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BetterLyrics
Your smooth dynamic lyrics display tool built with WinUI 3
## 🎉 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
- [「BetterLyrics」反馈交流群（简体中文）](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) on QQ
- [「BetterLyrics」Feedback Chat Group (Traditional Chinese / English)](https://discord.gg/5yAQPnyCKv) on Discord
## Highlighted features
- Dynamic blur album art as background
- Smooth lyrics fade in/out, zoom in/out effects
- Smooth user interface change from song to song
- Gradient Karaoke (with glow) effect on every single character
- Immersive desktop lyrics (dock mode)
- Local translation (supporting 30 languages)
> This project is still under development, bugs and unexpected behaviors may be existed in the latest branch.
## Supported lyrics source
- From your local storage
- Music files (with embedded lyrics)
- [.lrc]() 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
(For lyrics downloading, you can use [LDDC](https://github.com/chenmozhijin/LDDC))
- From 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/)
## Screenshots
### Standard mode
### Dock mode
### Desktop mode
## 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
- 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
- Spofity
- 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
## Try it now
### Microsoft Store
**Easiest** way to get it. **Unlimited** free trail or purchase (there is **no difference** between free and paid version)
☕ If you find it helpful, please consider purchasing 🧧 it in **Microsoft Store**, I'll appreciate it! 🥰
> Please note that the version in Microsoft Store may not be the latest.
### Google Drive
Wanna try the **latest** version? 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)
## Star History
[](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.
