diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 92ea1bcfbe..787b026ed1 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
         implementing a custom `CompositeSequenceableLoaderFactory`.
     *   Fix issue where repeating the same time causes metadata from this item
         to be cleared ([#1007](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/1007)).
+    *   Rename `experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory` methods on
+        `BundledChunkExtractor.Factory` and `DefaultHlsExtractorFactory` to
+        `setSubtitleParserFactory` and disallow passing `null`. Use the new
+        `experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(boolean)` methods to control
+        parsing behaviour.
 *   Transformer:
 *   Track Selection:
 *   Extractors:
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/BundledChunkExtractor.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/BundledChunkExtractor.java
index 5305a0945c..0ec3815bfa 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/BundledChunkExtractor.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/BundledChunkExtractor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.chunk;
 
+import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkNotNull;
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Util.castNonNull;
 
 import android.util.SparseArray;
@@ -39,9 +40,11 @@ import androidx.media3.extractor.jpeg.JpegExtractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mkv.MatroskaExtractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.FragmentedMp4Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.png.PngExtractor;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleExtractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleTranscodingExtractor;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -57,24 +60,25 @@ public final class BundledChunkExtractor implements ExtractorOutput, ChunkExtrac
   /** {@link ChunkExtractor.Factory} for {@link BundledChunkExtractor}. */
   public static final class Factory implements ChunkExtractor.Factory {
 
-    /** Non-null if subtitles should be parsed during extraction, null otherwise. */
-    @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+    private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+    private boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction, or
-     * null to parse subtitles during decoding. The default is null (subtitles parsed after
-     * decoding).
-     *
-     * <p>This method is experimental. Its default value may change, or it may be renamed or removed
-     * in a future release.
-     *
-     * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
-     *     extraction.
-     * @return This factory, for convenience.
-     */
-    public Factory experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(
-        @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
-      this.subtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
+    public Factory() {
+      subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
+    }
+
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      this.subtitleParserFactory = checkNotNull(subtitleParserFactory);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      this.parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
       return this;
     }
 
