diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 0d982d340e..924c38b1ba 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
   * Support encrypted initialization segments
     ([#5441](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5441)).
   * Parse `EXT-X-MEDIA` `CHARACTERISTICS` attribute into `Format.roleFlags`.
+* MPEG-TS: enable HDMV DTS stream detection only if a flag is set. By default
+  (if the flag is not set), the 0x82 elementary stream type is now treated as an
+  SCTE subtitle track
+  ([#5330](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/5330)).
 * `ExtractorMediaSource` renamed to `ProgressiveMediaSource`.
 * Support for playing spherical videos on Daydream.
 * Improve decoder re-use between playbacks. TODO: Write and link a blog post
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/ts/DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/ts/DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.java
index 4ddac6f761..15c37430bc 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/ts/DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/extractor/ts/DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public final class DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory implements TsPayloadReader.Fact
    * Flags controlling elementary stream readers' behavior. Possible flag values are {@link
    * #FLAG_ALLOW_NON_IDR_KEYFRAMES}, {@link #FLAG_IGNORE_AAC_STREAM}, {@link
    * #FLAG_IGNORE_H264_STREAM}, {@link #FLAG_DETECT_ACCESS_UNITS}, {@link
-   * #FLAG_IGNORE_SPLICE_INFO_STREAM} and {@link #FLAG_OVERRIDE_CAPTION_DESCRIPTORS}.
+   * #FLAG_IGNORE_SPLICE_INFO_STREAM}, {@link #FLAG_OVERRIDE_CAPTION_DESCRIPTORS} and {@link
+   * #FLAG_ENABLE_HDMV_DTS_AUDIO_STREAMS}.
    */
   @Documented
   @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public final class DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory implements TsPayloadReader.Fact
         FLAG_DETECT_ACCESS_UNITS,
         FLAG_IGNORE_SPLICE_INFO_STREAM,
         FLAG_OVERRIDE_CAPTION_DESCRIPTORS,
-        FLAG_IGNORE_HDMV_DTS_STREAM
+        FLAG_ENABLE_HDMV_DTS_AUDIO_STREAMS
       })
   public @interface Flags {}
 
@@ -88,11 +89,10 @@ public final class DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory implements TsPayloadReader.Fact
    */
   public static final int FLAG_OVERRIDE_CAPTION_DESCRIPTORS = 1 << 5;
   /**
-   * Prevents the creation of {@link DtsReader} instances when receiving {@link
-   * TsExtractor#TS_STREAM_TYPE_HDMV_DTS} as stream type. Enabling this flag prevents a stream type
-   * collision between HDMV DTS audio and SCTE-35 subtitles.
+   * Sets whether HDMV DTS audio streams will be handled. If this flag is set, SCTE subtitles will
+   * not be detected, as they share the same elementary stream type as HDMV DTS.
    */
-  public static final int FLAG_IGNORE_HDMV_DTS_STREAM = 1 << 6;
+  public static final int FLAG_ENABLE_HDMV_DTS_AUDIO_STREAMS = 1 << 6;
 
   private static final int DESCRIPTOR_TAG_CAPTION_SERVICE = 0x86;
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public final class DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory implements TsPayloadReader.Fact
       case TsExtractor.TS_STREAM_TYPE_AC4:
         return new PesReader(new Ac4Reader(esInfo.language));
       case TsExtractor.TS_STREAM_TYPE_HDMV_DTS:
-        if (isSet(FLAG_IGNORE_HDMV_DTS_STREAM)) {
+        if (!isSet(FLAG_ENABLE_HDMV_DTS_AUDIO_STREAMS)) {
           return null;
         }
         // Fall through.