diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index e14aa062d1..086ab3c937 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { PlaybackErrorCode } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client/models/playback-error-code.js';
+import { getMediaInfoApi } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/utils/api/media-info-api';
 import merge from 'lodash-es/merge';
 import Screenfull from 'screenfull';
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { MediaType } from '@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client/models/media-type'
 
 import { MediaError } from 'types/mediaError';
 import { getMediaError } from 'utils/mediaError';
+import { toApi } from 'utils/jellyfin-apiclient/compat';
 
 const UNLIMITED_ITEMS = -1;
 
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ function setStreamUrls(items, deviceProfile, maxBitrate, apiClient, startPositio
     });
 }
 
-function getPlaybackInfo(player, apiClient, item, deviceProfile, mediaSourceId, liveStreamId, options) {
+async function getPlaybackInfo(player, apiClient, item, deviceProfile, mediaSourceId, liveStreamId, options) {
     if (!itemHelper.isLocalItem(item) && item.MediaType === 'Audio' && !player.useServerPlaybackInfoForAudio) {
         return Promise.resolve({
             MediaSources: [
@@ -427,6 +429,9 @@ function getPlaybackInfo(player, apiClient, item, deviceProfile, mediaSourceId,
         StartTimeTicks: options.startPosition || 0
     };
 
+    const api = toApi(apiClient);
+    const mediaInfoApi = getMediaInfoApi(api);
+
     if (options.isPlayback) {
         query.IsPlayback = true;
         query.AutoOpenLiveStream = true;
@@ -480,7 +485,12 @@ function getPlaybackInfo(player, apiClient, item, deviceProfile, mediaSourceId,
         query.DirectPlayProtocols = player.getDirectPlayProtocols();
     }
 
-    return apiClient.getPlaybackInfo(itemId, query, deviceProfile);
+    query.AlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding = appSettings.alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding();
+
+    query.DeviceProfile = deviceProfile;
+
+    const res = await mediaInfoApi.getPostedPlaybackInfo({ itemId: itemId, playbackInfoDto: query });
+    return res.data;
 }
 
 function getOptimalMediaSource(apiClient, item, versions) {
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
index da548a747c..b7852a79fb 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function loadForm(context, user, userSettings, appearanceSettings, apiClient) {
         context.querySelector('#chkSubtitleRenderPgs').checked = appSettings.get('subtitlerenderpgs') === 'true';
 
         context.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', {}));
+        context.querySelector('#chkAlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding').checked = appSettings.alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding();
 
         onAppearanceFieldChange({
             target: context.querySelector('#selectTextSize')
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ function save(instance, context, userId, userSettings, apiClient, enableSaveConf
 
     appSettings.set('subtitleburnin', context.querySelector('#selectSubtitleBurnIn').value);
     appSettings.set('subtitlerenderpgs', context.querySelector('#chkSubtitleRenderPgs').checked);
+    appSettings.alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding(context.querySelector('#chkAlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding').checked);
 
     apiClient.getUser(userId).then(function (user) {
         saveUser(context, user, userSettings, instance.appearanceKey, apiClient).then(function () {
diff --git a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
index 003a2a4e22..32584fc6da 100644
--- a/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
+++ b/src/components/subtitlesettings/subtitlesettings.template.html
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="checkboxContainer checkboxContainer-withDescription">
+        <label>
+            <input is="emby-checkbox" type="checkbox" id="chkAlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding" />
+            <span>${AlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding}</span>
+        </label>
+        <div class="fieldDescription checkboxFieldDescription">${AlwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscodingHelp}</div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="verticalSection subtitleAppearanceSection hide">
         <h2 class="sectionTitle">
             ${HeaderSubtitleAppearance}
diff --git a/src/scripts/settings/appSettings.js b/src/scripts/settings/appSettings.js
index cf6cbea284..e10d6053d3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/settings/appSettings.js
+++ b/src/scripts/settings/appSettings.js
@@ -156,6 +156,19 @@ class AppSettings {
         return this.get('preferredTranscodeVideoAudioCodec') || '';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get or set 'Always burn in subtitle when transcoding' state.
+     * @param {boolean|undefined} val - Flag to enable 'Always burn in subtitle when transcoding' or undefined.
+     * @return {boolean} 'Always burn in subtitle when transcoding' state.
+     */
+    alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding(val) {
+        if (val !== undefined) {
+            return this.set('alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding', val.toString());
+        }
+
+        return toBoolean(this.get('alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding'), false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get or set 'Enable DTS' state.
      * @param {boolean|undefined} val - Flag to enable 'Enable DTS' or undefined.