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Add Background Music to Video

Add or replace a video's audio track with your own music — no upload needed.

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What is Add Background Music to Video?

Video Background Music adds or replaces the audio track on a video with a separate music or sound file you upload — either swapping the original audio out completely, or mixing the new track in underneath the existing sound. It accepts MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, and WebM video, any common audio file for the music track, and always saves the result as an MP4.

Because the video stream itself doesn't need to change at all, this operation copies the original video frames directly rather than re-encoding them — only the audio gets processed — which makes it one of the faster operations in this toolkit. In Replace mode the original audio is dropped entirely; in Mix mode both tracks play together, with the uploaded music blended at a lower volume so it sits behind the original sound rather than drowning it out.

The whole process runs inside your browser via FFmpeg WebAssembly, so neither file is ever uploaded anywhere.

Want to remove audio entirely with nothing to replace it? Mute Video strips the audio track without adding a new one.

How It Works

FFmpeg maps the original video stream directly with -c:v copy, skipping video re-encoding entirely. In Replace mode, the new audio file is encoded to AAC and mapped in place of the original track, trimmed to whichever input is shorter. In Mix mode, both audio streams are combined with the amix filter, with the added track weighted lower so the original audio remains the primary sound.

How to Use

  1. 1

    Upload your video

    MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, or WebM.

  2. 2

    Upload your music or audio file

    The track you want added or used in place of the original audio.

  3. 3

    Choose Replace or Mix

    Replace drops the original audio; Mix blends the new track underneath it.

  4. 4

    Click Apply Audio

    FFmpeg copies the video stream and processes only the audio.

  5. 5

    Download the finished video

    Save the result with the new audio applied.

Who Uses This Tool

🎵

Adding a Soundtrack

Add background music to a silent clip, screen recording, or timelapse.

🔇

Replacing Poor-Quality Audio

Swap out noisy or low-quality original audio with a cleaner recorded track.

🎙️

Voiceover Replacement

Replace an original narration track with a re-recorded voiceover.

Why Choose This Tool

Fast — No Video Re-Encoding

The video stream is copied directly, so only the audio needs processing.

Two Clear Modes

Replace the audio entirely, or mix new music underneath what’s already there.

Fully Local Processing

FFmpeg WebAssembly runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Key Benefits

  • Video stream is copied, not re-encoded — fast processing
  • Replace audio entirely, or mix a new track underneath the original
  • Accepts MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, and WebM video, any common audio format for music
  • Browser-based — neither file is ever uploaded to a server

Frequently Asked Questions

Also Known As

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