If you try to export a subtitled QuickTime movie to DVD, you'll quickly discover that the subtitles get dropped somewhere along the line.

This has to do with how InqScribe generates subtitled movies, and how DVD authoring programs import movies.

InqScribe adds subtitles to a QuickTime movie by creating a new 'text track' with the subtitles. So typically your movie now has three tracks: video, audio, and text.

DVD authoring programs typically only import audio and video tracks, largely because they aren't sure what to do with any other kind of data. So this is the point at which the subtitles normally disappear.

There are two ways to work around this issue.

Most DVD authoring programs will import a specific subtitle format. For example, if you're using DVD Studio Pro, you can import a subtitle file in Spruce STL format. (Other DVD programs may support STL or other formats.)

You can use InqScribe to export Spruce STL (and other formats) directly via the File > Export menu. Import the resulting file into your DVD project, and away you go.

If you're using a DVD authoring program that does not provide a way to import text-based subtitles, then the best option is to "burn" the subtitles into the video track itself. This means the subtitles are always visible no matter what, but since they are part of the video itself any authoring program can handle them.