@@ -85,18 +89,16 @@ public final class BundledChunkExtractor implements ExtractorOutput, ChunkExtrac
      * MimeTypes#APPLICATION_MEDIA3_CUES} if it is supported by {@link SubtitleParser.Factory}.
      *
      * <p>To modify the support behavior, you can {@linkplain
-     * #experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory) set your own subtitle parser
-     * factory}.
+     * #setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory) set your own subtitle parser factory}.
      */
     @Override
     public Format getOutputTextFormat(Format sourceFormat) {
-      if (subtitleParserFactory != null && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
-        @Format.CueReplacementBehavior
-        int cueReplacementBehavior = subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat);
+      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
         return sourceFormat
             .buildUpon()
             .setSampleMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MEDIA3_CUES)
-            .setCueReplacementBehavior(cueReplacementBehavior)
+            .setCueReplacementBehavior(
+                subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat))
             .setCodecs(
                 sourceFormat.sampleMimeType
                     + (sourceFormat.codecs != null ? " " + sourceFormat.codecs : ""))
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ public final class BundledChunkExtractor implements ExtractorOutput, ChunkExtrac
       @Nullable String containerMimeType = representationFormat.containerMimeType;
       Extractor extractor;
       if (MimeTypes.isText(containerMimeType)) {
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
+        if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
           // Subtitles will be parsed after decoding
           return null;
         } else {
@@ -129,15 +131,10 @@ public final class BundledChunkExtractor implements ExtractorOutput, ChunkExtrac
         }
       } else if (MimeTypes.isMatroska(containerMimeType)) {
         @MatroskaExtractor.Flags int flags = MatroskaExtractor.FLAG_DISABLE_SEEK_FOR_CUES;
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
+        if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
           flags |= MatroskaExtractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA;
         }
-        extractor =
-            new MatroskaExtractor(
-                subtitleParserFactory != null
-                    ? subtitleParserFactory
-                    : SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED,
-                flags);
+        extractor = new MatroskaExtractor(subtitleParserFactory, flags);
       } else if (Objects.equals(containerMimeType, MimeTypes.IMAGE_JPEG)) {
         extractor = new JpegExtractor(JpegExtractor.FLAG_READ_IMAGE);
       } else if (Objects.equals(containerMimeType, MimeTypes.IMAGE_PNG)) {
@@ -147,21 +144,19 @@ public final class BundledChunkExtractor implements ExtractorOutput, ChunkExtrac
         if (enableEventMessageTrack) {
           flags |= FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_ENABLE_EMSG_TRACK;
         }
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
+        if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
           flags |= FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA;
         }
         extractor =
             new FragmentedMp4Extractor(
-                subtitleParserFactory != null
-                    ? subtitleParserFactory
-                    : SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED,
+                subtitleParserFactory,
                 flags,
                 /* timestampAdjuster= */ null,
                 /* sideloadedTrack= */ null,
                 closedCaptionFormats,
                 playerEmsgTrackOutput);
       }
-      if (subtitleParserFactory != null
+      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction
           && !MimeTypes.isText(containerMimeType)
           && !(extractor.getUnderlyingImplementation() instanceof FragmentedMp4Extractor)
           && !(extractor.getUnderlyingImplementation() instanceof MatroskaExtractor)) {
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/ChunkExtractor.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/ChunkExtractor.java
index 35ad0caff0..b6c28fc934 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/ChunkExtractor.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/source/chunk/ChunkExtractor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import androidx.media3.extractor.ChunkIndex;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ExtractorInput;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.TrackOutput;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -41,24 +43,34 @@ public interface ChunkExtractor {
   interface Factory {
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new {@link ChunkExtractor} instance.
+     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction. The
+     * default factory value is implementation dependent.
      *
-     * @param primaryTrackType The {@link C.TrackType type} of the primary track.
-     * @param representationFormat The format of the representation to extract from.
-     * @param enableEventMessageTrack Whether to enable the event message track.
-     * @param closedCaptionFormats The {@link Format Formats} of the Closed-Caption tracks.
-     * @param playerEmsgTrackOutput The {@link TrackOutput} for extracted EMSG messages, or null.
-     * @param playerId The {@link PlayerId} of the player using this chunk extractor.
-     * @return A new {@link ChunkExtractor} instance, or null if not applicable.
+     * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
+     *     extraction.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
      */
-    @Nullable
-    ChunkExtractor createProgressiveMediaExtractor(
-        @C.TrackType int primaryTrackType,
-        Format representationFormat,
-        boolean enableEventMessageTrack,
-        List<Format> closedCaptionFormats,
-        @Nullable TrackOutput playerEmsgTrackOutput,
-        PlayerId playerId);
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether subtitles should be parsed as part of extraction (before being added to the
+     * sample queue) or as part of rendering (when being taken from the sample queue). Defaults to
+     * {@code false} (i.e. subtitles will be parsed as part of rendering).
+     *
+     * <p>This method is experimental and will be renamed or removed in a future release.
+     *
+     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
+     *     rendering.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
+     */
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      return this;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the output {@link Format} of emitted {@linkplain C#TRACK_TYPE_TEXT text samples}
@@ -79,6 +91,26 @@ public interface ChunkExtractor {
     default Format getOutputTextFormat(Format sourceFormat) {
       return sourceFormat;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new {@link ChunkExtractor} instance.
+     *
+     * @param primaryTrackType The {@link C.TrackType type} of the primary track.
+     * @param representationFormat The format of the representation to extract from.
+     * @param enableEventMessageTrack Whether to enable the event message track.
+     * @param closedCaptionFormats The {@link Format Formats} of the Closed-Caption tracks.
+     * @param playerEmsgTrackOutput The {@link TrackOutput} for extracted EMSG messages, or null.
+     * @param playerId The {@link PlayerId} of the player using this chunk extractor.
+     * @return A new {@link ChunkExtractor} instance, or null if not applicable.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    ChunkExtractor createProgressiveMediaExtractor(
+        @C.TrackType int primaryTrackType,
+        Format representationFormat,
+        boolean enableEventMessageTrack,
+        List<Format> closedCaptionFormats,
+        @Nullable TrackOutput playerEmsgTrackOutput,
+        PlayerId playerId);
   }
 
