To make an SRT file for a song in SongSprig, start with a completed vocal track in My Music. Open Timestamped Lyrics, choose the track, prepare its lyric timing, review the caption cues, and download the SRT. Import that file beside the exact same audio in a video editor and watch the full sequence once. The current tool works with eligible SongSprig vocal tracks; it does not accept an arbitrary audio upload or a pasted lyric sheet.
Know what the SRT file contains
An SRT file is a plain-text subtitle file. Each cue has a sequence number, a start and end time, and the words that should appear during that interval. The file controls when text appears. Your video editor controls the font, size, color, position, outline, and animation. Importing SRT does not carry a visual lyric style into the project.
SRT is also different from LRC. LRC is commonly used by music players for line-timed lyrics, while SRT is built around subtitle cues with explicit start and end times. SongSprig's Timestamped Lyrics page downloads SRT. Do not rename the file to .lrc and expect the format to change.
Start with the version you will actually use
Timing belongs to one audio version. A shortened intro, inserted silence, replaced chorus, speed change, or different mix can move every later caption. Finish the song arrangement before exporting subtitles whenever possible. If you must edit the audio afterward, plan to check and retime the SRT against that new version.
- Choose a completed vocal song from My Music, not an instrumental draft.
- Use the same track version that will be placed in the video timeline.
- Listen once for missing, repeated, or changed words before creating captions.
- Confirm that you are allowed to publish the song, lyrics, and video material.
Prepare the timed lyrics in SongSprig
- Sign in, open Timestamped Lyrics, and choose Song source.
- Select the completed vocal track from My Music. The page needs a saved SongSprig source rather than a new upload.
- Choose Prepare lyrics. SongSprig checks the available word timing and builds subtitle cues for preview.
- Review the caption preview from the first cue to the last. If an alignment score appears, treat it as a diagnostic hint, not proof that every word is correct.
- Choose Download SRT only after the preview contains the expected lyric sections.
If the page reports that no timed lyrics are available, it does not create an SRT. The track may be instrumental, or usable lyric timing may not exist for that result. Choose another completed vocal song rather than trying to force an empty export.
Read one cue before checking the whole file
A cue may look like this: sequence 12; 00:00:27,800 to 00:00:30,120; Leave the porch light on. The first value keeps the cues in order. The time range tells a subtitle tool when to show and hide the line. The final text is what the viewer reads. A valid-looking block can still feel early, late, or too fast, so syntax is only the first check.
Judge cue boundaries, not just individual words
SongSprig starts from aligned words and groups them into SRT captions. Read each preview cue as a viewer would. A useful cue presents a short phrase, stays on screen long enough to read, and hands off at a natural pause. It should not isolate a stray word merely because the singer held it across a boundary.
- Phrase check: does the cue contain a complete thought or a natural piece of one?
- Speed check: can you read it once without racing the next cue?
- Handoff check: does the next cue begin near the next sung phrase rather than during a breath?
- Repeat check: do repeated chorus lines appear at each real chorus instead of going missing?
- Tail check: does the last cue disappear before the video ends or the next spoken section begins?
Import the SRT beside the exact audio
Open a video editor that supports SRT import, add the final song, and place both the audio and captions at the same timeline start. Editors name this command differently, so follow the editor's subtitle-import steps. Do not offset the caption track just to repair one bad line; that moves every cue.
- Play the opening line to catch an incorrect timeline start.
- Check a fast verse, because dense words reveal short or crowded cues.
- Check the first and final chorus for repeated-section mistakes.
- Jump to the final line to catch drift caused by a different audio version.
- Watch a small exported preview, not only the editor timeline.
If every cue is early or late by the same amount, check where the audio and subtitle tracks begin. If timing becomes worse later, compare the audio against the original version used for the SRT. If only one cue is wrong, adjust that cue in a subtitle-capable editor while leaving the rest in place. Timestamped Lyrics previews and exports the cues; it is not a full subtitle editor.
Clean the text without breaking the timing
Automatic alignment can preserve the sung words while leaving capitalization or punctuation that reads awkwardly on screen. Edit the text portion of a copied SRT in a subtitle editor and keep its time lines intact. Correct clear lyric errors, add punctuation that helps reading, and keep intentional repetitions or vocal fragments when they matter to the song. Save the original download so you can recover if an edit damages the format.
Avoid the common mistakes
- Choosing an instrumental or a vocal result that has no available lyric timing.
- Expecting the page to accept any MP3, WAV, or separate lyric document.
- Calling the download LRC, or expecting SRT to create word-by-word karaoke highlighting.
- Changing the audio edit after export and assuming the old timing will still match.
- Styling captions before checking their text, boundaries, and timing.
- Moving the entire subtitle track to repair one local error.
- Treating an alignment score or a clean preview as a substitute for playback in the final video.
Completion check
- The source is a completed vocal track with available timed lyrics.
- The SRT was created from the same audio version used in the video.
- The preview contains the expected verses, choruses, and final line.
- The imported captions and audio start together in the video editor.
- You checked the opening, a fast phrase, repeated sections, and the ending during playback.
- Text corrections preserve the cue numbers and time ranges.
- Caption styling happens in the destination editor, and a short exported video has been reviewed.
Open Timestamped Lyrics after the vocal track and arrangement are final. The useful result is not merely a downloaded file; it is an SRT that stays readable and synchronized when played with the exact song in the finished video.