SRT file or burned in captions: which one, where

These get called the same thing and they are nothing alike. A burned in caption is drawn into the video’s pixels: it looks the way you designed it, shows on every device, and cannot be turned off. An SRT is a plain text file of words and times. The player draws it, in its own style, and viewers can usually switch it off.

Where each one works

Sources: LinkedIn Help on captions and YouTube Help on subtitles.

How to choose

• Short vertical video in a feed: burn it in. Your template is part of how the video looks, and it reads the same with the sound off
• A long talk on YouTube: consider both, a clean burned in style if the design matters, and a subtitle file for viewers who want to switch it off
• A business post on LinkedIn: either works, and an SRT keeps the picture clean
• Handing captions to an editor: send the SRT, because it stays editable

Indian scripts in SRT files

An SRT holds whatever script you wrote it in, but the player chooses the font. A phone with no suitable font can show boxes in place of letters, and you cannot fix that from your side. If a video must read correctly on every device, burn it in.

In Captik

Every plan can download an SRT, and it uses your edited text and your edited timing, in whichever script you chose when you transcribed. The English page covers translated captions if you need a second language.