diff --git a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
index 90dac24902..c686c7c0ad 100644
--- a/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
+++ b/lib/hls/hls_parser.js
@@ -1165,7 +1165,8 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
     if (shaka.util.TsParser.probe(
         shaka.util.BufferUtils.toUint8(data))) {
       const basicInfo = shaka.media.SegmentUtils.getBasicInfoFromTs(
-          data, this.config_.disableAudio, this.config_.disableVideo);
+          data, this.config_.disableAudio, this.config_.disableVideo,
+          this.config_.disableText);
       if (basicInfo) {
         return basicInfo;
       }
@@ -1173,7 +1174,7 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
         validMp4MimeType.includes(contentMimeType) ||
         (initMimeType && validMp4MimeType.includes(initMimeType))) {
       const basicInfo = shaka.media.SegmentUtils.getBasicInfoFromMp4(
-          initData, data);
+          initData, data, this.config_.disableText);
       if (basicInfo) {
         return basicInfo;
       }
diff --git a/lib/media/segment_utils.js b/lib/media/segment_utils.js
index 058b661af3..e0687e2d30 100644
--- a/lib/media/segment_utils.js
+++ b/lib/media/segment_utils.js
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ shaka.media.SegmentUtils = class {
 
   /**
    * @param {!BufferSource} data
-   * @param {boolean=} disableAudio
-   * @param {boolean=} disableVideo
+   * @param {boolean} disableAudio
+   * @param {boolean} disableVideo
+   * @param {boolean} disableText
    * @return {?shaka.media.SegmentUtils.BasicInfo}
    */
-  static getBasicInfoFromTs(data, disableAudio = false, disableVideo = false) {
+  static getBasicInfoFromTs(data, disableAudio, disableVideo, disableText) {
     const uint8ArrayData = shaka.util.BufferUtils.toUint8(data);
     const tsParser = new shaka.util.TsParser().parse(uint8ArrayData);
     const tsCodecs = tsParser.getCodecs();
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ shaka.media.SegmentUtils = class {
     }
     const onlyAudio = hasAudio && !hasVideo;
     const closedCaptions = new Map();
-    if (hasVideo) {
+    if (hasVideo && !disableText) {
       const captionParser = new shaka.media.ClosedCaptionParser('video/mp2t');
       captionParser.parseFrom(data);
       for (const stream of captionParser.getStreams()) {
@@ -151,9 +152,10 @@ shaka.media.SegmentUtils = class {
   /**
    * @param {?BufferSource} initData
    * @param {!BufferSource} data
+   * @param {boolean} disableText
    * @return {?shaka.media.SegmentUtils.BasicInfo}
    */
-  static getBasicInfoFromMp4(initData, data) {
+  static getBasicInfoFromMp4(initData, data, disableText) {
     const Mp4Parser = shaka.util.Mp4Parser;
     const SegmentUtils = shaka.media.SegmentUtils;
 
@@ -428,7 +430,7 @@ shaka.media.SegmentUtils = class {
     }
     const onlyAudio = hasAudio && !hasVideo;
     const closedCaptions = new Map();
-    if (hasVideo) {
+    if (hasVideo && !disableText) {
       const captionParser = new shaka.media.ClosedCaptionParser('video/mp4');
       if (initData) {
         captionParser.init(initData);