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For some reason, the files I record from my local Fox station have the English audio track as track 2; but VLC always defaults to track 1. (Track 1 may be announcerless, which was really confusing at first. When track 1 is Spanish, I catch on quickly; but it is still a hassle.) Other players seem to be able to notice which track is English and default to that track automatically. I wish that VLC could do the same - or, at least, provide an option by which it could.

Does VLC recognize the channel languages?

Does VLC recognize the channel languages?

In the Fox case, Track 1 is labeled on the selection menu as "Espanol" and Track 2 is labeled as "English". In the cases I have encountered most often for the defaulted-to Track 1 (mostly college football), there are no announcers - only background sound. I believe that, for an NFL game, I did hear Spanish commentary on Track 1.

You can put the preferred language in the preferences then. Put "en"

You can put the preferred language in the preferences then. Put "en"

That works! Even though I had actually looked for a relevant configuration setting, I had missed that "Preferred audio language" entry field under "Tracks". (I think I did not look very hard because I was experiencing inconsistent behavior depending on what channel I had recorded.) I apologize for the noise. There is no problem.

Since my GUI interface language is English, it would make sense to have English as a default setting for "Preferred audio language". This would avoid the sort of confusion I experienced. Any default at all would help to avoid the inconsistent behavior I experienced.