YouTube lyric videos
16:9, 1920 × 1080
The standard frame for a lyric video on your artist channel. Lines sit centred or low, with room for the background to show.
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Audio to lyric video converter
Put in an MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG. Get back an MP4 with the lyrics synced to the vocal, in 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for TikTok and Reels.
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Free preview. Full-length exports need a paid plan.
What goes in and what comes out
One audio file in, one video file out. These are the limits on each side.
Your audio
- File types
- MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG
- Length
- Up to 15 minutes
- File size
- Up to 300 MB
Your lyric video
- File type
- MP4 (H.264)
- Resolution
- 1080p, 4K on Creator Pro
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 or 9:16
- Frame rate
- 30 fps
How to convert audio to a lyric video
- 1
Drop in the audio file
Upload the MP3, WAV, M4A or OGG you want to convert. A bounce from your DAW works as well as the master.
- 2
Let Capify write the lyrics
The vocals are transcribed and each word is timed to when it is sung. Nothing to type, and no timestamps to set by hand.
- 3
Choose how it looks
Pick a font, a text animation and a background. Use one of 53 animated backgrounds, your cover art or your own footage, and add one of 17 visualizer styles if you want one.
- 4
Export the MP4
Play the whole video back in the browser first. When it looks right, export 1080p in 16:9 or 9:16. Full-length exports need a paid plan.
What happens between the MP3 and the MP4
A plain format converter changes a container. Turning a song into a lyric video needs the words first, so the first job is transcription. Capify listens to the vocal, writes out each line, and gives every word a start and end time.
Those timings drive the animation. A word appears, highlights or slides in at the moment it is sung, so a fast verse moves quickly and a held note stays on screen. If a word lands early, you drag it on the timeline and the video follows.
The audio also drives the picture. Animated backgrounds and visualizers read the song frame by frame, so a drop hits harder than a quiet bridge. Then the whole thing renders to a single MP4 at 30 frames per second, with your original song as the soundtrack.
Only need the words? The lyrics from audio page covers downloading the transcript as a TXT or SRT file.
MP3 to lyrics video for each platform
TikTok, Reels and Shorts
9:16, 1080 × 1920
A vertical cut of the hook for short-form video. Keep the words in the middle third so captions and buttons do not cover them.
TikTok lyric video makerNeed a MOV for a client, or a GIF of the hook? Capify exports MP4, and the free video converter changes it to MOV, WebM or GIF in your browser.
Song to lyric video, with or without a visualizer
Once the lyrics are transcribed, a carousel of templates opens on the video, playing your own song. Pick one, then change as much or as little as you like.
Start from a template
Each template sets the font, colours, text animation and background in one go. Swipe through them on your own lyrics before you commit.
Lyric video templatesAdd a visualizer
Put bars, a waveform or a ring under the lyrics. There are 17 styles, all drawn from your audio.
Audio visualizerUse your own footage
Upload a performance clip or your cover art as the background, and the lyrics play over it.
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Audio to lyric video questions
How do I convert an MP3 to a lyric video?
Upload the MP3 in the editor on this page. Capify transcribes the vocals, times each word, and lays the lyrics over a background. Pick the look you want, play it back, and export the video as an MP4.
Is the audio to lyric video converter free?
You can upload a song and preview the full lyric video for free. Exporting the full-length MP4 needs a paid plan, and the plans are listed on this page.
What file does the converter output?
An MP4 encoded with H.264 at 30 frames per second, which plays on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and almost any phone or editor. Exports are 1080p. Creator Pro adds 4K.
Which audio formats can I convert?
MP3, WAV, M4A and OGG, up to 15 minutes long and 300 MB in size. For a FLAC or AIFF master, export a WAV from your DAW first.
Do I have to type the lyrics in?
No. Capify transcribes them from the vocal. If you already have the lyrics written, paid plans can paste them in with Add Lyrics, and Capify times your words to the song.
Can I fix lyrics that came out wrong before I convert?
Yes. Every line sits on a timeline in the lyric editor, where you can retype a word, split a line, or drag a word to move its timing. Without a plan you can edit the first five lines.
Can I make a vertical lyric video for TikTok?
Yes. Switch the project to 9:16 and the export is 1080 × 1920, the size TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts expect. Switch back to 16:9 for a YouTube upload.
Can I use my own background?
Yes. Upload a photo, your cover art or a video clip as the background, or pick one of the 53 animated backgrounds. Each animated background has a reactivity slider that makes it pulse with the music.
Can I convert the lyric video to MOV, WebM or GIF?
Capify exports MP4. If you need another format, run the file through the free Capify video converter, which converts MP4 to MOV, WebM, MKV or GIF in your browser.
Can I convert a song longer than 15 minutes?
Not in one piece. The upload limit is 15 minutes, so trim a long mix or a DJ set into sections and convert each one as its own project.
Is the converter a separate tool?
No. It is the same Capify editor that runs on the homepage. This page is for anyone starting from a finished audio file who wants a video file back, with the lyrics written and timed for them.
Convert your next single
Upload the audio and watch the lyric video preview before you pay for anything.