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LRC → TTML

Convert LRC to TTML

Free in-browser converter from Lyrics File (LRC) to Timed Text Markup Language (TTML / DFXP). No signup, no upload — runs entirely on your device.

  • Nothing is uploaded
  • Timestamps preserved
  • No account needed

2 cues in

TTML output

2 cues out · 496 B

How this converter behaves

100% in your browser

We never see your file. Conversion runs as JavaScript in the page you're reading.

Round-trip safe

Convert LRC → TTML → LRC and you should get the same content back, line-for-line.

Spec-compliant output

TTML files validate against the TTML reference parsers.

Bidirectional

Reverse direction (TTML → LRC) is one click away — no need to bookmark a different page.

About these formats

LRC

LRC is a lightweight text format invented in 1998 to display synchronised lyrics alongside audio playback. Each line is preceded by a timestamp in [minutes:seconds.centiseconds] form, and most modern karaoke and music players (Foobar2000, MusicBee, KuGou, RockBox, Plex) read it natively. Enhanced LRC additionally supports per-word timestamps via inline <mm:ss.xx> tags, enabling true karaoke-style highlighting.

Full LRC guide →

TTML

TTML is a W3C XML standard for timed text. It supports rich styling, regions, animations and accessibility metadata, and is the format Apple Music ships synchronised lyrics in (TTML 2 with Apple's iTunesTimedText profile). It also underpins SMPTE-TT for broadcast captions and is exported by professional subtitling suites such as EZTitles, Subtitle Edit and FAB.

Full TTML guide →

What survives the conversion

What changes in this conversion

TTML has nowhere to put the following, so it is dropped:

  • Word-level timing — Per-word timestamps for true karaoke highlighting.
  • File-level tags — Title, artist and album stored in the file rather than alongside it.

End times are calculated, not copied. LRC marks only where a line starts, so each cue runs until the next one begins — or 5 seconds, whichever is shorter. The final line always gets 5 seconds.

Timing survives intact. TTML records milliseconds where LRC records centiseconds, so nothing is rounded away.

Questions

How do I convert LRC to TTML?

Paste your LRC into the input box, or open a file from your device. The converter runs in your browser and produces TTML instantly. Click Download to save it.

Is this free?

Yes — no signup, no credits, no upload. Conversion happens entirely on your device, so the file never leaves your browser.

Are timestamps preserved?

Yes. Timestamps round-trip from LRC into TTML with millisecond precision.

What if my LRC has styling or positioning?

Only what both formats can express survives a conversion. TTML keeps the timings and the text; formatting that TTML has no equivalent for is dropped rather than approximated.

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