youtube embed - force subtitles in specific language with default

Question

i\'m embedding youtube videos with subtitles in specific language (Hebrew, in my case). im using:

hl=He&cc_load_policy=1

to show the

Answer 1

I have not found this anywhere in their api docs, but with your youtube player object you should be able to do the following to change it to english captions:

player.setOption("captions", "track", {"languageCode": "en"});  //Works for html5 ignored by AS3
player.setOption("cc", "track", {"languageCode": "en"});  //Works for AS3 ignored by html5

You can also do:

var module;
if (testplayer.getOptions().indexOf("cc") !== -1) {
    module = "cc";
} else if (testplayer.getOptions().indexOf("captions") != -1) {{
    module = "captions";
}
var tracklist = testplayer.getOption(module, "tracklist");

// then iterate through the tracklist to see if "he" or "en" is there.

You have cc_load_policy=1 but you can also turn it on via js by:

player.loadModule("captions");  //Works for html5 ignored by AS3
player.loadModule("cc");  //Works for AS3 ignored by html5

to turn it off:

player.unloadModule("captions");  //Works for html5 ignored by AS3
player.unloadModule("cc");  //Works for AS3 ignored by html5