Finding music for a short video usually means scrolling through a stock library, guessing which track matches the mood, and then trimming it so it does not end in the middle of a bar. Video to music on Autunes turns that around: you give it the video, and it writes the music for that video.
This guide covers how it works, what it costs, and how to get a better result on the first try.
How it works, step by step
Everything happens inside Drops, the short-video feed on Autunes.
- Open Drops and tap Create Drop.
- Choose "I have a video". (The other option, "I have a song", is for putting a video over a song you already made.)
- Select your video or photo. MP4, MOV and WebM videos and JPG, PNG and WebP photos work.
- Autunes reads a few still frames and suggests the music: a genre, a mood, a tempo and a handful of instruments, written as one line you can edit.
- Choose whether you want a vocal hook or a purely instrumental track.
- Press create. The music is usually ready in about a minute, and it runs exactly as long as your video.
- Post it as a Drop, and save the finished video with the music when you want to use it elsewhere.
What the AI actually looks at
Your browser pulls a few small still frames from the video, in order, and only those frames are read by an AI vision model. It is asked to describe the scene, the place and the occasion (a wedding, a festival, a trip, a match, a birthday, a plate of food) and to suggest music for it. It is told not to mention people or brands, so the suggestion stays about sound, not about who is in the clip.
The suggestion is a starting point, not a decision. If it reads your beach clip as "calm acoustic" and you wanted a party track, change the line to what you want before you press create. A good line names a genre, a mood, a tempo feel and two to four instruments, for example "upbeat Punjabi dhol, festive, 110 BPM".
How long the music is and what it costs
The music matches your video's length, from 10 seconds up to 60. Longer clips get 60 seconds of music; shorter ones get 10. It is priced like short-form audio on Autunes:
- Up to 15 seconds: 2 credits
- Up to 30 seconds: 3 credits
- Up to 45 seconds: 4 credits
- Up to 60 seconds: 5 credits
On the free plan these come from a separate balance of 10 video credits, so they never eat into the credits you use for songs. That is enough for, say, two one-minute clips or five 15-second ones. Pro and Creator use their normal monthly credits. If a render fails, the credits go back to your account automatically.
Saving the finished video
On your own Drop there is a Save button. It records your visuals and the new music together into a vertical video file, right in your browser. Because it records in real time, a 30-second Drop takes about 30 seconds to save, so keep the tab open until it finishes. Most browsers save an MP4.
On the free plan, saving a music video costs ₹19, once per song. Pro and Creator save music videos at no extra cost.
One thing to know: the saved video uses the new music as its sound. The original audio of your clip (people talking, wind, crowd noise) is not mixed in. If you need the original sound as well, save the music on its own and combine the two in your editing app.
Tips for a better first result
- Trim your clip before uploading. The music is made for the length you upload, so a tight 20-second edit gets a tight 20-second track.
- Say the occasion in the description if the frames do not make it obvious: "wedding entry", "gym montage", "Diwali at home".
- Pick instrumental for anything with speech or a voice-over on top. Pick a vocal hook for montages, reels and highlight clips that carry no talking.
- Name an Indian instrument or style if you want one: dhol, tabla, shehnai, sitar, nadaswaram, Bollywood, bhangra, lo-fi Hindi. The AI reads the scene, but you know the culture of your video best.
- If the first take is close but not right, change one thing at a time (tempo, then instruments) rather than rewriting the whole line.
Who this is for
Video to music is built for short clips: reels and shorts, travel and food videos, family moments, product teasers, event highlights and festival greetings. For a full-length song with lyrics and verses, use the Create page instead, and then put a video over it with "I have a song" in Drops.