   /** Provides {@link TrackOutput} instances to be written to during extraction. */
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashChunkSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashChunkSource.java
index 7e4b40401b..7f48712dfa 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashChunkSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashChunkSource.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.trackselection.ExoTrackSelection;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.CmcdConfiguration;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A {@link ChunkSource} for DASH streams. */
@@ -39,6 +41,36 @@ public interface DashChunkSource extends ChunkSource {
   /** Factory for {@link DashChunkSource}s. */
   interface Factory {
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction. The
+     * default factory value is implementation dependent.
+     *
+     * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
+     *     extraction.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
+     */
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether subtitles should be parsed as part of extraction (before being added to the
+     * sample queue) or as part of rendering (when being taken from the sample queue). Defaults to
+     * {@code false} (i.e. subtitles will be parsed as part of rendering).
+     *
+     * <p>This method is experimental and will be renamed or removed in a future release.
+     *
+     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
+     *     rendering.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
+     */
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param manifestLoaderErrorThrower Throws errors affecting loading of manifests.
      * @param manifest The initial manifest.
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
index 59526b93a6..6a1527d8bc 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DashMediaSource.java
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.Loader.LoadErrorAction;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.ParsingLoadable;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.util.SntpClient;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.math.LongMath;
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ public final class DashMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource {
     private DrmSessionManagerProvider drmSessionManagerProvider;
     private CompositeSequenceableLoaderFactory compositeSequenceableLoaderFactory;
     private LoadErrorHandlingPolicy loadErrorHandlingPolicy;
-    @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
     private long fallbackTargetLiveOffsetMs;
     private long minLiveStartPositionUs;
     @Nullable private ParsingLoadable.Parser<? extends DashManifest> manifestParser;
@@ -199,33 +196,11 @@ public final class DashMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource {
       return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     *
-     * <p>This method may only be used with {@link DefaultDashChunkSource.Factory}.
-     *
-     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
-     *     rendering.
-     * @return This factory, for convenience.
-     */
-    // TODO: b/289916598 - Flip the default of this to true.
     @Override
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
         boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
-          this.subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.subtitleParserFactory = null;
-      }
-      if (chunkSourceFactory instanceof DefaultDashChunkSource.Factory) {
-        ((DefaultDashChunkSource.Factory) chunkSourceFactory)
-            .setSubtitleParserFactory(subtitleParserFactory);
-      } else {
-        throw new IllegalStateException();
-      }
+      chunkSourceFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSource.java
index 8d542f3566..2adcbf2046 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_dash/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/dash/DefaultDashChunkSource.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ChunkIndex;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -113,18 +114,19 @@ public class DefaultDashChunkSource implements DashChunkSource {
       this.maxSegmentsPerLoad = maxSegmentsPerLoad;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to be used for parsing subtitles during extraction,
-     * or null to parse subtitles during decoding.
-     *
-     * <p>This may only be used with {@link BundledChunkExtractor.Factory}.
-     */
-    /* package */ Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(
-        @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
-      if (chunkExtractorFactory instanceof BundledChunkExtractor.Factory) {
-        ((BundledChunkExtractor.Factory) chunkExtractorFactory)
-            .experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(subtitleParserFactory);
-      }
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      chunkExtractorFactory.setSubtitleParserFactory(subtitleParserFactory);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      chunkExtractorFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+          parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor.java b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor.java
index 9b936b65d1..9d4f4cbb25 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package androidx.media3.exoplayer.hls;
 
