manual/plugins/lrcplayer.tex

   1 % $Id$ %
   2 \subsection{Lrcplayer}
   3 % \screenshot{plugins/images/ss-lrcplayer}{Lrcplayer}{}
   4 This plugin displays lyrics in \fname{.lrc} files (and some other formats)
   5 synchronized with the song being played.
   6
   7 \subsubsection{Supported file types}
   8 \begin{enumerate}
   9 \item \fname{.lrc}
  10 \item \fname{.lrc8}
  11 \item \fname{.snc}
  12 \item \fname{.txt}
  13 \item id3v2 SYLT or USLT tags in mp3 files
  14 \end{enumerate}
  15
  16 \fname{.lrc8} files are the same as \fname{.lrc} files except that they are UTF8
  17 encoded. The Lyrics3 tag is not supported.
  18
  19 \subsubsection{Supported tags and formats for \fname{.lrc} files}
  20 The following tags are supported:
  21 \begin{verbatim}
  22 [ti:title]
  23 [ar:artist]
  24 [offset:offset (msec)]
  25 \end{verbatim}
  26
  27 Each line should resemble one of the following:
  28 \begin{verbatim}
  29 [time tag]line
  30 [time tag]...[time tag]line
  31 [time tag]<word time tag>word<word time tag>...<word time tag>
  32 \end{verbatim}
  33
  34 The time tag must be in the form [mm:ss], [mm:ss.xx], or [mm:ss.xxx] where mm is
  35 minutes, ss is seconds, xx is tenth of milliseconds, and xxx is milliseconds.
  36 Any other tags and lines without time tags are ignored.
  37
  38 \subsubsection{Location of lyrics files}
  39 The plugin checks the following directories for lyrics files.
  40 \opt{swcodec}{If no lyrics file is found and the audio file is a \fname{.mp3},
  41   it also checks for SYLT and USLT tags in the id3v2 tags.}
  42
  43 \begin{enumerate}
  44 \item The directory containing the audio file and its parent directories.
  45 \item For each of the above directories, the plugin searches for a subdirectory
  46       named ``Lyrics''.
  47 \item Finally, the plugin will search as above, but within a directory called
  48       ``/Lyrics''. The name of this directory can be customized, see below.
  49 \end{enumerate}
  50
  51 If the audio file currently playing is \fname{/Music/Artist/Album/Title.mp3},
  52 then the following files will be searched for, in this order. \fname{.ext} is one
  53 of the supported extensions from the list above, and will be searched for in the
  54 same order as in that list.
  55
  56 \begin{verbatim}
  57 /Music/Artist/Album/Title.ext
  58 /Music/Artist/Title.ext
  59 /Music/Title.ext
  60 /Title.ext
  61 /Music/Artist/Album/Lyrics/Title.ext
  62 /Music/Artist/Lyrics/Title.ext
  63 /Music/Lyrics/Title.ext
  64 /Lyrics/Title.ext
  65 /Lyrics/Musics/Artist/Album/Title.ext
  66 /Lyrics/Musics/Artist/Title.ext
  67 /Lyrics/Musics/Title.ext
  68 /Lyrics/Title.ext
  69 \end{verbatim}
  70
  71 \subsubsection{Controls}
  72 \begin{table}
  73   \begin{btnmap}{}{}
  74     \ActionWpsVolUp{} / \ActionWpsVolDown
  75     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsVolUp{} / \ActionRCWpsVolDown}
  76     & Volume up/down.\\
  77     %
  78     \ActionWpsSkipPrev
  79     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsSkipPrev}
  80     & Go to beginning of track, or if pressed while in the
  81       first seconds of a track, go to the previous track.\\
  82     %
  83     \ActionWpsSeekBack
  84     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsSeekBack}
  85     & Rewind in track.\\
  86     %
  87     \ActionWpsSkipNext
  88     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsSkipNext}
  89     & Go to the next track.\\
  90     %
  91     \ActionWpsSeekFwd
  92     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsSeekFwd}
  93     & Fast forward in track.\\
  94     %
  95     \ActionWpsPlay
  96     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsPlay}
  97     & Toggle play/pause.\\
  98     %
  99     \ActionWpsStop{}\nopt{ONDIO_PAD}{ or \ActionWpsBrowse}
 100     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsStop{} or \ActionRCWpsBrowse}
 101     & Exit the plugin.\\
 102     %
 103     \ActionWpsContext
 104     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsContext}
 105     & Enter timetag editor.\\
 106     %
 107     \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ActionWpsBrowse}%
 108     \nopt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ActionWpsMenu}%
 109     \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCWpsMenu}
 110     & Enter \setting{Lrcplayer Menu}.\\
 111     %
 112   \end{btnmap}
 113 \end{table}
 114
 115 \subsubsection{Lrcplayer Menu}
 116
 117 \begin{description}
 118   \item[Theme settings.] Change theme related settings.
 119   \begin{description}
 120     \opt{lcd_bitmap}{%
 121       \item[Show Statusbar.] Show / hide the statusbar.
 122       \item[Display Title.] Show / hide the track title.
 123     }%
 124     \item[Display Time.] Show / hide the current time.
 125     \opt{lcd_color}{%
 126       \item[Inactive Colour.] Set the colour of the inactive part of the lyrics.
 127     }%
 128     \item[Backlight Force On.] Do not turn off the backlight while displaying
 129          the lyrics.
 130   \end{description}
 131   \opt{lcd_bitmap}{%
 132     \item[Display Settings.] Change how the lyrics are displayed.
 133     \begin{description}
 134       \item[Wrap.] Breaks lines at white space.
 135       \item[Wipe.] Wipes the text.
 136       \item[Alignment.] Align text to the left, centre, or right.
 137       \item[Activate Only Current Line.]
 138           Activate only the current line, or the current and previous lines.
 139     \end{description}
 140   }%
 141   \item[Lyrics Settings.] Change how the lyrics files are loaded.
 142   \begin{description}
 143     \item[Encoding.] Sets the codepage used in the plugin.
 144     \opt{swcodec}{%
 145       \item[Read ID3 tag.] Read lyrics from id3 tags in mp3 files.
 146     }%
 147     \item[Lrc Directory.] Set the directory where lyrics files are stored,
 148       must be a maximum of 63 bytes.
 149   \end{description}
 150   \item[Playback Control.] Show the playback control menu.
 151   \item[Time Offset.] Set an offset for the time tags for the lyrics currently in use.
 152   \item[Timetag Editor.] Enter the timetag editor.
 153   \item[Quit.] Exit the plugin.
 154 \end{description}
 155
 156 \subsubsection{Editing the time tags}
 157
 158 The display time for each line can be changed with the timetag editor.
 159 Selecting a line changes its time to the current position of the track.
 160 To set a specific time or to adjust the time, press \ActionStdContext{} to
 161 bring up a screen to adjust the time.
 162 Changes will be saved automatically when the song is changed.
 163 Editing words in lyrics is not supported.