Lyric video creators
Get word-for-word timed subtitles ready for your timeline.
YOUTUBE LYRIC VIDEOS
Synced lyrics for your YouTube and TikTok videos, the easy way
Upload your song, get back a timed SRT file, and drop it straight into your video editor, YouTube Studio, or a TikTok/Shorts workflow — no manual line-by-line timing in a timeline.
Create a free account to test LyricTime on one of your own songs. Export unlocks with paid minutes.
SRT export works directly in Premiere, CapCut, DaVinci, Final Cut, and most editors — and uploads straight into YouTube Studio as captions
Synced lyrics help viewers follow along, which matters for watch time on music content
Edit timing and wording before export — you stay in control of the final file
Best for
Who this is built for
Music uploaders
Add an official lyric track to an existing upload.
TikTok, Shorts, and clips
Time a single verse or hook precisely for a short-form cut.
Cover and original artists
Give viewers something to read and follow along with on first listen.
Worth knowing
Make a lyric video for your own song
If you want the lyrics to scroll with the music, LyricTime gives you the timed lyric file first. Upload your song, export SRT, then bring it into CapCut, Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut, or YouTube Studio.
Use this for YouTube lyric videos, TikTok song captions, music video subtitles, or any edit where you want text over the video in sync with the vocal.
The process
How it works
01
Upload your song's audio.
02
Choose your option.
If you have the official lyrics, choose "Upload MP3 + paste lyrics" for the most reliable timing match to the vocal.
03
Review the timed lyrics.
Use Timeline mode to check line breaks land where they feel natural for reading on screen, and Blocks mode if you need to split or merge any lines.
04
Export as SRT.
Import it into your video editor's timeline to style and place the lyrics yourself, or upload it straight to YouTube Studio as captions for the fastest, no-editing route.
Export formats
Three formats, every use case
Export the file your next workflow expects. If you are not sure yet, you can export more than one from the same synced project.
SRT
Video and subtitles
is the format YouTube Studio accepts directly for caption uploads, and the format nearly every video editor (Premiere, CapCut, DaVinci, Final Cut) expects for subtitle import. It is also the practical format for making TikTok, Reels, and Shorts lyric videos in an editor such as CapCut.
VTT
Web playback
is also accepted by YouTube and most web-based video tools, if that's the format your workflow standardizes on.
LRC
Lyrics and karaoke
is also available, but YouTube does not accept LRC for caption uploads — use SRT or VTT for anything going into YouTube directly.
Worth knowing
Two ways to actually get lyrics onto your video
There are two real paths once you have your SRT file, and they give you different results.
Upload the SRT straight to YouTube Studio as captions.
This is the fastest route — no video editor needed. The downside is you're stuck with YouTube's standard caption styling: small, plain text in a fixed position at the bottom of the screen, the same look every other video with captions has. It works, and it's better than no synced lyrics at all, but it doesn't look like a lyric video — it looks like captions.
Import the SRT into a video editor and style it yourself.
This is the extra step, but it's the one that actually makes a lyric video feel like a lyric video. In CapCut, Premiere, DaVinci, or Final Cut, you control the font, size, color, position, and animation — lyrics can sit center-screen, follow your brand's look, animate in time with the beat, or move around the frame however fits the song. You're not limited to one plain caption style; you're designing how the words actually appear. If you just want accessible captions on an existing upload, YouTube's own caption uploader is fine. If the lyric video itself is the point — the thing people are watching for, especially on TikTok, Reels, or Shorts — bring the SRT into an editor first.
What to expect
Go in expecting something close to finished
Expected result
The main thing to know
Good synced lyrics genuinely make lyric videos easier to watch — viewers don't have to choose between reading and listening when the timing is right. With "Upload MP3 + paste lyrics," timing usually comes out close to spot-on, since LyricTime already has the exact words and is only solving the timing half of the problem. With "Upload MP3 only," timing is also strong, and the odd word might come out wrong — Blocks mode's Find & Replace fixes repeated mistakes in one go.
