FreeTubeApp / FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

[Feature Request]: Select default audio track/language

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### Problem Description

While FreeTube does support multiple audio tracks nowadays for videos that have them, currently it defaults to the original language of the video. So if I prefer watching foreign videos in another language, e.g. watching English videos dubbed in Spanish, then I have to manually select the Spanish audio for each video I wanna watch.

### Proposed Solution

Add an option, under either "General Settings" or "Player Settings", to select the default audio track for all videos (a specific language, or just the original video's language).

### Alternatives Considered

Another option could be to use the existing "Locale Preference" setting to select the default audio track instead of adding a new setting, though that might be less "flexible" for the end user.

### Issue Labels

ease of use improvement, improvement to existing feature

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