External Lyrics File (*.lrc) Support

[kkk]

The following post mentioned:

@mike

We might also support:

• *.lrc files sitting next to the media file, e.g. 03 Time.mp3 with 03 Time.lrc next to it

Feedback Requested: Importing Lyrics From File Tags

Hey everyone, Over the years, we’ve had a number of requests for Roon to support importing of lyrics from file tags. Lyrics have taken on a more prominent place in the product over the last year, in our Displays functionality, and on the new Now Playing screen. We’re getting ready to kick off this work, but first we wanted to check in with the community and make sure that the work we are planning will meet everyone’s needs. As with other information Roon extracts from your file tags and watch…

But now near 4 years later, I tried put some lrc file with the same name of the media file but nothing works.

After several attempts I assume it still not implemented. Embedded lyrics need lots of work and also hard to manage and inspect. Please reconsider add external lrc file support.

[Geoff_Coupe]

Support for .lrc files has long been implemented I believe. Are you following the steps outlined by @Rugby in his excellent post?

Lyrics Tag Guide

Adding Lyrics to a Song Roon has the ability to display lyrics which are in an embedded file tag. The tag is called LYRICS and is used for both static and syncronized lyrics. The field should be populated with text only and the lines separated by returns. This has been an often requested feature and will allow users to add their own lyrics to music which Roon currently does not provide the lyrics. The field and it’s contents can be added by any Tag Editor of choice. I am going to run through a…

[kkk]

@Rugby

3. Save the file as an .lrc file.
4. Open this file in a text editor and remove the Header and Footer Information and just leave the lyrics with the time stamps.

7. Then copy just the time stamped text and paste it into the LYRICS tag as above.
8. Roon should now display the synchronized lyric icon and when played the lyrics should change.

Thank you for the post. However, the support for the .lrc file in this post is copying the content of the .lrc file and then using Mp3Tag software to embed it into the LYRICS tag field. It needs the installation of third-party software (Mp3Tag) and needs copy-paste work for every track one by one. The embedded lyrics are hard to manage and must touch the original audio file. I want to directly read the .lrc file with the same name in the same folder:

@mike

We might also support:

• *.lrc files sitting next to the media file, e.g. 03 Time.mp3 with 03 Time.lrc next to it

[kkk]

I also tried to rescan the album or re-import it, all of the lrc files had the same name as the audio file in the folder, but still no lyrics showed up. Could you have a try to see if an external lrc file (not embedded LYRICS tag) can be used? Thanks!

[kkk]

If anybody successfully loaded external lyrics (.lrc) file please let me know. I tried all approaches but still not working and I am pretty sure it has not been implemented yet.

[Joerg_Weingaertner]

i waiting also this feature a long time. Please implement external lrc files

[Corey_Comenitz]

Alternatively, I know that Genius (the lyrics website) consistently has CORRECT lyrics for songs, whereas other websites and sources are often incorrect. I’ve noticed the lyrics that Roon pulls automatically are often incorrect. Integrating Genius as a supplier for the lyrics would be an amazing feature.