Multiple Audio Tracks: Dubbed Audio for Every Market

Vodlix multiple audio tracks exist because subtitles are not the same answer as a dub. Reading and watching are different activities, and children, multitaskers and many older viewers will not do both at once. In some markets, subtitled content is seen as unfinished rather than localised. Multiple audio tracks let a single title carry its original soundtrack plus dubbed versions, so viewers can watch in the language of the house. For OTT operators, audio localisation is what makes a title genuinely available in a market.

Audio tracks in Vodlix travel inside the title's own stream. The original language and each dub are alternate audio renditions of the same title, so every Vodlix player that opens it, in a browser, on a phone or on a television, reads the same list of tracks. Dubs can arrive packaged with your delivered stream, be added to an existing HLS stream with the HLS Stitcher integration, or be generated by Vodlix Intel dubbing where it is enabled. Add a dub later and it reaches every screen at once.

A catalogue that is only subtitled in a language is not really available in that market. The dubbed version is often the one that actually gets watched, and the difference shows in completion rates and retention. Vodlix lets you attach dubbed audio tracks to titles so that a film or series performs in each market rather than merely existing there. For operators expanding internationally, the dub is usually what turns available into watched.

Vodlix viewers choose their audio track from the player while the title is playing, switching between the original and any dub without restarting. As soon as a title carries more than one track, the player's Settings menu gains an Audio track row that lists each one by name and language. Subtitles have their own row, so a viewer can watch the Spanish dub with English subtitles. There are no separate versions of a title to manage in the catalogue or for viewers to find; one title carries all its soundtracks.