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkState;
 
-import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.TimestampAdjuster;
@@ -47,7 +46,8 @@ public final class BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor implements HlsMediaChunkExtract
   @VisibleForTesting /* package */ final Extractor extractor;
   private final Format multivariantPlaylistFormat;
   private final TimestampAdjuster timestampAdjuster;
-  @Nullable private final SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+  private final SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+  private final boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new instance.
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ public final class BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor implements HlsMediaChunkExtract
         extractor,
         multivariantPlaylistFormat,
         timestampAdjuster,
-        /* subtitleParserFactory= */ null);
+        SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED,
+        /* parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction= */ false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -77,16 +78,18 @@ public final class BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor implements HlsMediaChunkExtract
    *     multivariantPlaylistFormat.
    */
   // TODO(b/289983417): Once the subtitle-parsing-during-extraction is the only available flow, make
-  // this constructor public and remove @Nullable from subtitleParserFactory
+  // this constructor public and remove parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction parameter
   /* package */ BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor(
       Extractor extractor,
       Format multivariantPlaylistFormat,
       TimestampAdjuster timestampAdjuster,
-      @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory,
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
     this.extractor = extractor;
     this.multivariantPlaylistFormat = multivariantPlaylistFormat;
     this.timestampAdjuster = timestampAdjuster;
     this.subtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
+    this.parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -124,18 +127,11 @@ public final class BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor implements HlsMediaChunkExtract
     Extractor newExtractorInstance;
     // LINT.IfChange(extractor_instantiation)
     if (extractor instanceof WebvttExtractor) {
-      SubtitleParser.Factory webvttSubtitleParserFactory = SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED;
-      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = false;
-      if (subtitleParserFactory != null
-          && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(multivariantPlaylistFormat)) {
-        webvttSubtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
-        parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = true;
-      }
       newExtractorInstance =
           new WebvttExtractor(
               multivariantPlaylistFormat.language,
               timestampAdjuster,
-              webvttSubtitleParserFactory,
+              subtitleParserFactory,
               parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
     } else if (extractor instanceof AdtsExtractor) {
       newExtractorInstance = new AdtsExtractor();
@@ -150,7 +146,11 @@ public final class BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor implements HlsMediaChunkExtract
           "Unexpected extractor type for recreation: " + extractor.getClass().getSimpleName());
     }
     return new BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor(
-        newExtractorInstance, multivariantPlaylistFormat, timestampAdjuster, subtitleParserFactory);
+        newExtractorInstance,
+        multivariantPlaylistFormat,
+        timestampAdjuster,
+        subtitleParserFactory,
+        parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/DefaultHlsExtractorFactory.java b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/DefaultHlsExtractorFactory.java
index 8e8b56b376..67bfff3247 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/DefaultHlsExtractorFactory.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/DefaultHlsExtractorFactory.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ExtractorInput;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp3.Mp3Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.FragmentedMp4Extractor;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ts.Ac3Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ts.Ac4Extractor;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import androidx.media3.extractor.ts.DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ts.TsExtractor;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -67,8 +69,8 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
 
   private final @DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.Flags int payloadReaderFactoryFlags;
 
-  /** Non-null if subtitles should be parsed during extraction, null otherwise. */
-  @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+  private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+  private boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
 
   private final boolean exposeCea608WhenMissingDeclarations;
 
