bugfix+feat-playback - Port new subtitle settings and fix display logic for Details page

[mattsigal]

Pull Request

Summary

Adds preferTextSubtitles and preferExternalSubtitles toggles to Settings > Subtitles, synchronizes them with Moonbase, and updates subtitle selection and track ordering on both the Details screen and Player across webOS and Tizen.

NOTE: While the initial intention was just to port the new settings, during testing it was found that the details screen was not updating between setting changes (even when I navigated to Home and back again). This PR also bundles in the fix for that issue, described below.

Related Issues

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• Closes #
• Fixes #
• Related to # feat-playback - Add preferTextSubtitles and preferExternalSubtitles user defaults Plugin#302
• Related to # Add settings to prefer text subtitles and external subtitles Moonfin-Core#1656

Type of Change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Refactor
• Performance improvement
• UI/UX update
• Documentation update
• Build/CI change
• Other (describe):

Changes Made

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• Added preferTextSubtitles and preferExternalSubtitles settings schema entries, defaults, and Moonbase sync mappings.
• Added UI toggle rows in SettingsSubtitles.js under the Subtitle Stream section.
• Added resolveBestSubtitle() in initialSubtitle.js with universal property accessors supporting both normalized player streams and raw server MediaStreams.
• Updated useDetailsItem.js and Details.js to evaluate resolveBestSubtitle dynamically on the details screen when settings change.
• Updated trackLabels.js, DetailTrackModals.js, and PlayerControls.js to sort external tracks ahead of internal tracks when preferExternalSubtitles is enabled.
• Added test coverage in initialSubtitle.test.js and trackLabels.test.js.

Platform

• Tizen (Samsung)
• webOS (LG)
• Both / Shared code

Testing

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• Tested on emulator
• Tested on physical device
• Manual testing completed
• Not tested (explain why):

Test Steps

1. Launched emulator and navigated to Settings > Subtitles.
2. Verified new switches appear and persist to local storage and Moonbase server.
3. Verified details screen for Annihilation dynamically switches between External SUBRIP, Internal SUBRIP, and Internal PGSSUB as preferences are toggled.
4. Ran enact lint . (0 errors, 0 warnings) and npm test (all 165 suites, 1,988 unit tests passed).

Screenshots (if applicable)

Include screenshots or recordings for UI changes.

Default

Prefer Text/External

Prefer SDH

Checklist

• Code builds successfully
• Code follows project style and conventions
• No unnecessary commented-out code
• No new warnings introduced

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✅ Build Successful

All platform builds and the test suite passed. You can download the artifacts below.

Platform	Status	Artifact
webOS	✅ Passed	Moonfin_webOS_*.ipk
Tizen Regular	✅ Passed	Moonfin_Tizen_Regular_*.wgt
Tizen Oblong	✅ Passed	Moonfin_Tizen_Oblong_*.wgt
Tizen Legacy	✅ Passed	Moonfin_Tizen_Legacy_*.wgt
Vega	✅ Passed	web bundle and shell checks

Property	Value
Commit	7827f40
Workflow run	Build #473

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added preferences for text-based versus image-based subtitles and external files versus embedded tracks. These options appear when subtitles are enabled and sync with profiles.
  • Automatic subtitle selection now considers these preferences alongside language and track characteristics. Existing subtitle choices are retained until you choose another subtitle.
  • Subtitle track lists are ordered according to the external-track preference, making preferred tracks easier to find and select.

The change adds text-subtitle and external-subtitle preferences to settings and profile synchronization. Subtitle selection and track ordering use these preferences with stream metadata.

Changes: Subtitle Preferences and Selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preference settings and subtitle ranking packages/app/src/context/defaultSettings.js, packages/app/src/context/SettingsContext.js, packages/app/src/views/Settings/settingsSchema.js, packages/app/resources/strings.json, packages/app/src/views/Player/initialSubtitle.js, packages/app/src/views/Player/initialSubtitle.test.js	Adds text and external subtitle preferences to defaults, synchronization, and settings. Subtitle ranking uses the preferences and normalized stream metadata. Tests cover preference ranking and subtitle-position resolution.
Details subtitle selection packages/app/src/views/Details/Details.js, packages/app/src/views/Details/useDetailsItem.js, packages/app/src/views/Player/initialSubtitle.js	Details views resolve the initial subtitle from the current item, version, settings, and selected audio stream. Changing versions clears explicit track choices. Selecting the current version leaves track choices unchanged.
External subtitle track ordering packages/app/src/utils/trackLabels.js, packages/app/src/utils/trackLabels.test.js, packages/app/src/views/Player/PlayerControls.js, packages/app/src/views/Details/DetailTrackModals.js, packages/app/src/views/Details/Details.js	Player and Details subtitle lists order external and internal tracks according to the preference. Details rows retain original stream positions for selection while displaying numbers in reordered order.

Browse User-Switch Test

Layer / File(s)	Summary
User-switch row wait packages/app/src/views/Browse/useBrowseData.switchUser.test.js	The test waits for the previous user's rows to disappear without waiting for loading to finish.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant D as Details
  participant P as detailsSubtitlePosition
  participant R as resolveInitialSubtitle
  D->>P: item, version, settings, selected audio stream
  P->>R: subtitle streams, default index, audio stream
  R-->>P: selected subtitle position
  P-->>D: position or -1

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fa46f

If a viewer navigates between items quickly, the subtitle track highlighted on the Details page can briefly be wrong before it corrects itself. This is a small, self-correcting glitch and a quick fix; it does not block merging.

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to fa46f

The change affects which available subtitles are preferred, not who can access media. Existing playback controls remain in the traced paths. Compatibility with older servers and overlapping selection updates remains unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — Enabling external preference can make an already advertised external subtitle win automatic selection. Server-controlled subtitle metadata and content therefore remain security-relevant inputs, but the traced selection scope is the current playback result or media source, not a newly privileged or cross-user operation.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The resolver returns an existing stream or position rather than constructing requests. Traced playback consumers retain codec-specific rendering and burn-in negotiation, while subtitle requests retain session-associated item, media-source, stream-index and authentication inputs. No bypass of these controls was established by the preference changes.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the two main changes: adding subtitle settings and fixing subtitle display logic on the Details page.
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Review comments at @packages/app/src/views/Details/Details.js:
- Around line 290-316: Update the subtitle-selection effect in the Details
component to check `getItemSubtitlePref` before series preferences or
`resolveBestSubtitle`; preserve a saved `-1` and use the series preference only
when the item preference is absent or unavailable. Add effect cleanup
cancellation so stale asynchronous item or series preference lookups cannot
update the selection after a newer run, while retaining the `subtitleChosenRef`
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