# Subtitle Burning

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** player-windows\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517 "2022-07-04T02:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![TrialMaster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/trialmaster/32/3528_2.png) [@TrialMaster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TrialMaster)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/1 "2022-07-04T02:24:33Z")

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I have a movie with forced subtitles and I want to give a copy of the movie to a friend with subtitles burned in, can I achieve this with Plex? I have tried both Optimise and Download but They are not burned in on either.

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**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/2 "2022-07-04T06:47:44Z")

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No. You can embed subtitles with mkvtoolnix, but if you want them burned then you can use handbrake

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**Author:** ![TrialMaster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/trialmaster/32/3528_2.png) [@TrialMaster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TrialMaster)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/3 "2022-07-04T07:14:49Z")

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perfect, thanks for that.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/4 "2022-07-04T08:24:44Z")

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Optimize for mobile _should_ burn in the subs.

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**Author:** ![TrialMaster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/trialmaster/32/3528_2.png) [@TrialMaster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TrialMaster)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/5 "2022-07-04T08:54:04Z")

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Thank you, I’ll try that as a test when hand brake is done. It’s taking a long time.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subtitle-burning/799517/6 "2022-10-02T08:54:43Z")

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