If I generate subtitles, I obviously want to export them

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I really don't understand why DaVinci Resolve treats subtitles as something that has to be manually enabled again during export.

If I generate subtitles for my video, it's because I want those subtitles to be part of the final export. At the very least, Resolve should warn me before exporting:

“This timeline contains subtitles. Do you want to include them in the export?”

And then let me choose whether to burn them into the video or export them as a separate subtitle track.

Having to go back to the export settings every single time and manually enable “Burn into video” is unnecessarily cumbersome.

It's basically like adding a song to the timeline and then having Resolve ask me during export whether I want to export the audio too.

I understand that there are legitimate reasons for having subtitles as optional tracks, but there should be a much more obvious workflow for users who created the subtitles specifically to be included in the final video.

At the very least, give us a warning before export if subtitles exist but aren't configured to be exported.

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

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