Social uploaders
Add captions before you post so mute viewers still follow the line.
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Add subtitles to video without a desktop project
Drop your MP4, get captions, style them, and export a video where subtitles stay on the file — ready for social or clients.
No signup to startFree SRT / VTTVideo stays in your browser
Drop a video to caption
MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV. Drop a clip — get captions you can style and export.
Definition
What does it mean to add subtitles to video?
You take a finished clip, generate timed captions from speech, style them, and export so viewers see the text on the video itself — even when soft captions are off.
- · Captions from your video’s speech
- · Style and position before export
- · Subtitles that travel with the file
Outcome
Subtitles that travel with the file
When you add subtitles to video here, the goal is text viewers see on the MP4 — perfect for social uploads and client drafts that cannot rely on platform caption toggles.
- · Readable on mute
- · Looks the same after upload
- · No separate caption track required to watch
Steps
Three steps to add subtitles to video
Drop the file, generate captions, style and position them, then export. Soft files remain available when you need them too.
- · Drop MP4
- · Edit captions
- · Export captioned video
Also SRT
Need a subtitle file as well?
After captions exist, download SRT/VTT/TXT from the export menu — or jump to the dedicated SRT generator when file-first is the job.
Ship
Export the captioned video
Finish with an MP4 that carries your subtitles into the feed or client review — same page, no desktop project file.
Who adds subtitles to video here
If your job is “put captions on this MP4,” start on this page.
Client & agency drafts
Ship review files where subtitles are already on the picture.
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Course authors
Caption lesson takes so students can read every line on the recording.
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UGC teams
Turn talking UGC into captioned assets without opening a full editor.
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Do subtitles stay on the video after I export? +
Yes — exported MP4s carry the captions on the picture, so viewers see them even when soft captions are off.
Hard captions vs soft subtitles — which do I get? +
Export a captioned MP4 for on-video text. Download SRT/VTT when you need soft files, or use the SRT generator.
What formats can I start from? +
Use a common video file your browser can play (such as MP4). Drop it into the tool above to begin.
Is this the same as an AI subtitle generator? +
Same studio — this page frames the job as adding subtitles onto a finished file. For AI polish framing, see the AI subtitle generator.
Can I caption for YouTube from here? +
Yes. Or open the YouTube subtitle generator for a 16:9 default and Studio SRT path.
Where do I see plans and upgrades? +
Plan details live on pricing. Drop a video above to add subtitles now.
Ready to try this add subtitles to video?
Drop a video above to open the full caption studio on this page — same URL, no separate app install.