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Load external subtitles when playing blurays

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Description

When playing back a bluray it would be nice to have a way to autoload external subtitles. I'm thinking something like this, say I have subtitle corresponding to the main episode m2ts files 00001-00005

.
├── 00001.ass
├── 00002.ass
├── 00003.ass
├── 00004.ass
├── 00005.ass
├── BDMV
...
│   └── STREAM
│       ├── 00000.m2ts
│       ├── 00001.m2ts
│       ├── 00002.m2ts
│       ├── 00003.m2ts
│       ├── 00004.m2ts
│       ├── 00005.m2ts
│       ├── 00006.m2ts
│       └── 00007.m2ts
...

When I play back the bluray with mpv bd://first/./ mpv could autoload the files according to the name and it would function as if the subtitles are built-in, it would also be great to integrate with --sub-files= so playing back from drive/iso would work too.

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Start by tracing the bluray entry point used by mpv bd://first/./ and the existing --sub-files= handling. Check how the numbered .m2ts files are selected and how external subtitle files are associated with playback. Done means matching files such as 00001.ass through 00005.ass load automatically for bluray playback, including drive or ISO use.

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c
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cli
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Feature
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3-5 days
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