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Show subtitles or captions in QuickTime Player on Mac
If a movie has subtitles or captions, QuickTime Player can display them while the movie is playing. If the movie doesn’t have subtitles, you won’t see an option to view them.
Note: The closed captioning option is only available if captions are embedded using the CEA-608 format.
In the QuickTime Player app
on your Mac.
Open a movie that has subtitles or captions, then do any of the following:
View subtitles: Choose View > Subtitles, then choose a language. You can also click the Subtitles button
in the playback controls (or press and hold the Subtitles button in the Touch Bar) to see a list of available options.
View closed captions: Choose View > Show Closed Captioning.