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If a standard definition video file is converted to another format (for web, DVD, etc.), will it keep the closed captions?

April 26, 2017captions closed converted definition DVD file format standard video web

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If a standard definition video file is converted to another format (for web, DVD, etc.), will it keep the closed captions?

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In many cases, the captions will not be preserved. This is because DVD and web formats store the captions differently than the line 21 used for standard definition. However, the line 21 captions can easily be extracted and converted into the proper format using closed captioning software.