There are several different ways that you can place text into the subtitle. Select the yellow subtitle clip in S 1 to open it up in the Inspector. It should be noted that a subtitle clip can not span a chapter marker, it will be clipped (cut off) at the upcoming chapter marker. You can also change the subtitle clip's duration in the Inspector. Placing the cursor on either end of the subtitle will turn it into an extension tool, you can shorten or lengthen the duration of the subtitle clip. You can click and drag to reposition the placement of the subtitle. This will place your new subtitle, shown as a yellow clip, in the S1 track with a default duration of 5 seconds, this default can be changed in the DVD SP Prefs > General tab. To add a subtitle stream, control click in the S1 track and select 'Add Subtitle' or 'Add subtitle at Playhead'. You can have an unlimited number of subtitle clips per stream.

The Subtitle streams (streams look like tracks in the Track Editor) are found in the Track Editor window, just below the audio tracks and are numbered from S 1 to S 32. In addition, you can create a subtitle stream that will display automatically when viewed (Forced Display). Using the DVD remote control, the viewer can turn subtitles on or off and select from up to 32 different subtitle streams. Common uses for this feature are, foreign language subtitles, Closed Captioning, interviews, directors comments, instructional comments, different versions of text content, simple graphics, (like a logo), and interactive buttons which allow the viewer to make choices while viewing the movie. DVD Studio Pro gives us the ability to add subtitles, called Subtitle streams, to our video tracks, with up to 32 different subtitle streams per video track.

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