FreeTubeApp
[Bug]: v0.23.5 selects/plays the wrong auto-dubbed audio track not the original due to SABR workaround
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- [x] I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
- [x] I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
- [x] I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
- [x] I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
- [x] This issue contains only one bug.
Describe the bug
version 0.22.1 plays this video 4rEnJO-fwic with the original audio track
Player does not select the auto-dubbed English audio track.
The new version starts playing the English track, not the original German audio track ( this is consistent with local and invidious API) THis happens every time then video begins to play. I'm aware of issue https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/4291 but this looks like a regression.
Changing the 'Locale Preference' to 'German' had no effect either.
0.22.1 does list the available audio tracks in different order 1. German 2. English 0.23.0 shows English then German.
yt-dlp.exe -F https://youtu.be/4rEnJO-fwic
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://youtu.be/4rEnJO-fwic
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading webpage
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading player f3d47b5a
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading ios player API JSON
[youtube] 4rEnJO-fwic: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 4rEnJO-fwic:
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH │ FILESIZE TBR PROTO │ VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sb3 mhtml 48x27 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb2 mhtml 80x45 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb1 mhtml 160x90 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
sb0 mhtml 320x180 0 │ mhtml │ images storyboard
233-0 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown [en-US] American English - dubbed
234-0 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown [en-US] American English - dubbed
233-1 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown [de-DE] Deutsch (Deutschland) - original (default)
234-1 mp4 audio only │ m3u8 │ audio only unknown [de-DE] Deutsch (Deutschland) - original (default)
249-0 webm audio only 2 │ 5.04MiB 47k https │ audio only opus 47k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), low, webm_dash
250-0 webm audio only 2 │ 6.10MiB 57k https │ audio only opus 57k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), low, webm_dash
249-1 webm audio only 2 │ 5.34MiB 50k https │ audio only opus 50k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, low, webm_dash
250-1 webm audio only 2 │ 6.13MiB 57k https │ audio only opus 57k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, low, webm_dash
140-0 m4a audio only 2 │ 13.82MiB 129k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [en-US] English (United States) (default), medium, m4a_dash
140-1 m4a audio only 2 │ 13.82MiB 129k https │ audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, medium, m4a_dash
251-0 webm audio only 2 │ 11.68MiB 109k https │ audio only opus 109k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), medium, webm_dash
251-1 webm audio only 2 │ 11.38MiB 107k https │ audio only opus 107k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, medium, webm_dash
Expected Behavior
play original audio track if possible. Works also in newpipe and ReVanced on Android.
Issue Labels
inconsistent behavior
FreeTube Version
0.23.0
Operating System Version
Win10
Installation Method
.zip / .7z
Primary API used
Local API
Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)
0.22.1
Additional Information
I noticed that this also happen with the browser (firefox)
Nightly Build
- [ ] I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.
This is what I can observe while watching youtube with a browser ( firefox): It looks like youtube selects the language according to the browser's preferred language setting for displaying pages. If I move German to the top of this list, then video plays the German audio track.
Even more annoying is the fact that an empty list (no preferred language set) let Youtube select the language according to your location ( ip address ). Verified with a video with English Original audio track sF5LYGgKbUA.
YouTube seems to hate multilingual users. This is bonkers!
Hello,
I hope you will do something urgently to fix this problem which is extremely annoying for me too.
I am a native French speaker (I do not speak English). When I launch a video from a French channel, it is systematically translated and broadcast in English. I have to adjust the audio settings to French every time to watch the videos in my language and in the long run it just puts me off using FreeTube... Indeed because of this problem, the comfort of using FreeTube is clearly inferior to Youtube...
Thank you for trying to fix this as soon as possible, and thank you again for this software which is very useful to us when it wants to work without complications.
Regards.
@Phil995511 you can also contact the content creators and ask them to disable youtube's auto ai dubbing. I guess most are not even aware that this new annoying feature has been enabled by default.
Turn off automatic dubbing for your channel https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15569972?hl=en
it's also possible to delete the already existing dubs.
