Hi folks,

Recently, I started to listen to music locally instead of using streaming services because I have had enough of all the annoying parts of it. I gathered a lot of Opus and FLAC files that have lyrics embedded in them. I am searching for some music players that can display them. The one I am using right now is Elisa. It is awesome, but I would still like to know if there are more alternatives, just in case. Thanks!

  • Ulrich
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    28 hours ago

    Sorry if this is a dumb question but how does offline lyrics work? Can you store them in the metadata?

    • @Kiuyn@lemmy.mlOP
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      5 hours ago

      It is not a dumb question at all. I asked my self the same question a few months ago. You are correct. It is essentially just metadata. You can embed them with something like kid3 directly into the music file it self. So for example I have a .lrc file(the sync lyrics file). It will look something like this:

      [00:16.60]Through your terribly fragile heart.

      [00:24.70]Even the secret of the red fruit is, "I’ll give it all to you.

      [00:32.90]Even though I’m still hurting your leaky heart

      [00:40.50]I still see your dream

      [00:44.00]A person whose beauty that can’t be achieved whose beauty can’t be achieved…

      [00:51.80]I want you to love me, I want you to love me …

      U can just copy the text in the .lrc file and then write it into the music file with a lyrics tag with something like kid3. If u open the music file with a music player that supports it, u will get synced lyrics. The process is quite tedious to do manually, so I made an app to download audio from YouTube videos and embed the subtitles as lyrics to do it for me (yes, this is a shameless plug). If you are interested, you can check it out. Azul box