Built on 40+ years of subtitling expertise

Burn Subtitles
Into Video

Upload your video and SRT file to create permanent subtitles that stay visible everywhere your video is shared.

Upload your video

Upload your subtitles (SRT)

What you get

€0.10 / minFree preview

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Professional styling and readability

Create burned-in subtitles that look clean and stay easy to read, with clear white text, strong contrast, and careful placement.

How it works

01

Upload your video

Add the final video file you want to publish.

02

Add your SRT file

Upload your SRT file and select the subtitle language for the render.

03

Download

Preview the result, then download your video with the subtitles burned in.

Start with a free 30-second preview before committing to the full video.

What you get

Professional styling

Clean white subtitles with professional positioning, sizing, and contrast. The subtitle style is designed to read clearly while keeping the focus on your video.

Up to 4K output

Native-resolution output, with no forced downscale from the file you upload. Your video keeps its original resolution where possible, up to 4K.

Ready to publish

A rendered video file you can share, upload, embed, or send without a separate subtitle track. The subtitle file no longer has to travel beside the video.

Consistent appearance

Subtitle placement and styling stay the same across platforms because they are part of the video.

Free re-renders

If you spot a subtitle issue, edit your SRT in the free SRT Editor or any text editor, then re-render at no extra cost.

Free preview

Choose any 30-second segment of your video and render it for free. See the result before paying for the full video.

Burning makes subtitle quality permanent

Burning subtitles is the final rendering step. It turns your subtitle decisions into pixels inside the video. That is useful when the text must stay visible everywhere, but it also raises the standard for the SRT you upload. A separate caption track can be replaced after publishing. A burned-in mistake needs a new render.

The render follows your SRT

We burn in the subtitles you provide. If your subtitle file is well timed and clearly formatted, the video reflects that quality. If the file is early, late, or badly split, those issues become visible in the rendered video. That is why the preview step matters. It lets you check a real section of the output before the full file is produced.

Permanent subtitles solve platform inconsistency

Caption controls vary by platform, embed, player, and feed. A burned-in video removes that uncertainty. The subtitle text is visible in the file itself, so the final video is easier to distribute. This is especially useful for short clips, sales videos, training snippets, social reposts, and any handoff where you cannot control the final player.

Readable source subtitles still matter

A valid SRT is not always a good subtitle file. Reading speed, line length, timing, and line breaks still shape whether viewers can follow the text while watching the video. This is where professional subtitle logic still matters, even though the job on this page is rendering rather than generation.

Professional styling should stay out of the way

Burned-in subtitles need enough contrast to read, enough size for smaller screens, and enough restraint to avoid covering the video. The output uses a clean subtitle style built for professional-looking delivery. It is designed for business, course, training, and client video where the subtitle should support the content instead of becoming the content.

Who uses it

Training and e-learning teams

Permanent subtitles for lessons, training snippets, and LMS exports where viewers need the text to appear without changing player settings. This keeps the subtitle experience predictable across learning platforms.

Marketing and social teams

Visible subtitles for ads, clips, reposts, previews, and sound-off viewing across platforms. The final video carries the text wherever it is reused.

Video agencies

Consistent subtitle rendering across client deliverables, without relying on each platform to style captions correctly. The agency can deliver one finished file instead of explaining caption settings.

Businesses with reviewed SRT files

A clean final video from subtitles that have already been approved, edited, translated, or checked internally. The render step turns that approved subtitle file into a publishable asset.

Explore use cases

Need subtitles generated first?

Use this page when you already have an SRT file. If you only have the video, the Subtitle Generator creates professional subtitles first and gives you both an SRT file and a burned-in video.

Frequently asked questions

Burned-in subtitles are rendered into the video image, so they are always visible. A caption track stays separate from the video and can usually be turned on or off by the viewer.

The render follows the timing in your SRT file. If the subtitles are early, late, or out of sync, fix the SRT before rendering or edit it in the SRT Editor and render again.

Yes. You can create a free 30-second preview first, check the subtitle placement and timing, then decide whether to render the full video.

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You can upload MP4, MOV, MKV, and WebM video files. Files can be up to 4 GB, up to 60 minutes long, and rendered at native resolution up to 4K. See supported video formats for more detail.

Yes. Because the subtitles are part of the video frames, platform caption settings do not change their placement or styling.

Yes, but each language normally needs its own SRT file and its own rendered video. If you need subtitles in another language first, start from the languages page.

Correct the SRT file and render the video again. Re-renders are available at no extra cost, so you can fix the subtitle file instead of accepting a permanent mistake.

Uploading captions to YouTube keeps the text as a separate track, which is useful for longer videos and viewer control. Burned-in subtitles are better when the text must stay visible in Shorts, reposts, embeds, previews, and sound-off viewing. See how to add subtitles to YouTube videos for the YouTube-specific workflow.

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