VIDEO SONG FINDER

Identify a song playing in a video

Choose an MP4 or WebM up to 50 MB. Select 12 seconds of clear music to identify the song.

USE THE TOOL

Choose your video and the music section

MP4 or WebM · up to 50 MB · choose 12 seconds of clear music

Choose or drop a videoBrowse MP4 / WebM files

Have a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link? Save a clip first. This tool accepts files, not links.

Google sign-in is required to identify a song. Searches cost 3 credits only when matches are returned.

How to find a song from an MP4 or video clip

Choose a saved MP4 or WebM up to 50 MB, select the start of a clear music section, and prepare a 12-second audio clip. Listen to it, then sign in with Google to identify the song. When local extraction works, only that audio clip is uploaded for recognition.

Can I paste a video link instead of uploading a file?

No. Video identification accepts saved files, not YouTube, TikTok or Instagram URLs. If you cannot save a clip, use audible lyrics or describe the scene and music. Public music links are supported by the separate similar-song tool for finding recommendations from a known track.

What if my browser cannot extract the music?

An original video of 5 MB or less can be uploaded for server processing at the selected timestamp. A larger video must be shortened or exported as an audio file under 5 MB. Choose a section with little dialogue; altered speed, pitch and remixes can prevent a reliable match.

BUILT FOR THE CLUE YOU HAVE

Get a stronger match with the right input

No separate trimming app needed

Choose a saved MP4 or WebM up to 50 MB. When your browser supports its codec, we extract a short audio clip on your device before uploading it.

Built for background music

Use a section with minimal speech and effects to identify music heard in social posts, films, adverts, shops, or creator videos.

Private, short-lived processing

Uploads travel over an encrypted connection, are automatically deleted within 24 hours. Locally extracted clips let you send only the selected audio instead of the video.

HOW IT WORKS

Three simple steps

01
Choose the clearest timestamp
Find 10–15 seconds where the music is louder than dialogue, narration, transitions, or environmental noise.
02
Select and prepare the audio
Choose a video up to 50 MB and set the start time. Prepare 12 seconds of audio, listen to it, then sign in to identify the song.
03
Check the soundtrack match
Compare the returned preview with the video, then open Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube to confirm the track.

REFERENCE

What this tool returns, and where it stops

Need a walkthrough first? Read the step-by-step guide: How to find a song from a video.

Candidates for the soundtrack, not the picture

Only the audio stream is used. The tool does not look at the video frames, captions or the account that posted it.

Same result format as audio search

You get up to five candidates with artist, confidence and listening links, saved to your history.

Input, handling and cost

Accepted files: MP4 and WebM (and the audio formats listed on the Audio Song Finder page)
Maximum size: 50 MB for local video selection; extracted audio and server uploads remain limited to 5 MB
What is analysed: Where the browser supports the codec, a selected 12-second mono audio clip is extracted locally. Otherwise videos under 5 MB use server extraction. Audio is normalised and matched by the recognition service
File handling: Sent over an encrypted connection to a private storage bucket, passed to the music-recognition provider, and deleted automatically within 24 hours.
Cost: 3 credits, charged only when matches are returned. Searches with no result are refunded automatically.

Known limitations

Dialogue, voice-over and sound effects are mixed into the same audio, so music under speech is much harder to match than music alone.
Social platforms re-encode and often shorten audio; a screen recording of a clip may match worse than the original file.
Music that has been pitch-shifted, sped up or looped for a video edit may not match its source track.
Local extraction depends on browser codec support. If it fails, export a video or audio clip under 5 MB for server processing.

Tested examples: what worked, what missed, and what to do

These are 10 real test runs from 9 and 10 October 2026 on public-domain or Creative Commons recordings, 7 that returned the right song and 3 that missed. We chose them so that the mix roughly resembles the share of searches that return a result on the live service, so this is a curated illustration, not a measured accuracy rate. The audio preparation and recognition request match the production service, but the tests were run from a script rather than a user account, so no credits were involved. A different recording, date or catalog can give a different result. Percentages are the confidence shown in the product, and a high figure is not proof that a match is right.

Hit: music-only MP4 of a Mozart serenade

Input: A constructed 15-second MP4: a black picture with an excerpt of Mozart’s Serenade in G (Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Romanze) as the soundtrack.
Result: “Serenade in G Major – I. Romance” at 100%.
Why it worked: The audio stream was clean and the piece is well documented.
What to do: Trim the video to the part where the music is clearest and keep the file under 5 MB.

Hit: music-only MP4 of Ride of the Valkyries

Input: A constructed 15-second MP4 with a black picture and an excerpt of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.
Result: “Ride of the Valkyries – American Symphony Orchestra 1921” at 100%, the same result as the audio-only version.
Why it worked: Packaging the same audio in a video did not change the result.
What to do: If you have the original audio file, either route works. Use the video upload when the music only exists inside a video.

Miss: speech over a quiet guitar piece

Input: The Canon in D guitar excerpt with synthetic text-to-speech narration mixed over it, louder than the music.
Result: “Serene Visions” by Prescott Harper at 31%, which is not the piece.
Likely cause: The narration competed with a quiet, sparse solo instrument. In another test the same narration over a loud orchestral piece still matched, so speech does not always defeat recognition, but it makes a miss much more likely.
What to do: Trim to a moment where people stop talking and the music is prominent. Don’t upload a clip where dialogue or a voice-over runs the whole way through. Keep it under 5 MB.

QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Frequently asked questions

Can I identify a song directly from an MP4?

Yes. Choose an MP4 up to 50 MB and prepare a 12-second audio clip locally. If your browser cannot decode it, an original video under 5 MB can be processed on the server.

Can I paste a YouTube, TikTok or Instagram link?

No. This tool accepts saved files. Choose an MP4 or WebM, or use lyrics and description search if you cannot save a clip.

What if my browser cannot read the video?

Codec support varies by browser. Videos under 5 MB can fall back to server processing. For larger files, export a short MP4 or an audio file under 5 MB.

Does the tool analyze video frames?

No. It uses the sound in the video for song recognition and does not analyze the visual content.

Can it identify music under dialogue?

Sometimes, but accuracy improves when speech and effects are quiet. Try a different timestamp or use description search when music is heavily covered.