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streaming_your_preferred_audio_language [2016/06/16 09:10] admin [Setting your preferred audio language for your Mezzmo library] |
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- | ====== How to stream your preferred audio language ====== | + | ====== Streaming your preferred audio language in videos ====== |
===== Setting your preferred audio language for your Mezzmo library ===== | ===== Setting your preferred audio language for your Mezzmo library ===== | ||
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+ | You can specify the list of audio languages that you want Mezzmo to stream for your videos. Mezzmo will automatically select the audio language when transcoding or streaming a video to your web browsers or devices. | ||
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+ | **Example:** You only speak English so you want English language audio played whenever possible. When a video has multiple audio channels, then Mezzmo will make sure the English audio channel is used for transcoding and streaming. | ||
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+ | To set your preferred audio language(s), go to the **Options dialog (Streaming page)**. | ||
{{:optionsstreaming.png?nolink|Options dialog (Streaming page)}} | {{:optionsstreaming.png?nolink|Options dialog (Streaming page)}} | ||
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- Right-click on the video in Mezzmo and click **Properties**. | - Right-click on the video in Mezzmo and click **Properties**. | ||
- In the **Properties dialog**, go to the **Video tab**. | - In the **Properties dialog**, go to the **Video tab**. | ||
- | - Select an audio channel from the **Preferred audio channel** list.\\ {{:propertiesvideo.png?nolink|Properties dialog (Video tab)}} \\ **Tip:** Mezzmo tries to determine the language of the audio channel and will add a language prefix to denote the language - for example "(eng)", "(fra)", "(kor)". If Mezzmo cannot determine the language, you must select one of the audio channels and try streaming it to your device. | + | - Select an audio channel from the **Preferred audio channel** list.\\ {{:propertiesvideo.png?nolink|Properties dialog (Video tab)}} \\ **Tip:** Mezzmo tries to determine the language of the audio channel and will add a language prefix to denote the language - for example "(eng)", "(fra)", "(kor)". If Mezzmo cannot determine the language, you must select one of the audio channels and try streaming it to your device. |
- | - The preferred audio channel will be used by Mezzmo whenever the video is transcoded to another format. | + | - The preferred audio channel will be used by Mezzmo whenever the video is transcoded to another format.\\ **Tip:** You may need to delete any transcoded files for the video, otherwise Mezzmo will stream them instead of transcoding the video with your newly selected audio channel. Go to the **Transcoding** tab to delete the transcoded files for the video file. |
**Tip:** If your device does not let you change the audio channels using your remote control when playing the video, then select the **Only stream the preferred channels to devices** checkbox so that only the preferred audio channel is streamed for both natively supported and transcoded files. This does require transcoding the original file. | **Tip:** If your device does not let you change the audio channels using your remote control when playing the video, then select the **Only stream the preferred channels to devices** checkbox so that only the preferred audio channel is streamed for both natively supported and transcoded files. This does require transcoding the original file. |