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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From my admin panel (showing the user child protection):

Idk where the age metadata for movies ia pulled from but I guess it's either TMDB/TVDB or some other metadata source I added.
Seems to work though (I have not added it)

The age rating can be written over and locked so a refresh can not reset it.

As for subtitles (don't quote me though):
SRT on the AndroidTV app is basically instant (just direct play)
PGS can (afaik) usually also played directly
VobSub needs to be burned in/transcoded
ASS/SSA is in a phase to be implemented so it doesnt result in transcoding.

But usually encoders/remuxers include SRT or PGS subs anyway.
My only complaint is the native iPad-app which needs a minute to stream SRT subs for whatever reason (using the web-ui). The mobile Android app, the AndroidTV and regular web ui basically work instantly so idk /shrug