Expected result
A quick review still matters
One thing worth knowing that's specific to video: timing that's accurate to the audio isn't automatically the best timing for reading on screen. Lines longer than about 6-8 words get noticeably harder to read at typical video text sizes, even when the timing is perfect, so a long lyric line may read better split into two captions than left as one. You may also want to nudge a line's start or end by a fraction of a second so it doesn't clip too close to a scene change or cut in your edit. Blocks mode's 0.1-second nudge controls are good for exactly this kind of small adjustment.
Tips
Common mistakes and what to do instead
If you already have the official lyrics (yours or licensed), choose "Upload MP3 + paste lyrics" — it's more reliable than letting LyricTime guess at words you already know, as long as the lyrics you paste in are accurate.
Keep individual caption lines short. Long lines that are technically timed correctly can still be hard to read in the few seconds they're on screen — use Blocks mode to split a line if it's running long.
Double-check line breaks for screen readability, not just audio accuracy — a line that's timed correctly to the vocal can still feel too long or too short visually.
For TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, export the full SRT and trim to the section you need in your editor rather than re-uploading just a clip — full-song context usually times more accurately.
If captions feel consistently early or late by the same amount throughout, that's a global offset — Timeline mode makes it easy to see and shift the whole file at once rather than adjusting every line individually.
If your captions were synced correctly but drift after you've done more editing, check whether you trimmed, reordered, or added anything to the video after placing the captions. A video edit that happens after the SRT is in place will shift everything downstream of it out of sync — it's a very common cause of timing that "used to be right."
Practical details
Before you upload
How long does processing take?
Most songs are done in well under a minute — often around 25 seconds in practice. To be safe, plan for up to 30-60 seconds depending on the song.
Is there a file size limit?
Yes — uploads are capped at 15MB per file. A typical full-length MP3 at standard quality comes in well under that.
What languages does this support?
Eight languages are officially supported: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. Outside of those, results aren't guaranteed, though other languages have worked for some users in practice.
FAQ
Got a question?
What format do YouTube and video editors actually need?+
SRT — YouTube Studio accepts SRT (and VTT) directly for caption uploads, and it's also the format most video editors expect for subtitle import. YouTube does not accept LRC.
How do I make a lyric video for my song?+
Upload your song to LyricTime, generate timed lyrics, export SRT, then import the file into your video editor and style the text. Uploading straight to YouTube Studio is faster and gives you accessible captions, but if you want the lyrics styled, positioned, animated, or scrolling with the music, bring the SRT into an editor first.
Can I make lyrics scroll with the music?+
Yes. LyricTime creates the timing file first, so each lyric line appears in sync with the vocal. Your video editor controls the visual style, movement, font, position, and animation.
My captions were perfectly synced and now they're not — what happened?+
The most common cause is editing the video after the captions were already placed — trimming a clip, reordering sections, or adding something to the timeline shifts everything after that point out of sync with the lyrics. It's worth finishing your video edit before finalizing caption timing, or re-checking sync if you've made changes since.
Can I edit the lyrics after they're generated?+
Yes, fully — wording and timing are both editable before export, across Timeline, Blocks, or Focus mode depending on what you need to fix.
Does this work for covers, not just original songs?+
Yes — the workflow is the same regardless of whether the song is original or a cover.
What if my song doesn't have official written lyrics?+
Use "Upload MP3 only" and LyricTime will generate them from the audio, then you can edit before export.
Is there a faster way for a 30-second Short?+
Run the full song through normally, then trim the exported SRT to the section you need in your video editor.
Can I use this for TikTok lyric videos?+
Yes. Export SRT from LyricTime, then import it into CapCut or another vertical-video editor to style the lyrics for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts. TikTok itself is not the editing step — the usual workflow is to prepare the lyric captions in an editor first, then upload the finished video.
Should I export SRT or VTT for YouTube?+
Either works for YouTube Studio caption uploads — SRT is the more universal choice if you're also bringing the file into a separate video editor, since virtually every editor supports it.
Ready to get synced lyrics into your next upload?
Try the demo first to see the output quality for yourself. To process your own song, choose a minute pack.
Create a free account to test one song • Export unlocks with paid minutes
