Your Audio, Your Music Video — No Suno Song Required

The most common question SunoMV users asked was: “I didn’t create my song on Suno. Can I still make an MV?”

Now you can.

SunoMV’s Upload mode is a third way in, alongside pasting a link and creating a song. Drop in any local audio (or video) file, and SunoMV either auto-transcribes the lyrics for you or takes lyrics you paste — and then the full storyboard-to-final-cut pipeline kicks in: a cinematic scene for every line, brought to life with motion.

It doesn’t matter where the audio came from — a recording studio, a garage session, a podcast mic, a bedroom cover, a voice memo on your phone. In a few minutes, it becomes a publishable music video.

Upload your audio now

Who Is Upload Mode For?

Upload mode isn’t only for Suno users — it’s for anyone who has audio and needs video.

Independent Musicians and Bands

You finished a track in your DAW and want a quick visual to test it on social before committing to a full production. Upload mode gets you there without hiring a video team.

Cover Artists

You recorded a cover and want it on YouTube or Instagram. Your old options were a static image or hours of manual lyric-video editing. Now you drop the audio in and the AI handles the rest.

Podcast Hosts

Your episodes need a video version to gain traction on YouTube, TikTok, and Reels. Upload a clip, let it transcribe the speech, and SunoMV builds a video with matching visuals and subtitles.

Indie Labels and Producers

Batch-process demos and finished tracks from your roster, and generate promo videos for social distribution at scale.

Content Creators

You have raw audio — interviews, lectures, talks — that needs to become video content for broader reach.

Step-by-Step: From Upload to Finished MV

Step 1: Open Upload Mode

Visit suno.bi
At the top of the homepage you’ll see the entry tabs: Paste URL, Create, and Upload
Click Upload, or go straight to suno.bi/?tab=upload

Step 2: Upload Your Audio File

Drag your file into the upload zone, or click to browse. Supported formats:

Type	Formats
Audio	MP3, WAV, M4A
Video	MP4, MOV (audio is extracted automatically)
Max size	500MB

After upload, SunoMV shows the duration, filename, and format, and you can fill in the song title and artist name.

Step 3: Add Your Lyrics — Two Ways

This is the key step in Upload mode. You can provide lyrics two ways:

Option A: Auto-transcribe

No lyrics handy? Let SunoMV listen to the audio, transcribe the words, and timestamp each line for you (Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and more). Best for:

Podcasts, speeches, and conversational content
Demos where the lyrics aren’t finalized
Covers where you don’t have the lyrics in text form

Option B: Paste your own lyrics

Already have accurate lyrics? Paste them and SunoMV aligns your text to the audio, down to line- and word-level timing. Best for:

Originals where you wrote the words
Covers of released tracks (lyrics are searchable online)
Anything that needs high subtitle accuracy
Mixed-language lyrics, where auto-transcription can wobble at language boundaries

Step 4: Build Your Storyboard

Once your lyrics are ready, the workflow is the same as for any song: pick a visual style that fits your sound, and SunoMV drafts a cinematic scene for every line. From here you can:

Switch image engines per shot — Seedream, Flux, Nano Banana, or GPT Image, each with its own strengths.
Lock your characters — upload a reference photo and a face stays consistent across the whole video (up to three people at once).
Or describe the story in one line — tell the built-in AI assistant your arc and it lays the scenes out for you.

Generate a few samples first; once the look is right, generate the full storyboard in one click.

Step 5: The Final Cut — Add Motion

This is the step that turns a slideshow into a music video. By default your export is still scenes with gentle camera motion; to make the picture truly move, run the motion pass. Hit “Generate videos” and SunoMV animates the movement between scenes, powered by leading video models (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Gemini Omni, and more). Animate the whole track, or just the moments that earn it.

Step 6: Style, Preview, and Export

Pick a subtitle look, toggle the waveform, set a cover, choose your aspect ratio (16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for TikTok/Reels/Shorts), preview in real time, and export. Done — your own audio, now a real music video.

Auto-Transcribe or Paste Lyrics? When to Use Which

The most common decision in Upload mode. A quick reference:

Scenario	Recommended	Why
You have accurate lyrics	Paste lyrics	Tighter alignment, especially for fast songs
Lyrics not written down	Auto-transcribe	Skips manual typing
Podcasts, speeches, dialogue	Auto-transcribe	This content rarely has a prepared transcript
Mixed-language content	Paste lyrics	Auto-transcription can wobble at language switches
Low-quality recordings	Paste lyrics	Background noise lowers transcription quality
Instrumental (no vocals)	Paste descriptive text	There’s no speech to transcribe

Pro tip: Start with auto-transcription, then fix any errors right in the editor. Best of both worlds — speed and accuracy.

Supported Formats and Limits

File Formats

MP3 — the most universal audio format, widest compatibility
WAV — lossless, larger files, ideal for studio masters
M4A — common in the Apple ecosystem, the default for iPhone recordings
MP4 / MOV — video files; SunoMV extracts the audio track automatically

File Size

Up to 500MB per file — generous for audio (a 5-minute 320kbps MP3 is about 12MB). If a WAV exceeds the limit, convert it to MP3 first.

Duration

No hard cap, but we recommend keeping files under 30 minutes. For full podcast episodes, splitting into shorter segments first produces better results.

Membership

Upload mode is a Plus and Pro feature. Free users can use Paste URL mode for Suno song links.

From Upload to Viral: Publishing Your Video

Once your audio becomes a video, your reach expands from audio-only platforms to every video platform out there.

Musicians Promoting a Release

Build a lyric-MV teaser before your release date
Lock your artist face across scenes for an album-concept look
Post to YouTube as warmup before the full MV drops

Podcasters Going Video-First

Turn your best clips into short-form video
Use a portrait 9:16 caption style and publish straight to TikTok and Reels
Atmospheric scenes match your spoken content

Cover Artists Building an Audience

Upload your cover and paste the original lyrics
Pick a different visual style than the original — make it your own interpretation
Post to YouTube and music communities

Educators and Speakers

Upload lecture or talk recordings
Auto-transcribe so viewers can follow along visually
Choose a clean, minimal caption style for clarity

Start Uploading

You have audio sitting on your drive right now. Maybe a track you just finished. Maybe a podcast episode. Maybe a late-night guitar recording. That audio deserves to be seen, not just heard.

Open Upload mode, drag in your file, storyboard it, and add the motion — in a few minutes you’ll have a music video ready for any platform.

No audio of your own yet? You can also create a song with AI instead.