diff --git a/docs/lyrics.md b/docs/lyrics.md
index 928303d6..bb51a6b8 100644
--- a/docs/lyrics.md
+++ b/docs/lyrics.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Press `y` to show lyrics for the current track. For local files, cliamp uses emb
 
 ## Modes
 
-- **Synced lyrics**: for local files and Navidrome tracks, lyrics auto scroll and highlight the active line in time with playback.
-- **Scroll mode**: for streams and plain lyrics without timestamps, use `j`/`k` or arrow keys to scroll manually.
+- **Synced lyrics**: for local files, Navidrome tracks, and YouTube/yt-dlp tracks with a known duration, lyrics auto scroll and highlight the active line in time with playback.
+- **Scroll mode**: for plain lyrics without timestamps, live radio (ICY), and YouTube Live (position is not song-relative), use `j`/`k` or arrow keys to scroll manually.
 
 Embedded LRC lyrics keep their timestamps. Embedded plain text lyrics are shown in scroll mode.
 
diff --git a/ui/model/lyrics.go b/ui/model/lyrics.go
index 103fcf24..20e45d06 100644
--- a/ui/model/lyrics.go
+++ b/ui/model/lyrics.go
@@ -59,17 +59,21 @@ func (m *Model) retryLyrics() tea.Cmd {
 }
 
 // lyricsSyncable reports whether synced lyrics can track the current playback
-// position. This is true for local files and Navidrome streams (which have
-// accurate position tracking), but false for live radio (ICY — position is
-// from stream start, not song start) and yt-dlp pipe streams (position is 0).
+// position. This is true for local files, Navidrome streams (which have
+// accurate position tracking), and yt-dlp tracks (whose ytdlPipeStreamer
+// reports position from decoded PCM frames). It is false for live radio (ICY —
+// position is from stream start, not song start) and for live streams with no
+// finite duration, where the position doesn't map to song time.
 func (m *Model) lyricsSyncable() bool {
 	track, idx := m.currentPlaybackTrack()
 	if idx < 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	// YouTube/yt-dlp pipe streams report position 0.
-	if playlist.IsYouTubeURL(track.Path) || playlist.IsYTDL(track.Path) {
-		return false
+	// yt-dlp pipe streams track position from decoded frames, so synced lyrics
+	// can follow them. Exclude streams without a known duration (e.g. YouTube
+	// Live), where the position is not relative to the song.
+	if playlist.IsYTDL(track.Path) {
+		return track.DurationSecs > 0
 	}
 	// ICY radio streams: position counts from stream connect, not song start.
 	// Provider streams with metadata (e.g. Navidrome) track position correctly.
diff --git a/ui/model/lyrics_test.go b/ui/model/lyrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb555a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/model/lyrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package model
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/playlist"
+)
+
+func TestLyricsSyncable(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		track playlist.Track
+		want  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "local file",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Local", Path: "/tmp/a.mp3", DurationSecs: 180},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "youtube music finite track",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Song", Path: "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=abc", Stream: true, DurationSecs: 240},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "youtube finite track",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Song", Path: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc", Stream: true, DurationSecs: 240},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "yt-dlp track (soundcloud) finite",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "SC", Path: "https://soundcloud.com/x/y", Stream: true, DurationSecs: 120},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "youtube live (no duration)",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Live", Path: "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=live", Stream: true, DurationSecs: 0},
+			want:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "icy radio stream without provider metadata",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Radio", Path: "https://radio.example/stream", Stream: true},
+			want:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "navidrome provider stream",
+			track: playlist.Track{Title: "Nav", Path: "https://nav.example/stream", Stream: true, DurationSecs: 200, ProviderMeta: map[string]string{"navidrome": "id"}},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := playlist.New()
+			p.Replace([]playlist.Track{tt.track})
+			p.SetIndex(0)
+			m := Model{playlist: p}
+			if got := m.lyricsSyncable(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("lyricsSyncable() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}