I'm not sure why this was closed. It's still happening or happening again, v0.23.5-nightly-5993 Beta and 5992. I'm now regularly getting audio served that is translated into english instead of the original audio. I'm not using an VPN and my IP points to my correct location. I cannot say exactly when it started because I download a new build about once every 2 weeks and it did not happen end of April. The videos I watched then in the correct language now have the AI audio. I cannot try an earlier Freetube build because those don't work anymore.
I have tried to change "locale preference" to the original language of the videos, to system default and to random languages and I've tried both APIs but nothing helps, I'm still getting english audio. Sadly this renders Freetube practically unusable.
You'll probably close this again but please just say why? Is this something Youtube enforces that Freetube cannot influence?
@ilu33 you have to be more clear. This was fixed a while ago like you can see for yourself. Please provide steps so we can reproduce.
So probably a regression as the previous poster mentioned.
FreeTube Version v0.23.5-nightly-5993 Beta and 5992 Beta Operating System Version: Debian 12 Installation Method: .zip / .7z/appimage - tried all Primary API used: tried both Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any): not sure
Video examples with audio still working correctly end of April (not sure which build I used) - and now auto translating: https://youtu.be/nP7vU4kEQm8 https://youtu.be/uCPUV4l0kRY
yt-dlp -F --audio-multistreams https://youtu.be/uCPUV4l0kRY
...
[info] Available formats for uCPUV4l0kRY:
ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS CH ��� FILESIZE TBR PROTO ��� VCODEC VBR ACODEC ABR ASR MORE INFO
...
233-0 mp4 audio only ��� m3u8 ��� audio only unknown [en-US] American English - dubbed-auto
234-0 mp4 audio only ��� m3u8 ��� audio only unknown [en-US] American English - dubbed-auto
233-1 mp4 audio only ��� m3u8 ��� audio only unknown [de-DE] Deutsch (Deutschland) - original, low (default)
234-1 mp4 audio only ��� m3u8 ��� audio only unknown [de-DE] Deutsch (Deutschland) - original, high (default)
249-0 webm audio only 2 ��� 8.97MiB 56k https ��� audio only opus 56k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), low, webm_dash
250-0 webm audio only 2 ��� 11.63MiB 73k https ��� audio only opus 73k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), low, webm_dash
249-1 webm audio only 2 ��� 8.18MiB 51k https ��� audio only opus 51k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, low, webm_dash
250-1 webm audio only 2 ��� 10.46MiB 65k https ��� audio only opus 65k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, low, webm_dash
140-0 m4a audio only 2 ��� 20.77MiB 129k https ��� audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [en-US] English (United States) (default), medium, m4a_dash
140-1 m4a audio only 2 ��� 20.77MiB 129k https ��� audio only mp4a.40.2 129k 44k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, medium, m4a_dash
251-0 webm audio only 2 ��� 22.44MiB 140k https ��� audio only opus 140k 48k [en-US] English (United States) (default), medium, webm_dash
251-1 webm audio only 2 ��� 19.02MiB 119k https ��� audio only opus 119k 48k [de-DE] German (Germany) original, medium, webm_dash
Not sure which additional details you need?Should I open a new issue?
Video examples with audio still working correctly
This isnt concrete at all. State what audio these videos should play and what audio you receive.
They should play the original language, which is german as you can see from the yt-dlp output. I'm not sure which audio I receive, probably American English - dubbed-auto - can I check this somehow?
With "yt-dlp https://youtu.be/uCPUV4l0kRY" I'm downloading the correct original audio.
Tested 5994 appimage and still no joy.
But: The latest build by Pikachu https://github.com/PikachuEXE/FreeTube/actions/runs/14897993296 does not have the bug, the videos I checked are delivered with correct original audio. Going to use Pikachus build now and will report if the problem returns.
Hope this helps.
@ilu33 this issue came back in v0.23.5 because we needed to implement a workaround for the playback issues as described in our release notes. What was not properly described in there that it would reintroduce this issue.