KRC Converter

Extract text from KRC files

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Drop or upload your .KRC file

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How to extract text from your KRC file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your KRC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert KRC to another file type

To convert your KRC file to another format, you need Kugou Music or other Text software.

Convert a file to KRC

To convert other file formats to the "Lyrics & Subtitles" file type, you need software like Kugou Music or a similar tool.

About KRC files

A .KRC file is a proprietary synchronized lyrics format created for the Kugou Music player, a dominant audio platform in China. Unlike standard LRC files which synchronize text line-by-line, .KRC files contain precise, character-level timing data to enable dynamic "karaoke" visual effects where individual words highlight as they are sung.

However, this advanced functionality is a main issue for users outside the Kugou ecosystem. The file content is scrambled using a proprietary mix of compression and encryption. Consequently, opening a .KRC file in Notepad, TextEdit, or standard players like VLC Media Player results in unreadable gibberish. You cannot simply edit the text or use these files with MP3s on other devices.

To reclaim your lyrics, conversion is necessary:

For Music Players: Convert to LRC. This is the universal standard for synced lyrics. You lose the character-level highlighting, but you gain compatibility with virtually every media player and mobile phone.
For Video Production: Convert to ASS or SRT. These formats represent the text as subtitles, perfect for creating lyric videos in Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
For Archiving: Convert to TXT to strip all timing codes and store the plain text lyrics.

Convert.Guru analyzes your KRC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted LRC, JPEG, JPG, MP3, TXT, SUB, SRT and SMI files.

FAQ

If you want to convert KRC file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Kugou Music or similar software from the "Karaoke Synchronized Lyrics" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to KRC, try Kugou Music or another comparable tool in the "Karaoke Synchronized Lyrics" category.

The KRC Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our KRC converter.