1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/js/captions.js b/src/js/captions.js
index 0e6173ca..cf437bde 100644
--- a/src/js/captions.js
+++ b/src/js/captions.js
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ const captions = {
           });
 
           // Turn off native caption rendering to avoid double captions
+          // Note: mode='hidden' forces a track to download. To ensure every track
+          // isn't downloaded at once, only 'showing' tracks should be reassigned
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
-          track.mode = 'hidden';
+          if (track.mode === 'showing') {
+            track.mode = 'hidden';
+          }
 
           // Add event listener for cue changes
           on.call(this, track, 'cuechange', () => captions.updateCues.call(this));
@@ -211,6 +215,14 @@ const captions = {
       // Trigger event (not used internally)
       triggerEvent.call(this, this.media, active ? 'captionsenabled' : 'captionsdisabled');
     }
+
+    // Wait for the call stack to clear before setting mode='hidden'
+    // on the active track - forcing the browser to download it
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (active && this.captions.toggled) {
+        this.captions.currentTrackNode.mode = 'hidden';
+      }
+    });
   },
 
   // Set captions by track index