|  | @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
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				|  |  |      def _request_automatic_caption(self, video_id, webpage):
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				|  |  |          """We need the webpage for getting the captions url, pass it as an
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				|  |  |             argument to speed up the process."""
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				|  |  | -        sub_lang = self._downloader.params.get('subtitleslang')
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				|  |  | +        sub_lang = self._downloader.params.get('subtitleslang') or 'en'
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				|  |  |          sub_format = self._downloader.params.get('subtitlesformat')
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				|  |  |          self.to_screen(u'%s: Looking for automatic captions' % video_id)
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				|  |  |          mobj = re.search(r';ytplayer.config = ({.*?});', webpage)
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