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  • Offline Lyrics Plugin

    Very few people know that there is special field inside of ID3v2 tag (which is a part of most MP3 files) capable of storing song lyrics, synchronized or not.
    I, being (obviously) one of those people, had written a little utility that loads song lyrics from lyrics.wikia.com and then embed fetched lyrics inside file's tag, so I can watch these lyrics on my Android device using third party player.
    Now I want to do so on my PC, but I can't even check embedded lyrics in file info. I want to see some kind of window in Winamp that shows selected/playing song lyrics from file's tag, if present. I don't need no online lyrics fetching.

    Is there any plugin available, or I better make it myself?

  • #2
    I use MiniLyrics myself.

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    • #3
      Originally Posted by Miles Seventh View Post
      ...Is there any plugin available, or I better make it myself?
      In my skin Quinto Black CT there is an option called "Lyrics (Offline)", which basically is an additional window showing saved text lines. It is not a plug-in. You have to create text files in the song's folder, grab the lyrics from an internet page and paste them into those text files. I know, it is not the way user would use it, but for some of us the only way to have song lyrics while being offline.

      If you could create an "Offline Lyrics plug-in", which would grab song lyrics from the internet, save them as a text file (you cannot save them in a song's tag) this would be a nice stuff to have.
      Quinto Black CT

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      • #4
        Originally Posted by PeterK. View Post


        (you cannot save them in a song's tag)
        Why so?

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        • #5
          Originally Posted by Miles Seventh View Post
          Why so?
          More info here.
          Quinto Black CT

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          • #6
            Originally Posted by PeterK. View Post
            More info here.
            Still not sure if it's not possible at all. I'll check it and message you if there will be news

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            • #7
              Oh, and writing data into tag is simple, my app already does it, the main problem is reading it

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              • #8
                Originally Posted by Miles Seventh View Post
                ... and writing data into tag is simple, my app already does it...
                Are we getting a working Offline Lyrics plug-in?
                Quinto Black CT

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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by PeterK. View Post
                  Are we getting a working Offline Lyrics plug-in?
                  It can be easily modified to save fetched texts wherever it is needed, but I don't see any reason to implement this as plugin rather than standalone app. But at first I would try to let the skin read file's tag lyrics. I'm not quite familiar with API, though

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