diff --git a/dvd2divx b/dvd2divx
index 4452987..e4ca994 100755
--- a/dvd2divx
+++ b/dvd2divx
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 # (C) 2004-2009 Arnaud G. Gibert
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # $RCSfile: dvd2divx,v $
-# $Revision: 1.7 $
+# $Revision: 1.8 $
 # $Name:  $
-# $Date: 2009/02/17 08:29:55 $
+# $Date: 2009/02/25 18:04:40 $
 # $Author: agibert $
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dvd_device=${4} # -|/dev/dvd|...
 title=${5}      #
 chapter=${6}    #
 angle=${7}      #
-alang=${8}      # en|fr|...
+alang=${8}      # -|en|fr|...|0|1|... (lang or id)
 slang=${9}      # -|en|fr|...|0|1|... (lang or id)
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 audio=${10}     # ap|avp|fvp|n (ap: compress audio during audio pass | avp: compress audio during all video pass | fvp: compress audio during final video pass | no: use input audio stream)
@@ -120,7 +120,20 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-read_dvd_opt="$device_opt dvd://$title -chapter $chapter -dvdangle $angle -alang $alang $slang_opt"
+if [ "$alang" != "-" ]
+then
+    if [[ "$alang" == +([[:digit:]]) ]]
+    then
+	alang_opt="-aid $alang"
+	else
+	    alang_opt="-alang $alang"
+	fi
+else
+    alang_opt=""
+fi
+
+
+read_dvd_opt="$device_opt dvd://$title -chapter $chapter -dvdangle $angle $alang_opt $slang_opt"
 read_buf_opt="$tmp_name"
 
 case "$input"