How to Set Your Favorite Audio Track as Default in VLC

You can set your favorite audio track as default audio track in VLC by following some below ways with simple setting or advanced setting.

Simple Setting

1. Open VLC player
2. Click on Tools
3. Select Preferences
4. Choose Simple settings
5. Now select the Audio tab
6. Now Enter in Preferred audio language
   • Enter language code in the input field text for example:
     • English: eng
     • Japanese: jpn
     • Spanish: spa
   • You can get language code from here: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
7. Set subtitle preference.
8. If you want to set default subtitle track,
   • Click on Subtitle tab
   • Enter your language code
   • You can found code list here: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
9. Click on Save
10. Restart VLC

Advanced setting

1. Open VLC player
2. Click on Tools
3. Select Preferences
4. Choose All Settings
5. Select Input/Codecs
6. Change Audio Track number
   • If you have 2 audio tracks either 0 or 1 will be correct. 0 is the automatic track when you reset preferences.
   • If you have multiple tracks you need to experiment to find exact.
7. Try entering a language.
   • You should enter language code.
   • You can get code list from here: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
8. Change subtitle track number
   • Try to experiment with different numbers.
9. Click Save
10. Restart VLC

Reference

• https://www.wikihow.com/Set-the-Default-Audio-Track-in-VLC