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BetterLyrics
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Your smooth dynamic lyrics display tool built with WinUI 3
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## 🎉 This project was featured by SSPAI!
Check out the article: [BetterLyrics – An immersive and smooth lyrics display tool designed for Windows](https://sspai.com/post/101028)

## 🔈 Feedback and chat group

- [QQ](https://qun.qq.com/universal-share/share?ac=1&authKey=4Q%2BYTq3wZldYpF5SbS5c19ECFsiYoLZFAIcBNNzYpBUtiEjaZ8sZ%2F%2BnFN0qw3lad&busi_data=eyJncm91cENvZGUiOiIxMDU0NzAwMzg4IiwidG9rZW4iOiJiVnhqemVYN0N5QVc3b1ZkR24wWmZOTUtvUkJoWm1JRWlaWW5iZnlBcXJtZUtGc2FFTHNlUlFZMi9iRm03cWF5IiwidWluIjoiMTM5NTczOTY2MCJ9&data=39UmAihyH_o6CZaOs7nk2mO_lz2ruODoDou6pxxh7utcxP4WF5sbDBDOPvZ_Wqfzeey4441anegsLYQJxkrBAA&svctype=4&tempid=h5_group_info) (1054700388) | [Discord](https://discord.gg/5yAQPnyCKv) | [Telegram](https://t.me/+svhSLZ7awPsxNGY1)

## 🌟 Highlighted features

- 🌠 **Pleasing User Interface**
  - Fluent animations and effects
- ↔️ **Strong Lyrics Translation**
  - Offline machine translation (supporting 30 languages)
  - Auto reading local lyrics files for embedded translation
- 🧩 **Various Lyrics Source**
  - Local storage
    - Music files (with embedded lyrics)
    - [.lrc](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC_(file_format)>) files (with both core format and enhanced format)
    - [.eslrc](https://github.com/ESLyric/release) files
    - [.ttml](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timed_Text_Markup_Language) files
  - Online lyrics providers
    - QQ Music
    - 网易云音乐 NetEase Cloud Music
    - 酷狗音乐 Kugou Music
    - [amll-ttml-db](https://github.com/Steve-xmh/amll-ttml-db)
    - [LRCLIB](https://lrclib.net/)
- 🪟 **Multiple Display Modes**
  - **Standard Mode**
    - Enjoy an immersive listening journey with rich lyrics animations and beautifully dynamic backgrounds 
  - **Dock Mode**
    - A smart animated lyrics bar docked to your screen edge
  - **Desktop Mode**
    - Enjoy immersive lyrics floating above your apps
- 🧠 **Smart Behaviors**
  - Auto hide when music player closed

> This project is still under development, bugs and unexpected behaviors may be existed in the latest branch.

## Screenshots

### Standard mode

![alt text](Screenshots/image.png)

![alt text](Screenshots/glow-float.gif)

![alt text](Screenshots/fan.png)

![alt text](Screenshots/lyrics-only.png)

![alt text](Screenshots/album-art-only.png)

### Dock mode

![alt text](Screenshots/dock-1.png)

![alt text](Screenshots/dock-2.png)

### Desktop mode

![alt text](Screenshots/desktop-1.png)

![alt text](Screenshots/desktop-2.png)

## Demonstration

Watch our introduction video (uploaded on 7 July 2025) on Bilibili [here](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1zjGjzfEXh).

