diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea608Parser.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea608Parser.java
index 4171a44966..5d24fbe9a3 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea608Parser.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea608Parser.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import androidx.media3.common.util.NullableType;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.ParsableByteArray;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.CuesWithTiming;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.Subtitle;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -425,6 +426,12 @@ public final class Cea608Parser implements SubtitleParser {
     return CUE_REPLACEMENT_BEHAVIOR;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Subtitle parseToLegacySubtitle(byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "Cannot produce Subtitle instances directly. Use Cea608Decoder instead.");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void parse(
       byte[] data,
diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea708Parser.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea708Parser.java
index c1af6fe1c8..72e9e3194b 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea708Parser.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/text/cea/Cea708Parser.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import androidx.media3.common.util.ParsableBitArray;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.ParsableByteArray;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.CuesWithTiming;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.text.Subtitle;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.text.SubtitleParser;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -201,6 +202,12 @@ public final class Cea708Parser implements SubtitleParser {
     return CUE_REPLACEMENT_BEHAVIOR;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Subtitle parseToLegacySubtitle(byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "Cannot produce Subtitle instances directly. Use Cea708Decoder instead.");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void parse(
       byte[] data,