[mythtv] Displaying unsynchronized and synchronized lyrics in MythMusic

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Sun Dec 23 11:15:23 UTC 2007


Michael Rice wrote:
> I am looking for some advice on how to proceed.  Awhile back (maybe a
> year ago) I wrote some code to display synchronized lyrics from MP3
> files in MythMusic.  It was mostly a rough prototype at the time and
> simply read the info out of the files and displayed the lyrics in the
> artist/album field on the main screen.  Worked ok but I want to take
> it to the next level now.
>
> I'd like to display unsynchronized lyrics in pageable list somewhere
> and use the up/down/pgup/pgdown keys to move through it as the song
> plays.  For synchronized lyrics it would be a similar display except
> the current line would be highlighted and the scrolling would occur
> automatically.  It's not obvious where this should be placed and I am
> not real familiar with the MythMusic architecture.  I've thought of
> the following possibilities:
>
> 1. Create a lyrics visualization which displays the lyrics
> 2. Replace the playlist listbox with lyrics or re-use that real estate
> or some other space on the main screen
> 3. Create a whole new screen
>
> I'd appreciate any advice that might prevent me from going down the
> wrong path on this.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   

One idea I have would be to make the area at the top of the playback
screen tabbed so you can choose what to show. One tab would show the
music tree we have now, another would show the current play list,
another could show your lyrics view etc. Later other tabs could be added
to show artist information or an album viewer etc.

Paul H.
 


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