Addressing pr comments

Signed-off-by: Lance Chant <13349722+lancechant@users.noreply.github.com>

app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tv.tsx

@@ -736,12 +736,12 @@ export default function SettingsTV() {
           />
           {isMpv && (
             <TVSettingsOptionButton
-              label='Horizontal Alignment'
+              label={t("home.settings.subtitles.mpv_subtitle_align_x")}
               value={alignXLabel}
               // ExoPlayer follows authored cue alignment; hide on ExoPlayer.
               onPress={() =>
                 showOptions({
-                  title: "Horizontal Alignment",
+                  title: t("home.settings.subtitles.mpv_subtitle_align_x"),
                   options: alignXOptions,
                   onSelect: (value) =>
                     updateSettings({

components/video-player/VideoPlayerView.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as React from "react";
-import { Platform } from "react-native";
 import type { MpvPlayerViewProps, MpvPlayerViewRef } from "@/modules";
 import { MpvPlayerView } from "@/modules";
 import { ExoPlayerView } from "@/modules/exoplayer-player";
@@ -14,21 +13,17 @@ import {
  * can opt into ExoPlayer on Android TV via settings.videoPlayer. Both
  * children conform to the same `MpvPlayerViewRef` interface, so the ref
  * is forwarded transparently regardless of which player is rendered.
+ *
+ * The Android-TV capability gate lives in getActiveVideoPlayer so that
+ * the same resolver used for device-profile advertisement guarantees the
+ * rendered backend matches what Jellyfin was told to stream for.
  */
 export const VideoPlayerView = React.forwardRef<
   MpvPlayerViewRef,
   MpvPlayerViewProps
 >(function VideoPlayerView(props, ref) {
   const { settings } = useSettings();
-
+  const useExo = getActiveVideoPlayer(settings) === VideoPlayer.ExoPlayer;
-  // ExoPlayer's native module only ships for Android TV. Even if a user
-  // somehow ends up with `videoPlayer: ExoPlayer` set on another platform
-  // (shouldn't happen — the selector is hidden outside Android TV — but
-  // MMKV-persisted settings can roam), fall back to MPV rather than
-  // crash on requireNativeView().
-  const isExoSupported = Platform.OS === "android" && Platform.isTV;
-  const useExo =
-    isExoSupported && getActiveVideoPlayer(settings) === VideoPlayer.ExoPlayer;
 
   const Player = useExo ? ExoPlayerView : MpvPlayerView;
   return <Player ref={ref} {...props} />;

components/video-player/controls/TechnicalInfoOverlay.tsx

@@ -306,9 +306,10 @@ export const TechnicalInfoOverlay: FC<TechnicalInfoOverlayProps> = memo(
                   what's actually being decoded) over Jellyfin metadata. */}
               {info?.hdrFormat
                 ? ` ${info.hdrFormat}`
-                : formatVideoRange(streamInfo?.videoRange)
+                : (() => {
-                  ? ` ${formatVideoRange(streamInfo?.videoRange)}`
+                    const videoRange = formatVideoRange(streamInfo?.videoRange);
-                  : ""}
+                    return videoRange ? ` ${videoRange}` : "";
+                  })()}
             </Text>
           )}
           {info?.videoCodec && (
@@ -322,11 +323,13 @@ export const TechnicalInfoOverlay: FC<TechnicalInfoOverlayProps> = memo(
               Audio: {formatCodec(info.audioCodec)}
               {/* Prefer player-reported channel count; fall back to
                   Jellyfin metadata for MPV which doesn't populate it. */}
-              {(info.audioChannels ?? streamInfo?.audioChannels)
+              {(() => {
-                ? ` ${formatAudioChannels(
+                const audioChannels =
-                    info.audioChannels ?? streamInfo!.audioChannels!,
+                  info.audioChannels ?? streamInfo?.audioChannels;
-                  )}`
+                return audioChannels
-                : ""}
+                  ? ` ${formatAudioChannels(audioChannels)}`
+                  : "";
+              })()}
               {info.audioSampleRate
                 ? ` @ ${(info.audioSampleRate / 1000).toFixed(1)}kHz`
                 : ""}
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ export const TechnicalInfoOverlay: FC<TechnicalInfoOverlayProps> = memo(
           )}
           {(info?.colorSpace || info?.colorRange || info?.colorTransfer) && (
             <Text style={textStyle}>
-              Color:
+              Color:{" "}
               {[info.colorSpace, info.colorRange, info.colorTransfer]
                 .filter(Boolean)
                 .join(" / ")}

modules/exoplayer-player/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/exoplayerplayer/ExoPlayerView.kt

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
     private var pendingConfig: VideoLoadConfig? = null
     private var tracksReadyFired: Boolean = false
 
