foobar2000:OpenLyrics (foo_openlyrics)

OpenLyrics
foo_openlyrics
Developer(s)	Jacques Heunis [D3zmodos]
Repository	GitHub
Release information
Initial release	March 28, 2021
Stable release
Preview release	0.9 (August 30, 2021)
foobar2000 compatibility
Architecture	{{{foobar2000_architecture}}}
Minimum version	1.5
Maximum version
UI module(s)	Default UI; Columns UI
Additional information
Use	Lyrics
License	MIT License
Discussion thread	{{{discussion_thread}}}
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An open-source lyrics plugin that includes its own UI panel for displaying timed and untimed lyrics as well as sources for downloading lyrics that are not available locally. Supports automated and manual lyric searching, saving and editing directly from within foobar2000.

Preferences

Searching

Select specific search sources.

Default values:

Local files

QQ Music

NetEase Music Online

Exclude text in brackets...

Disregard text in brackets when performing internet searches.

ID3 Tag to search/save to

A semicolon-separated list of field names used for loading/saving lyrics.

Default value: LYRICS;SYNCEDLYRICS;UNSYNCEDLYRICS;UNSYNCED LYRICS

Musixmatch Authentication Token

Allows the use of a personal Musixmatch token for making Musixmatch API calls.

Saving

Save method

The following options are available:

• Save to text file [default]
• Save to tag

Autosave

The following options are available:

• Always [default]
• Only synced lyrics
• Only unsynced lyrics
• Never

Collapse multiple instances of the same line when saving timestamped lyrics

Converts multiple lines with the same value into a single line with multiple timestamps. Line order is restored when viewing the lyrics via either the UI panel or the "Show lyrics" context menu command.

ID3 Tags

If "Save to tag" is selected, specify the field names to which lyrics should be stored.

• Unsynced tag: UNSYNCEDLYRICS [default]
• Synced tag: LYRICS [default]

Warning: foobar2000 does not currently save ID3 lyrics using the tags defined in the ID3 standard, USLT and SYLT.

Local Files

File name format

If "Save to text file" is selected, sets the naming format of the resulting .lrc file.

Default value: [%artist% - ][%title%]

Save directory

The following options are available:

• Save to configuration directory [default]
• Save to the same directory as the track
• Save to a custom directory

Custom path format

If "Save to a custom directory" is selected, allows a custom path to be used.

Default value: C:\Lyrics\%artist%

External links

• OpenLyrics on foobar2000.org
• Discussion topic on hydrogenaudio
• GitHub repository