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
       int payloadReaderFactoryFlags, boolean exposeCea608WhenMissingDeclarations) {
     this.payloadReaderFactoryFlags = payloadReaderFactoryFlags;
     this.exposeCea608WhenMissingDeclarations = exposeCea608WhenMissingDeclarations;
+    subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -135,7 +138,11 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
               createExtractorByFileType(fileType, format, muxedCaptionFormats, timestampAdjuster));
       if (sniffQuietly(extractor, sniffingExtractorInput)) {
         return new BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor(
-            extractor, format, timestampAdjuster, subtitleParserFactory);
+            extractor,
+            format,
+            timestampAdjuster,
+            subtitleParserFactory,
+            parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       }
       if (fallBackExtractor == null
           && (fileType == formatInferredFileType
@@ -149,26 +156,29 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
     }
 
     return new BundledHlsMediaChunkExtractor(
-        checkNotNull(fallBackExtractor), format, timestampAdjuster, subtitleParserFactory);
+        checkNotNull(fallBackExtractor),
+        format,
+        timestampAdjuster,
+        subtitleParserFactory,
+        parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction, or null
-   * to parse subtitles during decoding. The default is null (subtitles parsed after decoding).
-   *
-   * <p>This method is experimental. Its default value may change, or it may be renamed or removed
-   * in a future release.
-   *
-   * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
-   *     extraction.
-   * @return This factory, for convenience.
-   */
-  public DefaultHlsExtractorFactory experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(
-      @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  @Override
+  public DefaultHlsExtractorFactory setSubtitleParserFactory(
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
     this.subtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
     return this;
   }
 
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  @Override
+  public DefaultHlsExtractorFactory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+    this.parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    *
@@ -176,18 +186,15 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
    * MimeTypes#APPLICATION_MEDIA3_CUES} if it is supported by {@link SubtitleParser.Factory}.
    *
    * <p>To modify the support behavior, you can {@linkplain
-   * #experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory) set your own subtitle parser
-   * factory}.
+   * #setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory) set your own subtitle parser factory}.
    */
   @Override
   public Format getOutputTextFormat(Format sourceFormat) {
-    if (subtitleParserFactory != null && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
-      @Format.CueReplacementBehavior
-      int cueReplacementBehavior = subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat);
+    if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
       return sourceFormat
           .buildUpon()
           .setSampleMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MEDIA3_CUES)
-          .setCueReplacementBehavior(cueReplacementBehavior)
+          .setCueReplacementBehavior(subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat))
           .setCodecs(
               sourceFormat.sampleMimeType
                   + (sourceFormat.codecs != null ? " " + sourceFormat.codecs : ""))
@@ -216,16 +223,10 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
     // LINT.IfChange(extractor_instantiation)
     switch (fileType) {
       case FileTypes.WEBVTT:
-        SubtitleParser.Factory webvttSubtitleParserFactory = SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED;
-        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = false;
-        if (subtitleParserFactory != null && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(format)) {
-          webvttSubtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
-          parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = true;
-        }
         return new WebvttExtractor(
             format.language,
             timestampAdjuster,
-            webvttSubtitleParserFactory,
+            subtitleParserFactory,
             parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       case FileTypes.ADTS:
         return new AdtsExtractor();
@@ -237,7 +238,11 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
         return new Mp3Extractor(/* flags= */ 0, /* forcedFirstSampleTimestampUs= */ 0);
       case FileTypes.MP4:
         return createFragmentedMp4Extractor(
-            subtitleParserFactory, timestampAdjuster, format, muxedCaptionFormats);
+            subtitleParserFactory,
+            parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction,
+            timestampAdjuster,
+            format,
+            muxedCaptionFormats);
       case FileTypes.TS:
         return createTsExtractor(
             payloadReaderFactoryFlags,
@@ -245,7 +250,8 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
             format,
             muxedCaptionFormats,
             timestampAdjuster,
-            subtitleParserFactory);
+            subtitleParserFactory,
+            parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       default:
         return null;
     }
@@ -257,7 +263,8 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
       Format format,
       @Nullable List<Format> muxedCaptionFormats,
       TimestampAdjuster timestampAdjuster,
-      @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory,
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
     @DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.Flags
     int payloadReaderFactoryFlags =
         DefaultTsPayloadReaderFactory.FLAG_IGNORE_SPLICE_INFO_STREAM
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
       }
     }
     @TsExtractor.Flags int extractorFlags = 0;
-    if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
+    if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
       subtitleParserFactory = SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED;
       extractorFlags |= TsExtractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA;
     }
@@ -301,7 +308,8 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
   }
 
