HandBrake / HandBrake/HandBrake
Language tag for audio and subtitle tracks (metadata)
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Enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
Description of the feature or enhancement you'd like to see in HandBrake:
- I'd like to have a way to tag the language of an audio track, like we can do in the subtitle menu.
- I'd like to always be able to tag the language of a subtitle track. Right now, the UI says: "only for SRT/SSA". But I fail to see why I can't tag an existing subtitle track: both MP4 and MKV formats allow this sort of metadata.
What version of HandBrake are you currently running (e.g., 1.3.0)?
1.3.1.
What operating system and version are you running (e.g., Ubuntu 19.10, macOS 10.15 Catalina, Windows 10 1909)?
macOS 10.14.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the subtitle menu and the track-metadata handling for MP4 and MKV. Confirm how audio tracks are currently represented and why language selection is limited for existing subtitles; done means audio tracks can be language-tagged and existing subtitle tracks can be tagged in both formats.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100