respect "Profile Level Support" settings + add setting to use DTS for transcoding instead of the default EAC3

locale/en_US/translations.ts

@@ -1031,8 +1031,8 @@
             <translation>Enable Limit</translation>
         </message>
         <message>
-            <source>Enable or disable  the 'Maximum Bitrate' setting.</source>
-            <translation>Enable or disable  the 'Maximum Bitrate' setting.</translation>
+            <source>Enable or disable the 'Maximum Bitrate' setting.</source>
+            <translation>Enable or disable the 'Maximum Bitrate' setting.</translation>
         </message>
         <message>
             <source>Bitrate Limit</source>
@@ -1114,5 +1114,20 @@
             <translation>Set how many seconds before the end of an episode the Next Episode button should appear. Set to 0 to disable.</translation>
             <extracomment>Settings Menu - Description for option</extracomment>
         </message>
+        <message>
+            <source>Choose your preferred audio codec when transcoding multichannel audio.</source>
+            <translation>Choose your preferred audio codec when transcoding multichannel audio.</translation>
+            <extracomment>Settings Menu - Description for option</extracomment>
+        </message>
+        <message>
+            <source>Force all transcodes to use DTS instead of the default EAC3. The device must support DTS for this setting to have an effect.</source>
+            <translation>Force all transcodes to use DTS instead of the default EAC3. The device must support DTS for this setting to have an effect.</translation>
+            <extracomment>Settings Menu - Description for option</extracomment>
+        </message>
+        <message>
+            <source>Audio Codec Support</source>
+            <translation>Audio Codec Support</translation>
+            <extracomment>Settings Menu - Title of option</extracomment>
+        </message>
     </context>
 </TS>

settings/settings.json

@@ -24,7 +24,20 @@
                 ]
             },
             {
-                "title": "Codec Support",
+                "title": "Audio Codec Support",
+                "description": "Choose your preferred audio codec when transcoding multichannel audio.",
+                "children": [
+                    {
+                        "title": "DTS",
+                        "description": "Force all transcodes to use DTS instead of the default EAC3. The device must support DTS for this setting to have an effect.",
+                        "settingName": "playback.forceDTS",
+                        "type": "bool",
+                        "default": "false"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            {
+                "title": "Video Codec Support",
                 "description": "Enable or disable Direct Play support for certain codecs.",
                 "children": [
                     {
@@ -51,7 +64,7 @@
                 ]
             },
             {
-                "title": "Profile Level Support",
+                "title": "Video Profile Level Support",
                 "description": "Attempt Direct Play of potentially unsupported profile levels",
                 "children": [
                     {

source/utils/deviceCapabilities.brs

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ function getDeviceProfile() as object
     ' in order of preference from left to right
     audioCodecs = ["mp3", "vorbis", "opus", "flac", "alac", "ac4", "pcm", "wma", "wmapro"]
     surroundSoundCodecs = ["eac3", "ac3", "dts"]
+    if m.global.session.user.settings["playback.forceDTS"] = true
+        surroundSoundCodecs = ["dts", "eac3", "ac3"]
+    end if
+
     surroundSoundCodec = invalid
     if di.GetAudioOutputChannel() = "5.1 surround"
         maxAudioChannels = "6"
@@ -473,15 +477,19 @@ function getDeviceProfile() as object
                 "Property": "Height",
                 "Value": m.global.device.videoHeight,
                 "IsRequired": true
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": "LessThanEqual",
-                "Property": "VideoLevel",
-                "Value": h264LevelString,
-                "IsRequired": false
             }
         ]
     }
+    ' check user setting before adding video level restrictions
+    if not m.global.session.user.settings["playback.tryDirect.h264ProfileLevel"]
+        codecProfileArray.Conditions.push({
+            "Condition": "LessThanEqual",
+            "Property": "VideoLevel",
+            "Value": h264LevelString,
+            "IsRequired": false
+        })
+    end if
+
     bitRateArray = GetBitRateLimit("h264")
     if bitRateArray.count() > 0
         codecProfileArray.Conditions.push(bitRateArray)
@@ -657,12 +665,6 @@ function getDeviceProfile() as object
                     "Value": hevcVideoRangeTypes,
                     "IsRequired": false
                 },
-                {
-                    "Condition": "LessThanEqual",
-                    "Property": "VideoLevel",
-                    "Value": hevcLevelString,
-                    "IsRequired": false
-                },
                 {
                     "Condition": "LessThanEqual",
                     "Property": "Width",
@@ -678,6 +680,16 @@ function getDeviceProfile() as object
             ]
         }
 
+        ' check user setting before adding VideoLevel restrictions
+        if not m.global.session.user.settings["playback.tryDirect.hevcProfileLevel"]
+            codecProfileArray.Conditions.push({
+                "Condition": "LessThanEqual",
+                "Property": "VideoLevel",
+                "Value": hevcLevelString,
+                "IsRequired": false
+            })
+        end if
+
         bitRateArray = GetBitRateLimit("h265")
         if bitRateArray.count() > 0
             codecProfileArray.Conditions.push(bitRateArray)