   private static FragmentedMp4Extractor createFragmentedMp4Extractor(
-      @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory,
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory,
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction,
       TimestampAdjuster timestampAdjuster,
       Format format,
       @Nullable List<Format> muxedCaptionFormats) {
@@ -309,7 +317,7 @@ public final class DefaultHlsExtractorFactory implements HlsExtractorFactory {
     // creating a separate EMSG track for every audio track in a video stream.
     @FragmentedMp4Extractor.Flags
     int flags = isFmp4Variant(format) ? FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_ENABLE_EMSG_TRACK : 0;
-    if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
+    if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
       subtitleParserFactory = SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED;
       flags |= FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsExtractorFactory.java b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsExtractorFactory.java
index 75ef496522..2f4e832c75 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsExtractorFactory.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsExtractorFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.analytics.PlayerId;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.ExtractorInput;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.PositionHolder;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -63,6 +65,37 @@ public interface HlsExtractorFactory {
       PlayerId playerId)
       throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction. The
+   * default factory value is implementation dependent.
+   *
+   * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
+   *     extraction.
+   * @return This factory, for convenience.
+   */
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  default HlsExtractorFactory setSubtitleParserFactory(
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets whether subtitles should be parsed as part of extraction (before being added to the sample
+   * queue) or as part of rendering (when being taken from the sample queue). Defaults to {@code
+   * false} (i.e. subtitles will be parsed as part of rendering).
+   *
+   * <p>This method is experimental and will be renamed or removed in a future release.
+   *
+   * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
+   *     rendering.
+   * @return This factory, for convenience.
+   */
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  default HlsExtractorFactory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the output {@link Format} of emitted {@linkplain C#TRACK_TYPE_TEXT text samples} which
    * were originally in {@code sourceFormat}.
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsMediaSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
index 6dd1366238..4cf377982e 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_hls/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/hls/HlsMediaSource.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.CmcdConfiguration;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.DefaultLoadErrorHandlingPolicy;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoadErrorHandlingPolicy;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ public final class HlsMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource
     @Nullable private CmcdConfiguration.Factory cmcdConfigurationFactory;
     private DrmSessionManagerProvider drmSessionManagerProvider;
     private LoadErrorHandlingPolicy loadErrorHandlingPolicy;
-    @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+
     private boolean allowChunklessPreparation;
     private @MetadataType int metadataType;
     private boolean useSessionKeys;
@@ -199,32 +197,11 @@ public final class HlsMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource
       return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     *
-     * <p>This method may only be used with {@link DefaultHlsExtractorFactory}.
-     *
-     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
-     *     rendering.
-     * @return This factory, for convenience.
-     */
-    // TODO: b/289916598 - Flip the default of this to true.
     @Override
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
         boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
-          this.subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.subtitleParserFactory = null;
-      }
-      if (extractorFactory instanceof DefaultHlsExtractorFactory) {
-        ((DefaultHlsExtractorFactory) extractorFactory)
-            .experimentalSetSubtitleParserFactory(subtitleParserFactory);
-      } else {
-        throw new IllegalStateException();
-      }
+      extractorFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSource.java
index 40cf102473..c907ba99a6 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSource.java
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.FragmentedMp4Extractor;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.Track;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.mp4.TrackEncryptionBox;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -65,24 +67,29 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
   public static final class Factory implements SsChunkSource.Factory {
 
     private final DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory;
-    @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+    private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
+    private boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
 
