Build your lyric video on timing you have checked

• Line or phrase captions: timed cues are useful for readable lyrics over video.
• Word-by-word highlighting: keep individual word timing and use a compatible renderer.
• Custom animation: JSON gives your application timing values to drive its own effects.

Play the recording with the lyric text and check that every repeated line is present. Generate a first pass, review whole phrases, then refine the word timing that your visual effect depends on.

Check long notes and short gaps between phrases. A visually convincing highlight follows the performance, not a fixed amount of time assigned to every word.

Caption the final song edit when possible. If you add an intro, remove a verse or change the speed later, the timing must change with that edit.

LyricTimestamps supplies the editable timing source. MusicTimestamps is the companion assistant for working with existing caption files and supported video utilities, including rendering lyrics onto media.

• Take existing timing into a caption or video utility

Does this create a finished music video?

It creates lyric timing and downloadable files. Use a video editor or renderer to combine those files with pictures, typography and animation.

Which export should I use for animated words?

Use the format your renderer accepts. Word-level JSON and enhanced LRC preserve word timing; ordinary SRT or VTT caption cues serve a different display workflow.

Can I create captions for a short excerpt?

Use audio and lyric text that match the excerpt you want to time. Check where that excerpt sits in the final video timeline.

What should I check in the final rendered video?

Check the first vocal entrance, fast passages, held words, transitions and the final line. Confirm that visual captions remain readable at the intended screen size.

• SRT for lyric captionsCreate a timed caption file from audio and lyrics.
• Precise word highlightingRefine the timing a karaoke-style visual needs.