Read lyrics from your FLAC files
Read LYRICS or UNSYNCEDLYRICS Vorbis comments out of FLAC files. Returns LRC if the file has synced lyrics, otherwise plain text.
Input
Tagged FLAC
LYRICS / UNSYNCEDLYRICS
Output
LRC or plain text
Whichever was embedded
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FLAC · max 100 MB
See it in action
Vorbis comment in, LRC out
What you put in → what you get back
FLAC with LYRICS field
What you provide
🎵 hotel_california.flac Vorbis comments found: TITLE Hotel California ARTIST Eagles LYRICS (multi-line, 96 cues)
Recovered LRC
What you receive
[ti:Hotel California] [ar:Eagles] [00:54.20]On a dark desert highway [00:58.40]Cool wind in my hair [01:02.80]Warm smell of colitas [01:07.10]Rising up through the air
Step-by-step guide
How to use this tool
- 01
Upload your MP3
We read ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tag frames.
- 02
We scan the tags
If SYLT (synced) frames exist, we return LRC. Otherwise we return USLT (plain text).
- 03
Copy or download
Download as .lrc or .txt depending on what was embedded.
Key features
Why use this tool
Reads both frame types
SYLT (synced LRC) and USLT (plain text) — we surface whichever one is present.
Encoding-aware
Handles Latin-1, UTF-8, and UTF-16 ID3 text encodings correctly.
No re-encoding
We only read tags — the MP3 file is never modified or re-encoded.
Common use cases
Who this tool is for
Library audit
Bulk-check which tracks already have lyrics embedded vs which need processing.
Migration
Move embedded lyrics out of MP3 into a sidecar .lrc workflow.
Lyric repair
Pull bad embedded lyrics, fix them in your editor of choice, re-embed cleanly.
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