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Find audio tracks, captions and broadcaster help for multilingual households.
Device help
Set readable captions on an iPhone
Choose captions for the current programme, then adjust text and background styling under Accessibility if the app supports system styles.
Device help
Correct a constant subtitle delay in desktop VLC
Use VLC’s subtitle delay controls for a steady offset. If timing drifts across the programme, check that the subtitle file matches the edit.
Streaming
How to check an ARTE film’s subtitle language and replay window
Use the title page and language edition to confirm when an ARTE programme can be watched with the subtitles you need.Streaming
How to tell captions, translation subtitles and alternate audio apart
Check the exact track labels and confirm them in a dialogue-heavy scene before choosing a film or series.
Troubleshooting
Missing subtitles? Find out which screen controls them.
Find the actual caption track on a Samsung TV, HDMI streamer or service app and verify it with a title you know has captions.Streaming
YouTube TV multiview: choose the games and captions you want
Build an available game combination, follow audio from one pane and check your device before troubleshooting an absent tile.Streaming
HBO Max captions: fix the font on the screen where you watch
Find out whether HBO Max or the TV controls caption size and contrast, then test the same cue on the web and TV.
Streaming
YouTube live captions can change after the replay is published
Check the live CC control and the archived replay as separate caption sources, then report the timestamp that fails.Channels
SBS World Movies: verify the film and its captions before switching to catch-up
Find the matching SBS film listing and check the closed-caption track separately on the live and on-demand players.Editorial
Why dialogue subtitles can appear even when captions are off
Recognise brief forced translations, selectable full captions and text printed into the film itself.Country guides with local language notes
North America · Viewing guideUnited StatesUse the affiliate’s call sign for antenna TV and the streaming app’s location controls for local-network playback.
Europe · Viewing guideUnited KingdomChoose a UK television route that carries the correct regional bulletin, then check its restart and accessibility controls.
North America · Viewing guideCanadaFind the CBC or Radio-Canada edition by city and language, then verify the station, viewing route and title-level accessibility controls.
Oceania · Viewing guideAustraliaPick the ABC state or territory feed, then compare it with the dated bulletin and the aerial reception available at your address.
Europe · Viewing guideGermanyFind the ARD regional service by broadcaster, then check its online rights and the accessibility options available on the programme.
Europe · Viewing guideFranceFind the named France 3 edition on france.tv, distinguish it from the TNT tuner list, and check audio or subtitle availability in the chosen programme.