to?  Dashboard-Library-Advanced

All I did was apply that title to the track with the setting set to prefer embedded title.

 

[Richard Branches 336]

Ohhhh!, I didn't even know there was a setting for that!, I just switched it to "Prefer embedded titles", it now displays the labels, thank you!!!

[Richard Branches 336]

Although the web app displays the information correctly by switching to that "Prefer embedded titles" option, the Android TV app doesn't display the information exactly accurate, it abbreviates the Dolby Digital phrase to DD as shown below, I wonder why...:

[ebr 16310]

51 minutes ago, Richard Branches said:

Although the web app displays the information correctly by switching to that "Prefer embedded titles" option, the Android TV app doesn't display the information exactly accurate, it abbreviates the Dolby Digital phrase to DD as shown below, I wonder why...:

 

Because we have limited space in the display with larger fonts in the TV presentations it does that to allow you to see more of the important information.  In the example you posted, without the abbreviation, the text would have stopped at something like " with ...".

[Richard Branches 336]

Thank you for clearing that up.

[jsc1205 51]

Is there a way to accurately show the audio codec without having to remux, edit, etc?

[ebr 16310]

2 minutes ago, jsc1205 said:

Is there a way to accurately show the audio codec without having to remux, edit, etc?

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking...

[jsc1205 51]

1 hour ago, ebr said:

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking...

The person that started this thread indicated that he "remux a video file using MKVTOOLNIX" in order to show the audio codec shows up in Emby as Dolby Atmos instead of "TRUEHD 7.1".  If the audio codec on MKV file is Dolby Atmos or DTS X, why isnt Emby recognizing it and labeling it appropriately?   If it can't, maybe it would be better to enable an edit function with the metadata to edit the codec info to ensure it is labeled correctly.

[ebr 16310]

Hi.  Atmos isn't a codec, it is a metadata layer on top of an audio stream.  I'm not positive if ffprobe can determine if its there or not but you do not have to remux in order to edit labels in a MKV.  You can just use a tool that allows you to edit them.

[Richard Branches 336]

mkvtoolnix has an header editor where labels can be added or edited to every single stream without remuxing the file again.

[jsc1205 51]

24 minutes ago, Richard Branches said:

mkvtoolnix has an header editor where labels can be added or edited to every single stream without remuxing the file again.

Forgot about that part of mkvtoolnix.....will try that route, thanks

 

[jsc1205 51]

Have another question in reference to this.  If I use something like Tiny Media Manager to scrape and create an NFO file, and the NFO has the audio codec as DTS X or Dolby Atmos, why isn't Emby reading that and displaying it?

[Richard Branches 336]

3 hours ago, jsc1205 said:

Forgot about that part of mkvtoolnix.....will try that route, thanks

If you want to edit the labels in batch you can try JMkvpropedit: https://github.com/BrunoReX/jmkvpropedit

[Happy2Play 9802]

2 hours ago, jsc1205 said:

Have another question in reference to this.  If I use something like Tiny Media Manager to scrape and create an NFO file, and the NFO has the audio codec as DTS X or Dolby Atmos, why isn't Emby reading that and displaying it?

Emby does not read Media Info that is written to nfo files, just like a lot of other fields that are written to nfo file.  The info is only there for Kodi.

[ebr 16310]

13 hours ago, jsc1205 said:

Have another question in reference to this.  If I use something like Tiny Media Manager to scrape and create an NFO file, and the NFO has the audio codec as DTS X or Dolby Atmos, why isn't Emby reading that and displaying it?

Media info on specific tracks is used to make critical playback decisions so we cannot trust user-edited values.  We always use data we can actually ascertain from the media.

[Luke 42211]

Hi, has this helped?

[jsc1205 51]

Thanks

[Richard Branches 336]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Hi, has this helped?

Yes.