Time lyric captions for a music video

A lyric caption file with line breaks aligned to the sung phrasing.

Choose one of three approaches. The steps for that option appear below.

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VEED: auto-times the captions, you fix the words

VEED proposes timed blocks from the audio. You replace the words with the real lyrics and fix the phrasing.

You
Confirm inputs and rights
VEED
Run auto subtitles
You
Fix words and timings
VEED
Download the file
You
Check the file

Have ready: the video, lyrics and rights
Use: You
Have the music video file and supplied lyric text ready, with lyric rights that allow this use.
Check
Check lyric rights before any caption work starts.
Run auto subtitles for timed blocks
Use: VEED
Upload the video to VEED and run Auto Subtitle so the AI transcribes the audio and produces timed subtitle blocks.
Replace the words and set the timings
Use: You
Replace the transcribed words with the supplied lyric text line by line, then nudge timings and line breaks onto the sung phrases.
Check
Treat the auto text as a timing draft only; the words come from the supplied lyric text. Watch the whole video once through; every caption matches the lyric sheet and lands on its phrase.
Download the subtitle file
Use: VEED
Download the subtitle file as SRT, VTT or TXT.
Check the finished caption file
Use: You
Check the caption file against the requirements.
Check
Open the file; confirm line breaks and timings are the ones you set and only the supplied lyric text appears.

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Tools in this workflow

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Final check

Lyric rights are confirmed before caption work starts.

Only the supplied lyric text reaches the caption file.

You check timings and line breaks against the audio by ear.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking

No fetched page states how sung vocals transcribe or align; every option requires a person to enforce the supplied lyric text and check timing by ear.
The VEED page confirms manual subtitle typing but does not detail manual timing controls (048-C); timing is set in the editor and checked by ear.