diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/VideoController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/VideoController.php
index 9498dbd..0b1efd5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/VideoController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/VideoController.php
@@ -956,16 +956,24 @@ class VideoController extends Controller
             : $slideMap['0'];
 
         $allLangData = \App\Data\Languages::all();
-        $audioTracks = $video->audioTracks->map(fn ($t) => [
-            'id'          => $t->id,
-            'language'    => $t->language,
-            'label'       => $t->label,
-            'flag'        => $allLangData[$t->language]['flag'] ?? null,
-            'stream_url'  => route('videos.audio-track', ['video' => $video, 'track' => $t->id]) . '?v=' . $t->updated_at->timestamp,
-            'title'       => $t->title ?? '',
-            'description' => $t->description ?? '',
-            'dl_url'      => route('videos.audio-track', ['video' => $video, 'track' => $t->id]) . '?download=1&v=' . $t->updated_at->timestamp,
-        ])->values()->all();
+        // Dedupe the language picker by (language + label). A video with two
+        // tracks sharing the same language (e.g. "ar" uploaded twice while
+        // retrying) used to list both and leave the viewer guessing. Keeping
+        // the first occurrence preserves the primary when it exists; using
+        // (lang, label) as the key still lets legit variants coexist (e.g.
+        // "en — Original" and "en — Director's cut").
+        $audioTracks = $video->audioTracks
+            ->unique(fn ($t) => mb_strtolower((string) $t->language) . '|' . mb_strtolower((string) ($t->label ?? '')))
+            ->map(fn ($t) => [
+                'id'          => $t->id,
+                'language'    => $t->language,
+                'label'       => $t->label,
+                'flag'        => $allLangData[$t->language]['flag'] ?? null,
+                'stream_url'  => route('videos.audio-track', ['video' => $video, 'track' => $t->id]) . '?v=' . $t->updated_at->timestamp,
+                'title'       => $t->title ?? '',
+                'description' => $t->description ?? '',
+                'dl_url'      => route('videos.audio-track', ['video' => $video, 'track' => $t->id]) . '?download=1&v=' . $t->updated_at->timestamp,
+            ])->values()->all();
 
         // Synced lyrics embedded inline (no separate request), keyed by track id; "0" = primary.
         // Local mirror only — must not block this hot path on NAS I/O.