Settings/Player/Language

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  ▶ Settings ▶ Player ▶ Language



Audio


Preferred audio Language

Settings level: Basic
Description: Defaults to the selected audio language if more than one language is available


Prefer default audio streams

Settings level: Standard
Description: If enabled, audio streams that are flagged as default (and match the preferred language) are preferred over audio streams with higher quality (number of channels, codec, ...)



Subtitles


Preferred Subtitle Language

Settings level: Basic
Description: Select which subtitle track to use.

Choose a language from the list to set the preferred subtitle language to automatically display, or choose Forced only (default setting)[1], Original language (requires subtitle track to be correctly tagged), User interface language or set None if no subtitle track should be automatically displayed.


Don't show subtitles matching the audio language

Settings level: Basic
Description: When enabled, subtitles that are in the same language as the audio being played are not displayed. Forced subtitles are not affected.[2]


Accessibility


Prefer audio stream for the visually impaired

Settings level: Basic
Description: Where available the audio stream for the visually impaired will be selected over other audio streams of the same language. Requires correct tagging in the media file.


Prefer audio stream for the hearing impaired

Settings level: Basic
Description: Where available the audio stream for the hearing impaired will be selected over other audio streams of the same language. Requires correct tagging in the media file.


Prefer subtitles for the hearing impaired

Settings level: Basic
Description: Where available the subtitle stream for the hearing impaired (SDH) will be selected over other subtitle streams of the same language and displayed by default. Requires correct tagging in the media file.


Closed caption subtitles


Set CC subtitles only for the hearing impaired

Settings level: Advanced
Description: When enabled, Closed Captioned subtitles will be labeled for the hearing impaired. This will affect the automatic selection of subtitles which, unless otherwise specified, will not be displayed by default.


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