diff --git a/components/DownloadItem.tsx b/components/DownloadItem.tsx
index e50b4efc..0923dfec 100644
--- a/components/DownloadItem.tsx
+++ b/components/DownloadItem.tsx
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ export const DownloadItems: React.FC<DownloadProps> = ({
     SelectedOptions | undefined
   >(undefined);
 
+  const playSettingsOptions = useMemo(
+    () => ({ applyLanguagePreferences: true }),
+    [],
+  );
   const {
     defaultAudioIndex,
     defaultBitrate,
     defaultMediaSource,
     defaultSubtitleIndex,
-  } = useDefaultPlaySettings(items[0], settings);
+  } = useDefaultPlaySettings(items[0], settings, playSettingsOptions);
 
   const userCanDownload = useMemo(
     () => user?.Policy?.EnableContentDownloading,
diff --git a/components/ItemContent.tsx b/components/ItemContent.tsx
index 5217e541..4869a75e 100644
--- a/components/ItemContent.tsx
+++ b/components/ItemContent.tsx
@@ -75,12 +75,20 @@ const ItemContentMobile: React.FC<ItemContentProps> = ({
   >(undefined);
 
   // Use itemWithSources for play settings since it has MediaSources data
+  const playSettingsOptions = useMemo(
+    () => ({ applyLanguagePreferences: true }),
+    [],
+  );
   const {
     defaultAudioIndex,
     defaultBitrate,
     defaultMediaSource,
     defaultSubtitleIndex,
-  } = useDefaultPlaySettings(itemWithSources ?? item, settings);
+  } = useDefaultPlaySettings(
+    itemWithSources ?? item,
+    settings,
+    playSettingsOptions,
+  );
 
   const logoUrl = useMemo(
     () => (item ? getLogoImageUrlById({ api, item }) : null),
diff --git a/components/video-player/controls/Controls.tsx b/components/video-player/controls/Controls.tsx
index a336143e..1f1b37cc 100644
--- a/components/video-player/controls/Controls.tsx
+++ b/components/video-player/controls/Controls.tsx
@@ -339,10 +339,15 @@ export const Controls: FC<Props> = ({
         mediaSource: newMediaSource,
         audioIndex: defaultAudioIndex,
         subtitleIndex: defaultSubtitleIndex,
-      } = getDefaultPlaySettings(item, settings, {
-        indexes: previousIndexes,
-        source: mediaSource ?? undefined,
-      });
+      } = getDefaultPlaySettings(
+        item,
+        settings,
+        {
+          indexes: previousIndexes,
+          source: mediaSource ?? undefined,
+        },
+        { applyLanguagePreferences: true },
+      );
 
       const queryParams = new URLSearchParams({
         ...(offline && { offline: "true" }),