Your favorite songs’ lyrics within reach
February 15th, 2010 | Published on: Roundup
Your favorite songs’ lyrics within reach
Playing music tracks on our computer has become a regular activity since the popularization of formats like MP3 and of programs like Winamp, Foobar2000 or Windows Media Player. Thanks to the internet, at the same time, some programs were developed so, in a matter of seconds, we can see the lyrics of the songs we are listening to, like EvilLyrics, MiniLyrics, Lyricsnapper and Lyrics plugin for Windows Media Player and for Winamp.
EvilLyrics is one of the most complete programs to search for lyrics. It works synchronized with many of the most popular programs, and it searches automatically. It’s true that sometimes it interprets the code incorrectly and the lyrics it shows are unreadable or it appears mixed with other type of data. On the other hand, it counts with a function that easily lets us edit the lyrics to transform it into karaoke.
Lyrics plugin for Windows Media Player and for Winamp are little add-ons for these players. As opposed to EvilLyrics, which runs on a different window, this plugin does it integrated to the window of the main program. Apart from the fact that it works ok (although it fails on some searches), the only thing it provides us with is with the lyrics of the song.
Lyricsnapper is an effective program, but which only Works in-synch with iTunes. For the rest of the music players, it doesn’t only run on a separated window, but also you have to load it separately, and it would actually work as a specialized search engine as we have to enter the data manually. Despite that, it allows us to choose among different results.
MiniLyrics is, without a doubt, the best looking one, as it does not only count with multiple skins, but it also shows us the album cover. It can be integrated to a great amount of players, and its search engine is very effective. Furthermore, it automatically focuses on the karaoke results. Either way, every time we run it, the emerging window incites us to buy, what can be a little annoying.
This is just a small list of the great amount of programs of this type that exist today. Some of them are really simple like Lyrics plugin for Windows Media Player and for Winamp which only provide us with the lyrics, or Lyricsnapper, which doesn’t even do it automatically (except we use it with iTunes). Other provide us with editing options and are efficiently integrated with many players, like EvilLyrics and MiniLyrics, giving us also the option to do karaoke through them.
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