diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
index a92ab410e..0734139e1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/VideoPlayer.java
@@ -290,8 +290,13 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
 
         String userPreferredLanguage = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
                 .getString(context.getString(R.string.caption_user_set_key), null);
-        // english (auto-generated)
-        boolean searchForAutogenerated = userPreferredLanguage == null ||
+        /*
+         * only search for autogenerated cc as fallback
+         * if "(auto-generated)" was not already selected
+         * we are only looking for "(" instead of "(auto-generated)" to hopefully get all
+         * internationalized variants such as "(automatisch-erzeugt)" and so on
+         */
+        boolean searchForAutogenerated = userPreferredLanguage != null &&
                 !userPreferredLanguage.contains("(");
 
         // Add option for turning off caption
@@ -326,7 +331,7 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayer extends BasePlayer
                 return true;
             });
             // apply caption language from previous user preference
-            if(userPreferredLanguage != null && (captionLanguage.equals(userPreferredLanguage) ||
+            if (userPreferredLanguage != null && (captionLanguage.equals(userPreferredLanguage) ||
                     searchForAutogenerated && captionLanguage.startsWith(userPreferredLanguage) ||
                     userPreferredLanguage.contains("(") &&
                             captionLanguage.startsWith(userPreferredLanguage.substring(0,