With v0.63, audio streamer Navidrome finally got full lyrics support. I just wanted to try it out and fell flat on my face because… well, not even the official docs say anything about lyrics. Also, I’m not too familiar with how lyrics are added to songs in general. So my questions are these:
- How can I add any lyrics to my songs so the web client will display them?
- What formats would you recommend sticking with? (TTML, ELRC, SRT, YAML, LRC, or even TXT)
- Is there a way to automate adding lyrics in bulk (instead of tedious manual work)?
I use that lyrics plugin and it works great. Basically you just enable it in navidrome and in your configuration you set the lyrics priority. I have it set so its lrc -> plugin -> text -> embedded so if i have krc lyrics already it pulls those and if not the plugin will search. If plugin fails it will check for any plaintext lyrics or embedded lyrics. This works with my feishin (pc) and symfonium (android) apps if I’m on my network or vpn’ed in (i don’t expose my server).
Another thing you can do is use the LRCGET app which can bulk download them.
I haven’t touched the ELRC lyrics yet but will look into pulling those
Big +1 for LRCGET. It is extremely powerful and dead simple to use. I’m generally able to point it at a directory and press go. It will return lyrics about as accurately and reliably as any manual search, and it has the (experimental) ability to embed the lyrics as well.
I prefer embedded lyrics, since I know that they will be available and inseparable from the files regardless of what my library looks like in the future.