diff --git a/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsExport.js b/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsExport.js
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+// Serializes a structured lyric (already parsed by Navidrome) back into the
+// format its source reported, for download-to-device. Timestamps are absolute:
+// the source's own offset is already folded into them by the response, and the
+// listener's local nudge is deliberately not exported.
+
+const pad = (value, length = 2) => String(value).padStart(length, '0')
+
+export const lyricsFileExtension = (format) => {
+  const normalized = String(format || '')
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase()
+  if (normalized === 'ttml') return 'ttml'
+  if (normalized === 'lrc' || normalized === 'elrc' || normalized === 'srt') {
+    return 'lrc'
+  }
+  return 'txt'
+}
+
+const sanitizePart = (value, fallback) => {
+  const cleaned = String(value ?? '')
+    .replace(/[\\/:*?"<>|]+/g, '')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\.+$/, '')
+  return cleaned || fallback
+}
+
+export const buildLyricsFileName = ({ artist, title, label, format } = {}) =>
+  `${sanitizePart(artist, 'Unknown artist')} - ${sanitizePart(
+    title,
+    'Unknown title',
+  )} (${sanitizePart(label, 'Lyrics')}).${lyricsFileExtension(format)}`
+
+const escapeXml = (value) =>
+  String(value ?? '')
+    .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+    .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
+
+// LRC stamps use centiseconds; timestamps clamp at zero because LRC has no
+// negative time. Past 99 minutes the hours form keeps the field width valid.
+const lrcStamp = (ms, open = '[', close = ']') => {
+  const total = Math.max(0, Math.round(Number(ms) || 0))
+  const centis = Math.floor(total / 10)
+  const seconds = Math.floor(centis / 100)
+  const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60)
+  if (minutes >= 100) {
+    const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60)
+    return `${open}${pad(hours)}:${pad(minutes % 60)}:${pad(
+      seconds % 60,
+    )}.${pad(centis % 100)}${close}`
+  }
+  return `${open}${pad(minutes)}:${pad(seconds % 60)}.${pad(
+    centis % 100,
+  )}${close}`
+}
+
+const ttmlClock = (ms) => {
+  const total = Math.max(0, Math.round(Number(ms) || 0))
+  const hours = Math.floor(total / 3_600_000)
+  const minutes = Math.floor(total / 60_000) % 60
+  const seconds = Math.floor(total / 1_000) % 60
+  return `${pad(hours)}:${pad(minutes)}:${pad(seconds)}.${pad(
+    total % 1_000,
+    3,
+  )}`
+}
+
+const cuesByLineIndex = (lyric) => {
+  const byIndex = new Map()
+  for (const cueLine of Array.isArray(lyric.cueLine) ? lyric.cueLine : []) {
+    const index = Number(cueLine?.index)
+    if (!Number.isInteger(index)) continue
+    if (!byIndex.has(index)) byIndex.set(index, [])
+    byIndex.get(index).push(cueLine)
+  }
+  return byIndex
+}
+
+const timedCues = (groups) =>
+  groups.flatMap((cueLine) =>
+    (Array.isArray(cueLine.cue) ? cueLine.cue : []).filter(
+      (cue) => cue?.start != null,
+    ),
+  )
+
+const serializeLrc = (lyric, lines) => {
+  const cuesByIndex = cuesByLineIndex(lyric)
+  return lines
+    .map((line, index) => {
+      const cues = timedCues(cuesByIndex.get(index) || [])
+      if (cues.length === 0) {
+        return `${lrcStamp(line?.start)}${line?.value ?? ''}`
+      }
+      const body = cues
+        .map((cue) => `${lrcStamp(cue.start, '<', '>')}${cue.value ?? ''}`)
+        .join('')
+      return `${lrcStamp(line?.start)}${body}`
+    })
+    .join('\n')
+}
+
+const serializeTtml = (lyric, lines) => {
+  const lang = typeof lyric.lang === 'string' ? lyric.lang.trim() : ''
+  const cuesByIndex = cuesByLineIndex(lyric)
+  const hasCues = [...cuesByIndex.values()].some(
+    (groups) => timedCues(groups).length > 0,
+  )
+  const attributes = [
+    'xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/ttml"',
+    'xmlns:itunes="http://music.apple.com/lyric-ttml-internal"',
+    ...(hasCues ? ['itunes:timing="Word"'] : []),
+    ...(lang && lang !== 'xxx' ? [`xml:lang="${escapeXml(lang)}"`] : []),
+  ]
+  const paragraphs = lines.map((line, index) => {
+    const begin = line?.start == null ? '' : ` begin="${ttmlClock(line.start)}"`
