younix / lrcutils

Utils to play and record lyric files in lrc file format.

lrcutils

Utils to play and record lyric files in lrc file format. The lrc file format is interpreted as descriped in Wikipedia.

lrcplay

lrcplay plays lrc files. It opens a file and prints a line at the right time to STDOUT. This tool also supports the enhanced lrc format with inline timing tags.

lrcrec

lrcrec records timing tags in real time. It opens a file and waits for a keystroke for every line. After a keystroke from use user it prints a lyric line to STDOUT with a timing tag. lrcrec supports ID tags for metadata of lyric and song, like artist and title.

bar

bar incrementally displays the last line from STDIN. It may be used as a frontent for lrcplay.

TODO

• manpages for all tools
• manpage which descripes the lrc file format
• recording inline timing tags
• use offset in lrcplay
• integration into mpd (music player daemon)
• add utf-8 support for lrcplay and lrcrec

FAQ

Where can I get lrc files for my favorite songs?

• http://www.lyrdb.com/karaoke/index.htm
• http://www.lyricsfly.com/

Is it posible while recording to write output into file and at STDOUT at the same time?

lrcrec input.lrc | tee output.lrc