Burned-In Captions
CentClip burns captions permanently into your video file so they appear on every platform and player without any viewer action required. Built for social media creators, marketers, and educators who need captions that cannot be turned off or missed.
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How to burned-in captions
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Upload your video file
Drop any common video format - MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, and more - directly into CentClip. No account or credit card is required for your first 5 minutes. Your file is processed and not stored beyond the time needed to generate captions.
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Review and correct every caption line
CentClip transcribes the audio and presents each caption block in a time-synced editor before anything is burned in. Scan through the results and fix names, technical terms, or anything the recognizer missed - edits take seconds. This step ensures the text locked into your video is exactly what you want.
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Download your burned-in MP4 or subtitle files
Export a burned-in MP4 with captions rendered directly into the picture, ready to upload anywhere as-is. The same screen also offers SRT and VTT downloads if you need a sidecar file for YouTube or a learning platform, plus a plain text transcript. All output formats are available in one step.
Why choose CentClip?
Captions that survive every platform, player, and re-upload
Sidecar subtitle files - SRT or VTT - only work if the platform loads them and the viewer enables them. Burned-in captions are part of the video picture, so they appear whether the file is played in a browser, a mobile app, a native video player, or downloaded and re-shared. A TikTok crop, a LinkedIn repost, or a slide deck embed all show the captions without any extra steps. For social content, this is the only format that guarantees every viewer sees the text.
Accessibility that does not depend on the viewer
Relying on a viewer to enable a subtitle track is not a reliable accessibility strategy. Burned-in captions remove that dependency entirely - the text is always visible, always synchronized, and always correct because you reviewed it before export. For compliance-conscious teams in education, corporate training, or healthcare, a burned-in MP4 is a verifiable record that captions were present, not just available.
Pay only for the minutes you actually process
Most captioning tools charge a flat monthly fee regardless of how many videos you run. CentClip charges 5 cents per minute of video, so the cost of burning captions into a 3-minute social clip is 15 cents, and a 30-minute training video costs $1.50. Credits never expire, which means buying a batch ahead of a production push does not create pressure to use them before a billing cycle resets.
FAQ
How accurate are burned-in captions generated by CentClip?
Accuracy is high for clear speech with minimal background noise, and the built-in editor lets you review and correct every caption line before they are permanently burned into the video.
Is there a free trial for the burned-in captions tool?
Yes - CentClip gives you 5 free minutes with no account and no credit card required. After that, you pay 5 cents per minute with no subscription and no minimum purchase.
What video formats can I upload, and what will I get back?
CentClip accepts MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, and other common formats. The output is a burned-in MP4 with captions locked into the picture, plus optional SRT, VTT, and plain text downloads.
Do my CentClip credits expire if I don't use them straight away?
No - CentClip credits never expire. Buy them for one project and use the remainder on future work with no monthly reset or rollover deadline.