Identify a song from a video on iPhone
Snag can analyze the audio inside a video from your Photos library. It checks multiple sections, shows possible matches, and lets you decide which results belong in your History.
How video recognition works in Snag
Choose a video from Photos that is up to two minutes long. Snag extracts its audio and analyzes overlapping segments with ShazamKit instead of relying on one instant. Longer source videos need to be trimmed before import.
The result is a list of possible songs with the point where each match appeared. Segmented analysis is useful when a video contains more than one track, but repeated, noisy, or very short audio can also produce false positives.
You choose what gets saved
Review the candidates and select the matches you want. Snag adds only those selected songs to History. Each saved result includes an extracted audio clip around the matching section so you can confirm what was heard.
When available and appropriate, Snag can preserve useful context such as the video date and location. A screen recording is handled differently because its metadata may describe the phone capture rather than the place where the music was heard.
What this feature cannot do
Video import still uses the ShazamKit catalog. It cannot guarantee a match for a live version, cover, unreleased track, or music buried under speech and effects. Multiple candidates are suggestions, not proof, which is why Snag leaves the final choice to you.
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Frequently asked questions
Can Snag identify music in a video?
Yes. Select a video from Photos and Snag extracts its audio, analyzes multiple segments, and shows possible matches for you to review.
How long can the video be?
The selected video can be up to two minutes long. Trim a longer video in Photos before importing it.
Can one video contain several songs?
Yes. Snag analyzes multiple sections and can show more than one candidate. You choose which matches to add to History.
Why did Snag show the wrong song?
Segmented recognition can produce false positives when audio is short, repetitive, noisy, or covered by speech. Listen to the extracted section and save only the matches that fit.
Does importing a video save the whole video?
No. Snag extracts audio for analysis and saves short audio clips for the song results you select. It does not add the full video to your Snag History.
Turn a saved video into a music trail.
Analyze a Photos video, review the matches, and keep the songs that belong in your History.
