I've looked but I can't seem to figure out how to upload lyrics. What am I missing?

Are you registered?

yes

By the plugin? Just right-click on song and select "export to db". If you want to edit some lyrics by the web-interface you must login first, then find the html with lyrics (using "artists" link for example) and click "edit" at the bottom.

hmm... So when I choose that I get a warning that there aren't any lyrics, yet they are being displayed. I went into LyricMake and was able to load them from tags but when I checked them in TagScanner they weren't there. From TagScanner I pulled them back in and rechecked in Foobar; they aren't found by LyricMake or LyricDB but they do display.

I think the problem might be either the tag LyricMake is using %LYRIC% is incorrect or it's writing the tag in the wrong place. Are there any known issues with LyricMake & LyricDB?

The tag name is %LYRICS% for lyricsdb (and lyrics panel, for example). That's some convenience "de facto". But yes, sure, it must be configurable gr... maybe I'll find some time today for this.
p.s. Is it really just tag name issue? Try to view all tags by the foobar's common tags viewer...
p.p.s. Never used LyricMake...
p.p.p.s I'm not native english-speaking person, but is "lyric" corect word for song-text? I thought that "lyric" is adjective.

There is a configuration option in LyricMake but it seems to have corrupted some (not all) other tags after I looked in the comments so I'm leary of using it anymore.

How do you add lyrics? LyricMake is the only thing I've found so far that does this.

Either lyric or lyrics is correct and both are nouns.

If you're talking about timestamped lyrics (not supported by lyricsdb AFAIK) then I think LyricMake is your only option at the moment. Otherwise you can use lyricsdb or foobar.

HTH.

Alessandro

I took a look in my dictionary:
Lyric is and adjective and lyrics is a noun.
Lyric as a noun means poetry.

(what a nice plugin)
Plain-text lyrics? By the lyricsdb - either "import from db" or "edit lyrics" from context menu (right-click, Lyrics->edit lyrics).
upd: and yes, LyricsDB oses not support timestamped lyrics in any way.

added configurability for the tag name in the second beta of 0.0.6. can get it there: http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/files/foo_lyricsdb_beta2.zip. Nothing else has been changed.

Yes it can be used as an adjective but it's also a noun. See last listing.

Thanks for the update option!

I think this is a great plugin and I'd just like to add my voice. I know both of these have already been requested but I would also love to see the ability to download to a .lrc file rather than the tag and the ability to keep timestamps.

I prefer to use .lrc files rather than tags as large tags (or at least the reading of them by lyric show etc) conflict with another plugin (foo_remote). I also prefer not to mess about with tags generally as it confuses my mp3 player.

I know you're busy with lots of things so I'm not expecting these to necessarily be implemented but in a perfect world I’d love to have them.

"Too bad" i have no request regarding the plugin but to port it to Foobar2000 version 0.9
It's the only reason I'm still hangin' to version 8.3

But anyway, thanks for this really great plugin!

Thanks, really glad to hear it. I hadn't have msvc2005, so couldn't try to recompile for 0.9. I tryed today, and it'll take some time. There's new SDK issues as well as new msvc and xml parser or whatever ones.
By the way i haven't appreciated new foobar at all and think i'll just return to 0.8.3 as soon as i'll release new version of the plugin (but i'll do my best to release it as soon as possible)...
And i've added to my "todo" list serious database speed optimisations, just right after release of the plugin for 0.9...

we really do want a new version of your plugin for 0.9! can't wait until it'll be done! your plugin and lyrics db are best!

They changed a lot in the the API, I spent several hours trying to compile the plugin somehow (by disabling part after part) and — nothing. Seems I have to create empty project and recreate all the plugin structure, It'll take some time. I, actually don't really want to write this plugin from empty list and don't have much time for it. If somebody wants to do it I can give sources for 0.8.3 it's not a problem, but I think it'll be much easyer to create totally new plugin, all what you need is the protocol desctiption and it's avaliable on the site. I'll support it in every way: it's what I actually want: alternatives for my plugin (for other players, for example), it must be fun!
So, back to the subject: I'm sorry, it can take month or even more, it's sad, I know, but that's it. Or may be I'm wrong and I just have forgoten to set some option and there's no problems at all, but I have some doubts about it.

to me the plug in is very slow , but finds a lot of lyrics

strange i'm not able to export!

I think you have to register and put your registration info in the plugin preferences.

I wish a developer could help dug porting it... I'm not aware of similar problems for the other ported plugins, so there's hopefully a workaround.

Alessandro

yep, there are speed problems, I am aware of. It's on my todo list next to porting the plugin for 0.9.
And you don't have to be registred to export, really strange.

The old versions of the plugin (0.0.4 or older) are not supported any more. It's half a year sinse release of 0.0.5, and some people keep using 0.0.4 or even older versions. Time to update.

A little database speedup, a little functionality restrictions (in the web-interface mainly).