     public Factory(DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory) {
       this.dataSourceFactory = dataSourceFactory;
+      subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to be used for parsing subtitles during extraction,
-     * or {@code null} to parse subtitles during decoding.
-     *
-     * <p>This may only be used with {@link BundledChunkExtractor.Factory}.
-     */
-    /* package */ Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(
-        @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
       this.subtitleParserFactory = subtitleParserFactory;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    @Override
+    public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      this.parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction = parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      *
@@ -91,13 +98,12 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
      */
     @Override
     public Format getOutputTextFormat(Format sourceFormat) {
-      if (subtitleParserFactory != null && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
-        @Format.CueReplacementBehavior
-        int cueReplacementBehavior = subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat);
+      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction && subtitleParserFactory.supportsFormat(sourceFormat)) {
         return sourceFormat
             .buildUpon()
             .setSampleMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MEDIA3_CUES)
-            .setCueReplacementBehavior(cueReplacementBehavior)
+            .setCueReplacementBehavior(
+                subtitleParserFactory.getCueReplacementBehavior(sourceFormat))
             .setCodecs(
                 sourceFormat.sampleMimeType
                     + (sourceFormat.codecs != null ? " " + sourceFormat.codecs : ""))
@@ -127,7 +133,8 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
           trackSelection,
           dataSource,
           cmcdConfiguration,
-          subtitleParserFactory);
+          subtitleParserFactory,
+          parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
     }
   }
 
@@ -158,6 +165,8 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
    * @param cmcdConfiguration The {@link CmcdConfiguration} for this chunk source.
    * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
    *     extraction.
+   * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
+   *     rendering.
    */
   public DefaultSsChunkSource(
       LoaderErrorThrower manifestLoaderErrorThrower,
@@ -166,7 +175,8 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
       ExoTrackSelection trackSelection,
       DataSource dataSource,
       @Nullable CmcdConfiguration cmcdConfiguration,
-      @Nullable SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory,
+      boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
     this.manifestLoaderErrorThrower = manifestLoaderErrorThrower;
     this.manifest = manifest;
     this.streamElementIndex = streamElementIndex;
@@ -203,14 +213,13 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSource implements SsChunkSource {
       int flags =
           FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_WORKAROUND_EVERY_VIDEO_FRAME_IS_SYNC_FRAME
               | FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_WORKAROUND_IGNORE_TFDT_BOX;
+      if (!parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+        flags |= FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA;
+      }
       Extractor extractor =
           new FragmentedMp4Extractor(
-              subtitleParserFactory == null
-                  ? SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED
-                  : subtitleParserFactory,
-              subtitleParserFactory == null
-                  ? flags | FragmentedMp4Extractor.FLAG_EMIT_RAW_SUBTITLE_DATA
-                  : flags,
+              subtitleParserFactory,
+              flags,
               /* timestampAdjuster= */ null,
               track,
               /* closedCaptionFormats= */ ImmutableList.of(),
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsChunkSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsChunkSource.java
index 4592ad9c2c..e2517958bf 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsChunkSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsChunkSource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.trackselection.ExoTrackSelection;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.CmcdConfiguration;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.Extractor;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 
 /** A {@link ChunkSource} for SmoothStreaming. */
 @UnstableApi
@@ -55,6 +57,36 @@ public interface SsChunkSource extends ChunkSource {
         @Nullable TransferListener transferListener,
         @Nullable CmcdConfiguration cmcdConfiguration);
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} to use for parsing subtitles during extraction. The
+     * default factory value is implementation dependent.
+     *
+     * @param subtitleParserFactory The {@link SubtitleParser.Factory} for parsing subtitles during
+     *     extraction.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
+     */
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory setSubtitleParserFactory(SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether subtitles should be parsed as part of extraction (before being added to the
+     * sample queue) or as part of rendering (when being taken from the sample queue). Defaults to
+     * {@code false} (i.e. subtitles will be parsed as part of rendering).
+     *
+     * <p>This method is experimental and will be renamed or removed in a future release.
+     *
+     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
+     *     rendering.
+     * @return This factory, for convenience.
+     */
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    default Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
+        boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the output {@link Format} of emitted {@linkplain C#TRACK_TYPE_TEXT text samples}
      * which were originally in {@code sourceFormat}.
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
index 50ecb5e838..ca252621f3 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSource.java
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.Loader;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.Loader.LoadErrorAction;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.ParsingLoadable;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.DefaultSubtitleParserFactory;
-import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ public final class SsMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource
     @Nullable private CmcdConfiguration.Factory cmcdConfigurationFactory;
     private DrmSessionManagerProvider drmSessionManagerProvider;
     private LoadErrorHandlingPolicy loadErrorHandlingPolicy;
-    @Nullable private SubtitleParser.Factory subtitleParserFactory;
     private long livePresentationDelayMs;
     @Nullable private ParsingLoadable.Parser<? extends SsManifest> manifestParser;
 
