Netflix audio language change

I am in Antigua - getting some netflix movies with English audio, others with Spanish. Am able to change language on my laptop but not while watching on TV??

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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 5:31 PM

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Feb 20, 2012 8:12 AM in response to VNAGRA

Ok, I figured out whats the problem. I configured Netflix on my smart TV (LG 47LW6500) and gives me the option to choose audio and subtitles. Then configured my preference on the Netflix web page and set default audio to english. And it is actually working with an exception, the default audio will be english unless there is an other language that has better audio, for example, if the movie has 3 languages English (Stereo), Spanish (Stereo) and Portuguese (Stereo) english will be default, but if the theres a case were 1 of the languages is not stereo but better, as 5.1 Dolby, the better audio will be automatically selected as default, for example if English (Stereo), Spanish (Stereo) and Portuguese (5.1 Dolby), then the movie will play in Portuguese, no matter what your default preference is.


There is no way to fix this, because the ATV does not give the option to change the audio language on Netflix (It does on iTunes), and and Netflix App is omitting the web page preferences and the ATV preferences. Basically is and App problem, I don't know who developed the App, but the problem is definitely the app, that has not implemented all of the options the API allows.

May 5, 2012 4:28 PM in response to cvollbracht

Thanks for the info cvollbracht. It turns out, if you change the default audio on your AppleTV from 'auto' to '16-bit', the audio will play in the language of your choice according your 'audio language' setting. Worked for me anyways. Unfortunately, you'll have to change that setting back once you're done watching your movie/show if you want to ensure best sound quality.

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