+    // Side-loaded subtitle configurations accumulated across loadVideo and
+    // addSubtitleFile. Media3 doesn't expose the live SubtitleConfiguration
+    // list on a playing MediaItem, so we shadow it here to preserve prior
+    // side-loaded subs when addSubtitleFile rebuilds the MediaItem.
+    private var sideLoadedSubs: List<MediaItem.SubtitleConfiguration> = emptyList()
+
     // 1-based track ID mappings (matching MPV's contract).
     // Each list is rebuilt on Tracks changed.
     private var subtitleTrackList: List<TrackEntry> = emptyList()
@@ -371,8 +377,13 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
                     .build()
             }
             if (subtitleConfigs.isNotEmpty()) {
+                sideLoadedSubs = subtitleConfigs
                 builder.setSubtitleConfigurations(subtitleConfigs)
+            } else {
+                sideLoadedSubs = emptyList()
             }
+        } else {
+            sideLoadedSubs = emptyList()
         }
 
         return builder.build()
@@ -406,6 +417,7 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
         playerView.player = null
         tracksReadyFired = false
         currentUrl = null
+        sideLoadedSubs = emptyList()
         subtitleTrackList = emptyList()
         audioTrackList = emptyList()
         currentSubtitleId = 0
@@ -547,14 +559,6 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
 
     fun addSubtitleFile(url: String, select: Boolean) {
         val p = player ?: return
-        // Media3 does not expose the current MediaItem's existing
-        // SubtitleConfigurations, so we cannot append a side-loaded
-        // subtitle to a running item without losing the originals.
-        // For TV, external subs are bundled at load time via
-        // VideoLoadConfig.externalSubtitles (see buildMediaItem). This
-        // method rebuilds the current MediaItem with just the new
-        // subtitle config — acceptable when no other external subs are
-        // in play, which is the typical TV case.
         val mime = mimeTypeForSubtitleUrl(url) ?: return
         val currentMediaItem = p.currentMediaItem ?: return
         val newSubConfig = MediaItem.SubtitleConfiguration.Builder(Uri.parse(url))
@@ -562,8 +566,14 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
             .setSelectionFlags(if (select) C.SELECTION_FLAG_DEFAULT else 0)
             .build()
 
+        // Rebuild with the full accumulated list so previously loaded
+        // side-loaded subs (from VideoLoadConfig.externalSubtitles or
+        // earlier addSubtitleFile calls) survive.
+        val combined = sideLoadedSubs + newSubConfig
+        sideLoadedSubs = combined
+
         val rebuilt = currentMediaItem.buildUpon()
-            .setSubtitleConfigurations(listOf(newSubConfig))
+            .setSubtitleConfigurations(combined)
             .build()
 
         val wasPlaying = p.isPlaying
@@ -571,6 +581,17 @@ class ExoPlayerView(context: Context, appContext: AppContext) : ExpoView(context
         p.setMediaItem(rebuilt, pos)
         p.prepare()
         if (wasPlaying) p.play()
+
+        // If text tracks were disabled (e.g. disableSubtitles was called
+        // earlier, or playback started with subtitles off), the new
+        // subtitle — even with SELECTION_FLAG_DEFAULT — won't render.
+        // Re-enable the text track type when the caller asks us to select.
+        if (select) {
+            val params = p.trackSelectionParameters.buildUpon()
+                .setTrackTypeDisabled(C.TRACK_TYPE_TEXT, false)
+                .build()
+            p.trackSelectionParameters = params
+        }
     }
 
     // MARK: - Subtitle Positioning / Styling

modules/exoplayer-player/src/ExoPlayerView.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useImperativeHandle, useRef } from "react";
 import type {
   MpvPlayerViewProps,
   MpvPlayerViewRef,
-} from "../mpv-player/src/MpvPlayer.types";
+} from "../../mpv-player/src/MpvPlayer.types";
 
 const NativeView: React.ComponentType<MpvPlayerViewProps & { ref?: any }> =
   requireNativeView("ExoPlayer");

utils/atoms/settings.ts

@@ -178,17 +178,31 @@ export enum VideoPlayer {
   ExoPlayer = 1,
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether ExoPlayer's native module is available on the current platform.
+ * ExoPlayer only ships for Android TV; on any other platform a persisted
+ * `videoPlayer: ExoPlayer` preference (e.g. MMKV roaming) must fall back
+ * to MPV rather than crash on requireNativeView().
+ */
+export const isExoPlayerSupported =
+  Platform.OS === "android" && Platform.isTV === true;
+
 /**
  * Resolve the actually-active video player for the current settings.
  * MPV is the default on every platform; users can opt into ExoPlayer on
- * Android TV via settings.videoPlayer. Centralized here so the rule has
+ * Android TV via settings.videoPlayer. The Android-TV capability gate is
- * one source of truth (used by VideoPlayerView, direct-player's device
+ * folded in here so callers (VideoPlayerView, direct-player's device
- * profile, and the TV settings UI).
+ * profile, PlaySettingsProvider) can never advertise ExoPlayer on a
+ * platform where MPV is actually rendering — that mismatch would let
+ * Jellyfin pick a stream for the wrong renderer.
  */
 export const getActiveVideoPlayer = (
   settings: Pick<Settings, "videoPlayer"> | null | undefined,
 ): VideoPlayer => {
-  return settings?.videoPlayer ?? VideoPlayer.MPV;
+  if (isExoPlayerSupported && settings?.videoPlayer === VideoPlayer.ExoPlayer) {
+    return VideoPlayer.ExoPlayer;
+  }
+  return VideoPlayer.MPV;
 };
 
 /**

utils/profiles/native.ts

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export const generateDeviceProfile = (options: ProfileOptions = {}) => {
       CodecProfiles: [
         {
           Type: MediaTypes.Video,
-          Codec: "h263,h264,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1",
+          Codec: "h263,h264,vp8,vp9,av1",
         },
         {
           Type: MediaTypes.Video,