Open captions
Open captions are permanently burned into the video image — every viewer sees them, no player support is needed, and they cannot be turned off.
Social video made open captions mainstream: autoplay-muted feeds mean the first seconds must work silently. The trade-off is permanence — one style, one language, and re-rendering the video to change anything.
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What is Open captions?
Open captions are permanently burned into the video image — every viewer sees them, no player support is needed, and they cannot be turned off.
Why does Open captions matter?
Social video made open captions mainstream: autoplay-muted feeds mean the first seconds must work silently. The trade-off is permanence — one style, one language, and re-rendering the video to change anything.
What terms are related to Open captions?
Closely related concepts: Burned-in captions, Closed captions — each has its own entry in this glossary.
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