This plugin has finally forced me to register. Whenever I try to download lyrics it always tells me that lyrics cannot be found, I have set the server to http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/cgi-bin/lepserver.cgi and have played with various settings for ages with no change.

Anyone know why the plug-in cannot find lyrics, I am trying tracks that I can quite clearly see in http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/.

if you have icq, you can tell me your UIN and we'll try to play with it when we will be both on-line.

So, here it is: http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/files/foo_lyricsdb_007_beta0.zip: works only under foobar2k version 0.9 and above.

You may also need msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll to run this plugin.

Can't remmember any changes since secod 0.0.6 beta, just ported to the new SDK.

I have this failure message...

I am using foobar 0.9.1 with latest ui columns 0.1.3beta1v3.

Is it because of the MiniLyrics that I installed?

I dont think so, i have mini lyrics and foo_lyricsdb wihtout having any crash
Do you have msvcr80.dll and msvcp80.dll ?

Got the same errormessage here.
First tried it with my installed 0.9, then updated to 0.9.1, deleted all former settings, but still same errormessage.
Copied the two dll's to the system32-folder and also to the foobar2000 programme-folder. But still same errormessage.
I've neither installed minilyrics nor columnsui.

strange thing.
The plugin was tested by five or six different people, and nobody experienced that problem. I am trying to get same error now, but can't, it'll be nice if someone will describe details, 'cause i just have no idea what else to do to get it.

It works for me, with foobar 0.9 and many other components installed.

I didnt install any of the supplied msvc*.dll, I already had them installed I guess (not in foobar dir but in windows system).

Now what can we use to display the lyrics? Just the track info panel?

Same problem to me. Just launch Foobar and the error window pops up. The error message is in my Windows localized version language.
I tried to copy the two dlls both in Foobar and in System32 directory, with no success.

I suppose this won't help you that much, but I just wanted to notify you another user experiences the problem and is available for investigation.

nice... I changed my 0.9 to 0.9.1, killed all my configuration, tryed several installations, and same thing: just works
as far a i know lyrics panel is not ready, but i don't use it anyway, i like to use lyrics->edit (of course i have hotkey "L" for it).

hm my be it will solve the problem:
http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/files/foo_lyri...7_beta0_fix.zip

is there a way to store/read the lyrics from the %unsynced lyrics% field? AFAIK this is the most common way to store lyrics in id3 tags (judging by the lot of taggers that use this field)
Almost all of my mp3 have their lyrics stored in this field, so i don't want to break compatibility

i love this lyricsdb plug-in. but i'm noticing that when i select multiple files and get the lyrics from the db, it only grabs the lyrics for 2 or 3 of the files.

You can set up the lyrics tag in the preferences: ctrl+p -> tools -> LyricsDB -> "tag to store lyrics in" editbox. Than try "edit" from context menu (right click -> lyrics -> edit) it should open window, containing lyrics. Works?


could you name that three tracks, please? artist and title, i'll see what's wrong with it, 10x

Hi, just wanted to say that http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/files/foo_lyri...7_beta0_fix.zip isnt working for me, either than the last beta. getting the same error like the others.

i just tried to do the system of a down - mezmerize album. it only grabbed soldier side, revenga, and violent pornography. i downloaded the lyrics to the rest of the tracks individually, so i know the lyrics were in the db.

somebody, who have that problem, contact me by icq, it'll be more convenient, i suppose. (my uin is 209021396, i think)

Thanks for the port.
Works fine for me!

So, additionally to the dlls you have to have some weired manifest file near them. You can download it here: http://lyrics.mirkforce.net/files/manifest.zip. Does it help?

Don't work for me.

Even with msvcr80.dll, msvcp80.dll and Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest near them?
have you tryed beta0 and beta0_fix both?
By the way there's also msvcm80.dll, plugin does not need it, but i am not sure about anything already…

Yes, I tryed both version, with all the dlls, but I get allways this error:

thnx, it works fine. i can't imagine how could i live without this plugin for years...

Got the plugin working now!
I've downloaded and installed the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) and after that the errormessage at the foobar2000 startup was gone and the lyricsdb-Plugin working.
You can find the Package here: www.microsoft.com
I've downloaded the package in the german localized version (my OS is german), maybe that has something to do with it. But I'm not sure what the exact difference is.

But it's still strange that plain copying of the dll's didn't work. AFAIK does the redistributable Package the same by just copying those dll's to the system32 folder.

thank you, wirh that it's working here, too.

Thanks, the error message is now gone.

foobar chraches when I want to download lyrics (only on some tracks)
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It shouldn't appear after i disabled that feature for beta 0 yesterday. And it is fixed in foo_lyricsdb_007_beta1.zip, sorry. What a day…

p.s. "It feature": box for selection lyrics version. That feature caused 95% of all errors with the plugin, but i really like it anyway.
p.p.s. it's a good idea to update up to beta 1, it contains fix for the error, mentioned above by Birk, and other little fixes.