feature request: Please add support for AC3/EAC3 audio codecs in the built-in player.

[nnotwen]

Checklist

• [x] I checked that this feature has not been requested before
• [x] I checked that this feature is not in the "Not planned" list
• [x] This feature will benefit the majority of users

Problem Description / Use Case

Some releases use this audio codec. Currently, AC3/EAC3 audio tracks fail to play in the built-in player. If support is intended, this is a bug; if not, consider this a feature request to add support.

Proposed Solution

Add more media codec support

[5rahim]

AC3 and EAC3 are currently enabled in the custom Chromium build for Denshi. Issue is it doesn't work for some releases on Windows, depending on the source (mostly EMBER). Not sure why, I'm not a codec expert.

Similar apps have the same issue so unfortunately it doesn't seem like a simple fix.

[nnotwen]

Thanks for taking the time to look into the AC3/EAC3 issue. Looked into the codec myself and just recently found out that it is a proprietary codec from Dolby, probably which is why it needs more than just a simple fix.

In the meantime, would it be possible to add an option to automatically launch an external player (like mpv) when playback fails? Ideally this could be a toggle in the settings, something like:

This ensures unsupported codecs remain viewable without losing the ability to track watch progress.