Airplay to Samsung TV changes language of YouTube video.

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Airplay to Samsung TV changes language of YouTube video.

So I'm using airplay to play YouTube videos from my Mac onto my Samsung smart TV. Sometimes when a video has several audio tracks with different languages the TV always defaults to one of the non English tracks like Spanish or French. There is no option to switch track that I have been able to find. As soon as airplay starts the option of different tracks disappear from YouTube on the Mac. Super annoying issue. Here is a video as an example; https://youtu.be/L0GqBiJ6PTI?si=dPgEIJ67oRecujEN

Both my TV and my Mac are set to English. Please help!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Jan 3, 2025 4:32 AM

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Owl-53

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Jan 3, 2025 4:59 AM in response to Tody_too

What happens, when Before you Airplay the video

You click on the Gear on Youtube

Make sure you has chosen English Language versus Spanish or French

Then, start the Airplay to the TV

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Owl-53

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Jan 3, 2025 6:46 AM in response to Tody_too

You are welcome

To eliminate Airplay as the possible culprit

Cable the two devices together

Test several YouTube vids known to have Multi Languages

Does the computer experince the same issue ?

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Owl-53

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Jan 3, 2025 7:03 AM in response to Tody_too

Start now and open an Apple Support Ticket as they are PAID Apple Employees to deal will these types of issues .

Product Feedback - and make it known to Apple regarding this ongoing issue

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Tody_too Author

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Jan 3, 2025 5:10 AM in response to Owl-53

Thanks for the reply. The video is playing in English on the Mac. As soon as I airplay it to the TV the language changes, in this case to French. The option of different tracks is then greyed out on the Mac.

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Tody_too Author

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Jan 3, 2025 6:58 AM in response to Tody_too

This does not happen over cable, only airplay.

It also happens on all YouTube videos with multiple audio tracks.

In the video I linked as an example I have tried all the different language tracks on the Mac but as soon as I put on airplay it defaults to French, on this particular video.

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