+    const end = line?.end == null ? '' : ` end="${ttmlClock(line.end)}"`
+    const cues = timedCues(cuesByIndex.get(index) || [])
+    const content =
+      cues.length > 0
+        ? cues
+            .map(
+              (cue) =>
+                `<span begin="${ttmlClock(cue.start)}"${
+                  cue.end == null ? '' : ` end="${ttmlClock(cue.end)}"`
+                }>${escapeXml(cue.value)}</span>`,
+            )
+            .join('')
+        : escapeXml(line?.value)
+    return `<p${begin}${end}>${content}</p>`
+  })
+
+  return [
+    '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>',
+    `<tt ${attributes.join(' ')}>`,
+    '<body><div>',
+    ...paragraphs,
+    '</div></body></tt>',
+  ].join('\n')
+}
+
+export const serializeLyrics = (lyric, format) => {
+  if (!lyric) return ''
+  const lines = Array.isArray(lyric.line) ? lyric.line : []
+  switch (lyricsFileExtension(format)) {
+    case 'ttml':
+      return serializeTtml(lyric, lines)
+    case 'lrc':
+      return serializeLrc(lyric, lines)
+    default:
+      return lines.map((line) => line?.value ?? '').join('\n')
+  }
+}
+
+export const downloadLyrics = (
+  lyric,
+  { format, artist, title, label } = {},
+) => {
+  if (!lyric || typeof document === 'undefined') return
+  const text = serializeLyrics(lyric, format)
+  if (!text) return
+
+  const extension = lyricsFileExtension(format)
+  const type = extension === 'ttml' ? 'application/xml' : 'text/plain'
+  const blob = new Blob([text], { type: `${type};charset=utf-8` })
+  const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
+  const anchor = document.createElement('a')
+  anchor.href = objectUrl
+  anchor.download = buildLyricsFileName({ artist, title, label, format })
+  document.body.appendChild(anchor)
+  anchor.click()
+  anchor.remove()
+  window.setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl), 0)
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsExport.test.js b/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsExport.test.js
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  buildLyricsFileName,
+  lyricsFileExtension,
+  serializeLyrics,
+} from './lyricsExport'
+
+const line = (value, start, end) => ({
+  start,
+  ...(end == null ? {} : { end }),
+  value,
+})
+
+const cueLine = (index, value, cues) => ({ index, value, cue: cues })
+
+const wordLyric = () => ({
+  kind: 'main',
+  lang: 'eng',
+  synced: true,
+  line: [line('Hello world', 8000, 11000)],
+  cueLine: [
+    cueLine(0, 'Hello world', [
+      { start: 8000, value: 'Hello ' },
+      { start: 9500, value: 'world' },
+    ]),
+  ],
+})
+
+describe('lyrics export', () => {
+  it('maps source formats to download extensions', () => {
+    expect(lyricsFileExtension('ttml')).toBe('ttml')
+    expect(lyricsFileExtension('ELRC')).toBe('lrc')
+    expect(lyricsFileExtension('srt')).toBe('lrc')
+    expect(lyricsFileExtension('plain')).toBe('txt')
+    expect(lyricsFileExtension(undefined)).toBe('txt')
+  })
+
+  it('builds a sanitized Artist - Title (source).ext filename', () => {
+    expect(
+      buildLyricsFileName({
+        artist: 'AC/DC: Live',
+        title: 'Back? in Black',
+        label: 'LRCLib',
+        format: 'elrc',
+      }),
+    ).toBe('ACDC Live - Back in Black (LRCLib).lrc')
+
+    expect(buildLyricsFileName({})).toBe(
+      'Unknown artist - Unknown title (Lyrics).txt',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('serializes line and word timing to enhanced LRC', () => {
+    expect(serializeLyrics(wordLyric(), 'elrc')).toBe(
+      '[00:08.00]<00:08.00>Hello <00:09.50>world',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('serializes line timing to a plain LRC stamp per line', () => {
+    const lyric = {
+      kind: 'main',
+      lang: 'eng',
+      synced: true,
+      line: [line('First line', 8000), line('Second line', 95010)],
+    }
+
+    expect(serializeLyrics(lyric, 'lrc')).toBe(
+      '[00:08.00]First line\n[01:35.01]Second line',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('switches to hh:mm:ss stamps past 99 minutes and clamps negatives', () => {
+    const lyric = {
+      kind: 'main',
+      lang: 'eng',
+      synced: false,
+      line: [line('Long track', 6000500), line('Early line', -300)],
