How do I change the audio language and subtitles?

Where to find the track choice

This choice is made in the player, not in Settings.

1. Start a film, a series episode, a replay or a recording.
2. Tap the screen: the round buttons appear at the top and hide again by themselves after a few seconds.
3. Tap the button with the sliders icon, next to the button that changes the picture format. On a phone, it has no text.
4. The Playback options sheet opens: as a sheet rising from the bottom on a phone, as a side sheet on a TV or on a tablet held in landscape, where the video stays visible beside it.

On a live channel

On a live channel, TIVERA does not show this button, so you cannot choose the audio track or subtitles there. The same goes for everything that comes from an M3U link, because TIVERA files all its entries under Live, even films (see M3U or Xtream Codes). A replay, if your provider offers one for the channel and your plan includes it, does have the button: see the replay.

Choose the audio language or subtitles

The sheet has up to three sections:

• Audio: one row per audio track in the stream. The section only appears from two tracks: with a single one, there is nothing to choose.
• Subtitles: the Off row, then one row per subtitle track. The section appears as soon as the stream contains at least one track.
• Playback speed: always there, it is not a language choice.

Each row carries the name the stream gives its track; otherwise, the language written out in full (“French”), in the app's language. A second line gives technical details, such as the format and the bitrate. The ticked row is the track in use.

Tap a row to switch track: the change is immediate and the sheet stays open. Subtitles are off at the start: TIVERA shows none until you pick one. To remove them, choose Off.

To close the sheet, tap outside it, tap the cross, press Back, or, when it opens at the bottom of the screen, drag it down by its header.

With a remote, on Android TV

• In a film or an episode, press Up to show the controls, then Up again to move to the top buttons, and move the focus to the options button: its name, “Playback options”, appears under the row of buttons while it has the focus.
• When the sheet opens, the focus lands on the current choice, not on the first one: pressing OK out of reflex therefore changes nothing.
• The Back key closes the sheet without leaving the player.
• The sheet opens on the side: the video stays visible, so you see the effect of a subtitle as you pick it.

When the sheet offers nothing

If the stream has fewer than two audio tracks and no subtitle track, the sheet shows “No audio track or subtitle to choose from for this title.” and only Playback speed remains. It means the stream does not declare enough to offer a choice, or that TIVERA does not know the list yet, just after playback starts.

The tracks come from your provider's stream: TIVERA adds none. If only one section is missing, the stream has fewer than two audio tracks (no Audio section) or no subtitle (no Subtitles section).

If your problem is a missing sound or picture, it is not a track choice: see sound but no picture.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need Premium to change the audio language or subtitles?

No. The button and the sheet are the same without Premium.

Does TIVERA remember the language I chose?

Do not count on it. At the start, TIVERA asks for an audio track in your device's default language, when the stream has one, and shows no subtitles. For anything else, make your choice again in the sheet.

Can I add a subtitle file or search for subtitles online?

No. TIVERA has neither a subtitle file import (.srt, for example) nor an online search: it only shows the tracks contained in your provider's stream.

Why is there no Audio section in the sheet?

Because the stream has a single audio track, or TIVERA does not know the list yet: under two tracks, the section is hidden. If you have just started playback, wait for it to start, then look at the sheet again.