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Check the French and English versions on Crave

Verify a Crave title’s audio, subtitles and available language editions before a bilingual movie night.

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Confirm the title and the track separately

Crave says subscribers can access French and English programming, and individual programmes may be available in only one language. For a bilingual household, the practical question is what this episode or film can play on the television tonight. The profile’s language preference helps when a matching edition exists. It takes a check of the selected title to answer whether French dialogue, English dialogue or a particular subtitle track is available.

Crave’s instructions point to Language Settings under the profile icon on the website or My Cravings in the app. Look for the content and audio or subtitle preferences, save the change and start the title. Crave says a matching preferred playback language can be the original audio or a dubbed version. Listen to the opening scene if the distinction matters to your group.

A short test before everyone sits down

Viewer requirementCheck during playback
French dialogueOpen the audio selector, select French if offered and play a spoken scene
Original dialogue with French subtitlesSelect the original audio, then turn on French subtitles separately
English dialogue with French dialogue in only some scenesCheck the actual audio track and how the service handles those scenes
French subtitles for someone who needs all dialogue visibleConfirm that text appears in an ordinary spoken scene

A menu displayed in French is useful for navigation. The playback test tells you what the programme actually contains. For a series, check the specific episode you intend to show, especially if the one you tested was a preview or a different season.

What to record if an edition is hard to find

Keep the full title, year, season and episode. Write down the audio options you saw in the player and whether they came from the television app or the website. If two people can open different listings for what looks like the same film, those details let you compare the edition before changing the profile’s defaults. They also give Crave support an example it can reproduce.

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