Interactive audio

I need some help on writing a script.
I have a button over video that changes (when activated) the audio stream 2 for the viewer, that part is fine. When the track reaches the second marker of the button over video (end of subtitle) I would like for the audio stream to change back to audio stream 1 by itself by writing a script for that marker. How can I do this? Please help me.
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Tricky.
The second marker is actually the end of the first marker, so you could try writing a script to switch audio streams and set it as an end jump for the first marker. I'm not convinced it will work, but the script will look something like this:
Set System Stream Au(Stream details)
Jump Trackname::marker
This might cause a pause when you playback the track without switching streams, since the end jump to the script and back will take a moment. You'll need to try it and see if it works, I'm afraid.

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