@@ -155,32 +152,11 @@ public final class SsMediaSource extends BaseMediaSource
       return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     *
-     * <p>This method may only be used with {@link DefaultSsChunkSource.Factory}.
-     *
-     * @param parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction Whether to parse subtitles during extraction or
-     *     rendering.
-     * @return This factory, for convenience.
-     */
-    // TODO: b/289916598 - Flip the default of this to true.
     @Override
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Factory experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(
         boolean parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-      if (parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction) {
-        if (subtitleParserFactory == null) {
-          this.subtitleParserFactory = new DefaultSubtitleParserFactory();
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.subtitleParserFactory = null;
-      }
-      if (chunkSourceFactory instanceof DefaultSsChunkSource.Factory) {
-        ((DefaultSsChunkSource.Factory) chunkSourceFactory)
-            .setSubtitleParserFactory(subtitleParserFactory);
-      } else {
-        throw new IllegalStateException();
-      }
+      chunkSourceFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction);
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSourceTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSourceTest.java
index 3d6528f9b8..d04906cf70 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSourceTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/DefaultSsChunkSourceTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.trackselection.AdaptiveTrackSelection;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.CmcdConfiguration;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.DefaultBandwidthMeter;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import androidx.media3.test.utils.FakeDataSource;
 import androidx.media3.test.utils.TestUtil;
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ public class DefaultSsChunkSourceTest {
         adaptiveTrackSelection,
         new FakeDataSource(),
         cmcdConfiguration,
-        /* subtitleParserFactory= */ null);
+        SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED,
+        /* parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction= */ false);
   }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSourceTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSourceTest.java
index bfacb484ae..eba35a5dfc 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSourceTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer_smoothstreaming/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SsMediaSourceTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package androidx.media3.exoplayer.smoothstreaming;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.MediaSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.trackselection.ExoTrackSelection;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.CmcdConfiguration;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.upstream.LoaderErrorThrower;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import androidx.media3.test.utils.FakeDataSource;
 import androidx.media3.test.utils.TestUtil;
 import androidx.media3.test.utils.robolectric.RobolectricUtil;
@@ -104,14 +104,12 @@ public class SsMediaSourceTest {
 
   @Test
   public void
-      setExperimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction_withNonDefaultChunkSourceFactory_setThrows() {
+      setExperimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction_withNonDefaultChunkSourceFactory_setSucceeds() {
     SsMediaSource.Factory ssMediaSourceFactory =
         new SsMediaSource.Factory(
             /* chunkSourceFactory= */ this::createSampleSsChunkSource,
             /* manifestDataSourceFactory= */ () -> createSampleDataSource(SAMPLE_MANIFEST));
-    assertThrows(
-        IllegalStateException.class,
-        () -> ssMediaSourceFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(false));
+    ssMediaSourceFactory.experimentalParseSubtitlesDuringExtraction(false);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -219,6 +217,7 @@ public class SsMediaSourceTest {
         trackSelection,
         new FakeDataSource(),
         cmcdConfiguration,
-        /* subtitleParserFactory= */ null);
+        SubtitleParser.Factory.UNSUPPORTED,
+        /* parseSubtitlesDuringExtraction= */ false);
   }
 }