Render & Publish
Captions: Burn-In vs Track
The difference between captions visible in pixels and uploaded caption tracks.
Burn-in captions
- Burned-in captions are part of the video pixels and cannot be turned off on YouTube.
- Companion shorts commonly use burned-in captions.
Caption tracks
- Uploaded SRT tracks are separate YouTube caption files.
- Longform videos can use both burn-in preview/render captions and uploaded SRT tracks depending on settings.