## Tested music player

- NetEase Cloud Music
  - Please install the [BetterNCM plugin](https://microblock.cc/betterncm) first. If a downgrade guide pops up after the installation, please follow the guide to complete the downgrade of NetEase Cloud Music (downgrade to 2.10.13);
  - After that, please install the InfLink plugin in PluginMarket. After the installation is complete, please restart NetEase Cloud Music. At this point, all preparatory operations have been completed, enjoy it!
- Kugou Music
  - Please make sure that the Kugou Music setting "Support system playback controls, such as lock screen interface" is turned on
  - No timeline information broadcasted, which means when you change timeline position in Kugou Music, BetterLyrics has no way to detect this change. 
- Apple Music
  - Make sure you have set timeline threshold to around 600 ms in settings (Go to "Settings" - "Advanced option" to change), otherwise, the lyrics will be moving forward and afterward constantly.
- foobar2000
  - Make sure you have https://github.com/dumbie/foo_mediacontrol installed with it
- Spotify
- QQ Music
- PotPlayer
- Media Player (System)
- LX Music
  - Please make sure you have enabled "Open API" in LX Music settings page
  - Then open BetterLyrics, go to settings, go to "Advanced options", input your LX Music server address (mostly like http://127.0.0.1:23330) and there you go!
- MusicBee
  - Please install https://github.com/HenryPDT/mb_MediaControl before using
- iTunes
  - Please install https://github.com/thewizrd/iTunes-SMTC before using
- AIMP
  - Please install https://www.aimp.ru/?do=catalog&rec_id=1097 before using

## Try it now

### Microsoft Store

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**Easiest** way to get it. **Unlimited** free trail or purchase (there is **no difference** between free and paid version)

☕ If you find it useful, please consider purchasing 🧧 it in **Microsoft Store**, I'll appreciate it! 🥰

> When there's a stable version built, Microsoft Store will be the first channel to get updated.

### Google Drive

Or get it from Google Drive (see [release](https://github.com/jayfunc/BetterLyrics/releases) page for the link)

> Please note you are downloading ".zip" file, for guide on how to install it, please kindly follow [this doc](How2Install/How2Install.md).

## Many thanks to

- [Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper](https://github.com/WXRIW/Lyricify-Lyrics-Helper)
  - Provide lyrics fetch, decryption, and parse for QQ, Netease, Kugou sources
- [LRCLIB](https://lrclib.net/)
  - LRCLIB lyrics API provider
- [Audio Tools Library (ATL) for .NET](https://github.com/Zeugma440/atldotnet)
  - Used for extracting pictures in music files
- [WinUIEx](https://github.com/dotMorten/WinUIEx)
  - Provide easy ways to access Win32 API regarding windowing
- [TagLib#](https://github.com/mono/taglib-sharp)
  - Used for reading original lyrics content
- [Vanara](https://github.com/dahall/Vanara)
  - Win32 API wrapper
- [Stackoverflow - How to animate Margin property in WPF](https://stackoverflow.com/a/21542882/11048731)
- [DevWinUI](https://github.com/ghost1372/DevWinUI)
- [Bilibili -【WinUI3】SystemBackdropController：定义云母、亚克力效果](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PY4FevEkS)
- [cnblogs - .NET App 与 Windows 系统媒体控制(SMTC)交互](https://www.cnblogs.com/TwilightLemon/p/18279496)
- [Win2D 中的游戏循环：CanvasAnimatedControl](https://www.cnblogs.com/walterlv/p/10236395.html)
- [r2d2rigo/Win2D-Samples](https://github.com/r2d2rigo/Win2D-Samples/blob/master/IrisBlurWin2D/IrisBlurWin2D/MainPage.xaml.cs)
- [CommunityToolkit - 从入门到精通](https://mvvm.coldwind.top/)

## Inspired by

- [refined-now-playing-netease](https://github.com/solstice23/refined-now-playing-netease)
- [Lyricify-App](https://github.com/WXRIW/Lyricify-App)
- [椒盐音乐 Salt Player](https://moriafly.com/program/salt-player)
- [MyToolBar](https://github.com/TwilightLemon/MyToolBar)

## ✍️ Help us translate into your language

Cannot find your language?
Don't worry! Start translating and become one of the contributors! 😆
Click the [link](https://crowdin.com/project/betterlyrics/invite?h=d767e4f2dbd832d8fcdb6f7e5a198b402502866) to translate this app into your language via Crowdin now!

## Star History

[![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=jayfunc/BetterLyrics&type=Date)](https://www.star-history.com/#jayfunc/BetterLyrics&Date)

## Any issues and PRs are welcomed

If you find a bug please file it in issues or if you have any ideas feel free to share it here.