
Specifying Languages for Individual Tracks
You can create a movie with support for multiple languages by specifying a language for an individual track. For example, you can create a movie that contains a separate audio track for each language. QuickTime automatically plays the correct track, based on the language setting of the user's computer.
To specify languages:
- Create or assemble the alternate tracks.
Record voiceovers in each desired language or create text tracks to use as subtitles. Save each alternate track as a self-contained movie, and put all the alternates together in a single folder.
- Put a copy of your original movie, self-contained and minus any tracks that are now stored as alternates, in the folder with the alternates.
- Open the movie and choose Window > Show Movie Properties.
- In the Properties window, select a sound or text track and click Other Settings.
- Choose the language of this track from the Language pop-up menu.
- Choose a track to use when a different language is selected from the Alternate pop-up menu.
- Save as a self-contained movie (choose File > Save As and make sure "Make movie self-contained" is selected).
- Repeat these steps for additional language tracks; each time, choose the previously selected language from the Alternate pop-up menu.