A lyric video maker turns a song into a video that shows the words as they are sung. Solmi's works from the audio alone: upload an MP3 or another audio file, paste a YouTube, TikTok, SoundCloud or Suno link, or pick a song you made on Solmi, and it transcribes the vocal, times every line to the singing, and renders an MP4 with the lyrics over a gradient, a preset image or your own picture, in 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. If you already have the words, paste them and they are the ones shown, aligned to the vocal. A wrong line can be corrected after the render and the video re-exports at no charge. Generating needs a free Solmi account; a video costs half a credit per second, and a new web account starts with enough credits for about four minutes of lyric video.
Need the words first? Use the AI lyrics generator.
From a song to a finished lyric video in five steps. A three-minute song renders in a few minutes.
The maker takes the audio and does the rest. It accepts the common audio formats and the three common video containers (it uses the audio track of a video), or fetches the audio from a link. The output is one MP4 at the resolution you choose, 1080p by default, with the lyrics burned into the picture so they play everywhere, including players that ignore subtitle tracks.
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Input files | MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, FLAC, AIFF, CAF; MP4, M4V, MOV, WebM (audio track) |
| Input links | YouTube, TikTok, SoundCloud, Suno song pages, direct audio URLs; Spotify links are not accepted (30-second previews only) |
| Length | Up to 10 minutes of audio; any range from 1 second to the full track |
| Output | MP4 (H.264), 480p, 720p or 1080p, same price at every resolution, no watermark |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 (YouTube, landscape) or 9:16 (TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Stories) |
| Backgrounds | Gradients: Ocean, Deep, Aqua. Presets: Watercolor, Neon Rain, Aurora, Floral. Or one image you upload |
| Type | Bold, Modern, Elegant, Handwritten; text centered or at the bottom |
| Lyrics | Transcribed from the vocal with the sung language detected, or pasted by you; editable after the render |
Solmi first listens to a short passage of the song to detect the language being sung, then transcribes the whole selection in that language with a speech-to-text model, so a Spanish or Japanese song gets Spanish or Japanese captions rather than an English translation. Each transcribed segment becomes one caption line with a start and end time, and the lines are burned into the video in sync with the vocal. Transcription is good but not perfect: on dense rap, heavy effects or mumbled verses a word can come out wrong. Two things fix that. Paste the lyrics before generating, and the words on screen are yours, aligned to the timing the transcription found; or, after the render, open Edit lyrics, correct the line, and the video is re-exported at no charge. Instrumental sections stay clear of text.
A lyric video costs 0.5 credit per second of video, rounded up to a whole credit, at any resolution: a 10-second clip is 5 credits, a 30-second chorus is 15, a 3-minute song is 90, and the 10-minute maximum is 300. Signing up on the web is free and gives a new account 100 music-video credits plus 20 general credits, both of which this tool can spend, so the first account can render about 240 seconds of lyric video, a full song, at 1080p with no watermark. Signing up in the iOS or Android app gives 30 general credits, about 60 seconds. After that, a free account's general credits refill to 10 every day, which is 20 seconds of lyric video a day. Paid plans start at $35 a month for 2,000 credits, about 66 minutes of lyric video, and add commercial use. Fixing lyrics on a finished video and re-exporting it is free on every plan.
| Video length | Credits |
|---|---|
| 10 seconds | 5 |
| 30 seconds | 15 |
| 1 minute | 30 |
| 3 minutes | 90 |
| 10 minutes (maximum) | 300 |
| New web account | 120 credits = about 240 seconds |
| Free account, every day | refills to 10 credits = 20 seconds |
Three different tools fit three different needs. A lyric video puts the words on screen and is the right pick for a release, a cover, or a song whose lyrics carry it. If you want moving shapes to the beat with no words, Solmi's audio visualizer renders spectrum bars or a waveform in your browser at no cost. If you want a real video with scenes, a performer and lip-sync, the AI music video generator storyboards and renders one from the song. You can make each of them from the same track, and the lyric video is the cheapest of the three by a wide margin because it is rendered locally rather than by a video model.
Create a free Solmi account on the web: it starts with 100 music-video credits and 20 general credits, and a lyric video costs half a credit per second, so that is about four minutes of video, enough for one full song at 1080p with no watermark. After the starter credits, general credits refill to 10 a day, which is 20 seconds a day.
A tool that produces the lyrics of a song from its audio, with timing, instead of you typing them. This lyric video maker does that: it detects the sung language, transcribes the vocal, times each line, and burns the lines into the video. You can also paste the lyrics and use the transcription only for the timing.
Yes. Upload an MP4, MOV or WebM and the maker uses its audio track: it transcribes the singing and renders a new lyric video from it. It does not keep your original footage; the background is a gradient, a preset or an image you choose.
Yes. Paste a YouTube, TikTok, SoundCloud or Suno link and press Attach; Solmi fetches the audio and shows the length. Spotify links are not accepted because Spotify only provides 30-second previews. Only use audio you have the rights to.
No. Lyric videos are rendered without a watermark at every resolution and on every plan, including a free account. Resolution is 480p, 720p or 1080p, and the price is the same at all three.
The transcription detects the language that is sung before it transcribes, so songs in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and most other widely spoken languages are captioned in that language, not translated. Pasted lyrics can be in any language.
Pick 9:16 for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and Stories, and 16:9 for a regular YouTube upload. Choose it before you generate; the text size and margins are set for each shape.
Audio can be up to 10 minutes. The trim editor starts on a 10-second clip; drag the handles or press Full track. You pay only for the seconds you render, so a 30-second chorus costs 15 credits.