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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/video-app.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/video-app.js
index 124033e..4c9f90c 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/video-app.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/video-app.js
@@ -976,6 +976,22 @@ function VideoApp({
   useEffect(() => { setMode(loadViewMode()); }, [groupId]);
   useEffect(() => { setFilter(''); setTypeFilter('all'); }, [groupId]);
 
+  // When the operator changes the node's TMDB language, the node drops its
+  // metadata cache and refetches in the new language, and — until a language
+  // is set — answers nothing at all rather than querying in English (§9.7).
+  // Tell every mounted tile to redo its media_meta_req and drop the
+  // show-level meta already merged here, so the grid switches language (or
+  // fills in for the first time, right after the operator picks one) without
+  // a page reload. Skip the initial mount: the language is already right then,
+  // and bumping would restorm TMDB on every open of the Videos tab.
+  const tmdbLanguage = tmdbConfig ? (tmdbConfig.language || '') : '';
+  const firstLangRef = useRef(true);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (firstLangRef.current) { firstLangRef.current = false; return; }
+    setMetaByGroup({});
+    bumpMediaMetaGeneration();
+  }, [tmdbLanguage]);
+
   const setModeAndSave = (m) => { setMode(m); saveViewMode(m); };
 
   const videoEntries = availableEntries || entries;