MP3 tag lyrics [Solved]
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MP3 tag lyrics [Solved]
Hi all,
Sorry for posting in a wrong forum, but where else
When an MP3 has lyrics embedded how do you see them in Linux? In Windows you just right-click the MP3, but in Linux it seems you have to use a 3rd party application just for this. But none of the music players and MP3-taggers (Kid3, Easytag, etc) I've tried has this feature. Can you recommend a simple one? (if possible one where you'd just right-click to see the lyrics)
Cheers
Sorry for posting in a wrong forum, but where else
When an MP3 has lyrics embedded how do you see them in Linux? In Windows you just right-click the MP3, but in Linux it seems you have to use a 3rd party application just for this. But none of the music players and MP3-taggers (Kid3, Easytag, etc) I've tried has this feature. Can you recommend a simple one? (if possible one where you'd just right-click to see the lyrics)
Cheers
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Try audacious, it has a lyric plugin.
Some Focal / 20.04 audio packages and resources https://midistudio.groups.io/g/linuxaudio
Re: MP3 tag lyrics
If you're using a file manager capable of user scripts like Nautilus or Thunar a simple bash script using id3v2 in combination with sed and zenity would do it.
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Thanks for your suggestions!
asbak: I have installed Audacious but can you tell how/where do I find such a lyric plugin..?
Markus: that would be great, I'm using Caja, a fork of Nautilus, but how to make such a script I haven't got a clue, and also I can't find a guide describing it. Do you have a link?
asbak: I have installed Audacious but can you tell how/where do I find such a lyric plugin..?
Markus: that would be great, I'm using Caja, a fork of Nautilus, but how to make such a script I haven't got a clue, and also I can't find a guide describing it. Do you have a link?
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
apt-get install audacious-plugins
Services, Plugins, General
Services, Plugins, General
Some Focal / 20.04 audio packages and resources https://midistudio.groups.io/g/linuxaudio
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
When I write apt-get install audacious-plugins I get this message (my translation to English):
E: Could not open the lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Access denied)
E: Could not lock the administration folder (/var/lib/dpkg/), Are you root?
Don't know about root, but I'm the only one using the computer..
E: Could not open the lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Access denied)
E: Could not lock the administration folder (/var/lib/dpkg/), Are you root?
Don't know about root, but I'm the only one using the computer..
Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Try this:Mister Mint wrote:When I write apt-get install audacious-plugins I get this message (my translation to English):
E: Could not open the lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Access denied)
E: Could not lock the administration folder (/var/lib/dpkg/), Are you root?
Don't know about root, but I'm the only one using the computer..
$ sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins
If you still get that error, you might have some package manager/installer running. You can't install anything from the command line while any such program is running. You can use such program instead of the command line, though.
Re: MP3 tag lyrics
If there are links to topics you already know I'm sorry about but I'm not aware of your level of knowledge.
Start with a standard bash script:
http://linuxconfig.org/bash-scripting-tutorial
Here's a question on StackOverflow about getting the contents of id3v2 tags:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5285 ... sing-id3v2
If there's no content:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-6.html
...you might want to display a simple message with a Zenity --text message dialog to display the error:
https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/sta ... en#dialogs
...and quit your script with the "exit" command.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exit-status.html
Get the content of the correct tag entry and write it to a file in /tmp:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/shell-scr ... ickly.html
Then use Zenity with the --text-info dialog to show the contents of the file:
https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/text.html.en
If the script runs fine, make it a Nautilus context menu entry:
http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/faq.php
...
Profit!!1
If you need to search for more information on how to bash-script, use "bash" as the first search query followed by what you want to achieve. If you need any help, please let me know.
Start with a standard bash script:
http://linuxconfig.org/bash-scripting-tutorial
Here's a question on StackOverflow about getting the contents of id3v2 tags:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5285 ... sing-id3v2
If there's no content:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-6.html
...you might want to display a simple message with a Zenity --text message dialog to display the error:
https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/sta ... en#dialogs
...and quit your script with the "exit" command.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exit-status.html
Get the content of the correct tag entry and write it to a file in /tmp:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/shell-scr ... ickly.html
Then use Zenity with the --text-info dialog to show the contents of the file:
https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/text.html.en
If the script runs fine, make it a Nautilus context menu entry:
http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/faq.php
...
Profit!!1
If you need to search for more information on how to bash-script, use "bash" as the first search query followed by what you want to achieve. If you need any help, please let me know.
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Hi Luc, thanks very much. I have installed the audacious-plugins now. However, when I open Audacious and click on "Services", there's only two options: "Play CD" and "Add CD". I see no plugins..
Thanks a lot, Markus, I've got some lessons before me Nice with this overview, or else I'd be lost!
Thanks a lot, Markus, I've got some lessons before me Nice with this overview, or else I'd be lost!
Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Are you sure? Don't you have this?Mister Mint wrote:Hi Luc, thanks very much. I have installed the audacious-plugins now. However, when I open Audacious and click on "Services", there's only two options: "Play CD" and "Add CD". I see no plugins..
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
No. The "Plugins..." field is not there.
84 sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins
85 history
I'll remove it and install it again, and see what happens..
84 sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins
85 history
I'll remove it and install it again, and see what happens..
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Still no plugins.
88 sudo apt-get remove audacious-plugins
89 sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins
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But never mind. My first wish is to get the general viewing tool Markus talked about installed. That way I won't have to open a player first to see the MP3 tags.
88 sudo apt-get remove audacious-plugins
89 sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins
90 history
But never mind. My first wish is to get the general viewing tool Markus talked about installed. That way I won't have to open a player first to see the MP3 tags.
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Re: MP3 tag lyrics
Hmm. I use plain Debian. Perhaps you should contact Mint's forum or their Audacious package maintainer, or submit a bug report.