No global settings for audio delay and subtitles
Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:03
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I installed vlc 3.3.2 for the first time yesterday on a newly setup firestick 4k and I'm impressed with the features and playback quality.
However, there are a couple of issues that I'm having trouble finding a workaround solution for:
The first issue is that all my local video files have a 300ms audio delay which I found through some research that several others have also had these same particular issues with their local files so it is not specific to my setup or files: (https://www.vlchelp.com/android-app-syn ... ust-delay/).
When playing any video files locally from the LAN, there is a slight audio delay which is adjustable via the setting while the video is playing, however, this is on a per-video basis only and since vlc plays all video files from the local area network with the audio delay of 300ms, I actually need to set it globally so it is set for all or any video files that I play from the local area network by default, otherwise, I'm having to manually do it for every individual file (not good when watching a folder with more than 100 files).
I’m also trying to find a global setting for the subtitles as well since I watch everything with subtitles "on" by default, however, just like the audio delay has no global setting, the subtitles must also be manually enabled for every individual video file that is played as this is also inconvenient like the audio delay setting. BTW, the "auto load subtitles" has no effect on this, I think that may only apply to external subtitles, all my files have the subtitles inside the mkv containers.
On that link I provided above, there was a user, Gary, that mentioned back on June 2nd of 2019 that after he "set the audio delay and tapped the screen to remove the + – symbols that a quick message popped up at the bottom of the display to save settings and it seems that it is now a default audio delay for all files."
I responded to his message asking him what exact version of vlc was this working on for him, however, his message is old and I doubt he will reply anytime soon.
I'm thinking that this global feature may have been possible at one time but is no longer available in the newer version(s), perhaps someone here can verify and confirm it.
I installed vlc 3.3.2 for the first time yesterday on a newly setup firestick 4k and I'm impressed with the features and playback quality.
However, there are a couple of issues that I'm having trouble finding a workaround solution for:
The first issue is that all my local video files have a 300ms audio delay which I found through some research that several others have also had these same particular issues with their local files so it is not specific to my setup or files: (https://www.vlchelp.com/android-app-syn ... ust-delay/).
When playing any video files locally from the LAN, there is a slight audio delay which is adjustable via the setting while the video is playing, however, this is on a per-video basis only and since vlc plays all video files from the local area network with the audio delay of 300ms, I actually need to set it globally so it is set for all or any video files that I play from the local area network by default, otherwise, I'm having to manually do it for every individual file (not good when watching a folder with more than 100 files).
I’m also trying to find a global setting for the subtitles as well since I watch everything with subtitles "on" by default, however, just like the audio delay has no global setting, the subtitles must also be manually enabled for every individual video file that is played as this is also inconvenient like the audio delay setting. BTW, the "auto load subtitles" has no effect on this, I think that may only apply to external subtitles, all my files have the subtitles inside the mkv containers.
On that link I provided above, there was a user, Gary, that mentioned back on June 2nd of 2019 that after he "set the audio delay and tapped the screen to remove the + – symbols that a quick message popped up at the bottom of the display to save settings and it seems that it is now a default audio delay for all files."
I responded to his message asking him what exact version of vlc was this working on for him, however, his message is old and I doubt he will reply anytime soon.
I'm thinking that this global feature may have been possible at one time but is no longer available in the newer version(s), perhaps someone here can verify and confirm it.