Choose audio and subtitles in Linux MAG playback

Check the current programme’s tracks

Use the built-in player on the documented Linux/WebKit model. Start a permitted channel that the provider says offers a second language or subtitles. Open the context menu with Menu, then move to Audio tracks or Subtitles with Left or Right. Choose an offered track and check a passage where the spoken language or subtitle text is easy to recognise.

An audio label can appear briefly when playback starts if the channel supplies its description. Use the actual list to compare available tracks. A primary preference, the portal menu language and a track’s supplied label are separate pieces of information.

Read the startup behaviour for subtitles

Settings > Playback contains Primary audio track language and Primary subtitle language. Infomir documents the subtitle startup sequence for channels with supported built-in subtitles. It first tries the primary subtitle preference, then the Embedded portal language, then the first supplied subtitle language. Disabled prevents automatic selection, while an available subtitle can still be selected by hand.

Suppose the primary subtitle language is German and the portal menus are English. If a fictional channel has English and French subtitles but no German, English can start automatically. If the desired task is to view without automatic subtitles, inspect the Disabled choice and verify manual selection remains available on a channel with a supported subtitle track.

Pinpoint a remaining difference

If the alternate track is missing for one programme, check what that programme actually carries and compare the model’s supported subtitle formats. Infomir lists format differences by model. If an offered track is selected but the expected cues are absent, inspect another known cue in the same programme and record which audio and subtitle choices were visible. Share the model, portal type and programme details when asking which layer controls the result.