+    }
+
+    expect(serializeLyrics(lyric, 'lrc')).toBe(
+      '[01:40:00.50]Long track\n[00:00.00]Early line',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('serializes a word-timed variant to TTML with escaped text', () => {
+    const lyric = {
+      kind: 'main',
+      lang: 'eng',
+      synced: true,
+      line: [line('A & B', 8000, 11000)],
+      cueLine: [
+        cueLine(0, 'A & B', [{ start: 8000, end: 9500, value: 'A & B' }]),
+      ],
+    }
+
+    expect(serializeLyrics(lyric, 'ttml')).toBe(
+      [
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>',
+        '<tt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/ttml" xmlns:itunes="http://music.apple.com/lyric-ttml-internal" itunes:timing="Word" xml:lang="eng">',
+        '<body><div>',
+        '<p begin="00:00:08.000" end="00:00:11.000"><span begin="00:00:08.000" end="00:00:09.500">A &amp; B</span></p>',
+        '</div></body></tt>',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('serializes untimed lyrics to TTML without a timing attribute', () => {
+    const lyric = {
+      kind: 'main',
+      lang: 'xxx',
+      synced: false,
+      line: [line('Plain words')],
+    }
+
+    expect(serializeLyrics(lyric, 'ttml')).toBe(
+      [
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>',
+        '<tt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/ttml" xmlns:itunes="http://music.apple.com/lyric-ttml-internal">',
+        '<body><div>',
+        '<p>Plain words</p>',
+        '</div></body></tt>',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('serializes plain lyrics as text lines', () => {
+    const lyric = {
+      kind: 'main',
+      lang: 'eng',
+      synced: false,
+      line: [line('one'), line('two')],
+    }
+
+    expect(serializeLyrics(lyric, 'plain')).toBe('one\ntwo')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsSource.js b/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsSource.js
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+// Display labels for a lyrics source, shared by the controls and the
+// download filename.
+
+const UPPERCASE_SOURCE_VALUES = new Set([
+  'elrc',
+  'lrc',
+  'srt',
+  'ttml',
+  'txt',
+  'yaml',
+])
+
+export const formatSourceValue = (value) => {
+  const normalized = typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : ''
+  if (!normalized) return ''
+  if (UPPERCASE_SOURCE_VALUES.has(normalized.toLowerCase())) {
+    return normalized.toUpperCase()
+  }
+  if (normalized.toLowerCase() === 'plain') return 'Plain text'
+  return normalized
+    .replace(/[-_]+/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\b\w/g, (character) => character.toUpperCase())
+}
+
+export const getSourceName = (source, labels) => {
+  switch (source?.type) {
+    case 'embedded':
+      return labels.embeddedSource || 'Embedded lyrics'
+    case 'sidecar':
+      return labels.sidecarSource || 'Sidecar file'
+    case 'plugin':
+      return source.name || labels.pluginSource || 'Lyrics plugin'
+    default:
+      return source?.name || formatSourceValue(source?.type) || 'Lyrics'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsSource.test.js b/ui/src/audioplayer/lyricsSource.test.js
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { formatSourceValue, getSourceName } from './lyricsSource'
+
+describe('lyrics source labels', () => {
+  it('formats known formats and slug-like values for display', () => {
+    expect(formatSourceValue('ttml')).toBe('TTML')
+    expect(formatSourceValue('elrc')).toBe('ELRC')
+    expect(formatSourceValue('plain')).toBe('Plain text')
+    expect(formatSourceValue('apple-lyrically')).toBe('Apple Lyrically')
+    expect(formatSourceValue('  ')).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('names built-in, plugin, and unknown sources', () => {
+    expect(getSourceName({ type: 'embedded' }, {})).toBe('Embedded lyrics')
+    expect(getSourceName({ type: 'sidecar', format: 'lrc' }, {})).toBe(
+      'Sidecar file',
+    )
+    expect(
+      getSourceName(
+        { type: 'plugin', name: 'Better Lyrics', provider: 'NetEase' },
+        {},
+      ),
+    ).toBe('Better Lyrics')
+    expect(getSourceName({ type: 'plugin' }, {})).toBe('Lyrics plugin')
+    expect(getSourceName(null, {})).toBe('Lyrics')
+  })
+})