iTunes Store: About closed captioning

Note: Closed captioning may not be available in some countries.

To search the iTunes Store for movies that support closed captioning

On your computer

1. Open iTunes and then click the iTunes Store.
2. From the iTunes Store Home page, click Power Search; this is located under the QUICK LINKS section on the right side of iTunes.




3. In the resulting window, choose Movies or iTunes U from the drop-down menu.






4. Place a checkmark in the box next to "Search only for movies that contain closed captioning."






5. You can search for a specific title, or you can simply click Search to see all available movies with closed captioning. Click "See All" next to Movies in your search results to see all. 

Note: Movies that support closed captioning will display the closed captioning logo on the left side under the movie details section:

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Open the iTunes Store on your device.
2. In the Search field located in the upper-right corner, type "closed caption" (without quotes). Then, tap Search.






3. Tap "See All" next to the Movie Results to browse all movies that support closed captioning.

Note: Movies that support closed captioning will display the closed captioning logo in the movie details section:

To enable closed captioning on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

On your computer

1. Open iTunes.
2. For Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences from the menu bar.
   For Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences from the menu bar.



 


3. In the Preferences window, click the Playback tab.






4. At the bottom of the window, place a checkmark in the box next to "Show closed captioning when available." Then, click OK.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. For iPad or iPod touch: Tap Settings > Video.
   For iPhone: Tap Settings > iPod.
2. Closed captioning is located in the Video section; tap the On/Off button next to Closed Captioning to enable it.