Requesting custom search query for subtitle searches

[bustychicksftw 1]

As of now the emby player when searching for subtitles searches by the file name. This is very inconvenient. There can be a lot of noise in file names. 

 

Plex allows the user to modify the search query and so does the external player I use. I find it very strange UI/UX-wise that I cannot do this. 

[Luke 42079]

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As of now the emby player when searching for subtitles searches by the file name. This is very inconvenient. There can be a lot of noise in file names. 

Hi, we send multiple search criteria and it matches them all, including the file hash, imdb id, the title from emby, and the file name.

[bustychicksftw 1]

Well it isn't working too well considering I'm able to find the subtitles in mxplayer but not Emby

[Luke 42079]

Have you taken a look at our help topics on this?

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001848856-manual-subtitle-downloads

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001848854-automatic-subtitle-downloads

They go over common reasons why you might not see any results. Please let us know if this helps. If you have further questions, @cayars can help improve the article.

[bustychicksftw 1]

So I'm guessing you won't be implementing the feature?

[Luke 42079]

Implementing what feature? We already have information in the database about the media item. Why is that not sufficient to locate subtitles with?

[bustychicksftw 1]

Because this doesn't mean they were necessarily implemented properly on OpenSubtitles' website even if they are setup on Emby's end.

With a search query based on an editable string, I can.

Edited January 10, 2021 by bustychicksftw

[Luke 42079]

Ok i understand. Yes it's always possible for the future. Thanks for the feedback.

[bustychicksftw 1]

Cheers.