wkishavinda / pylyrics

Downloads and plays lyrics of the currently playing song, synced with elapsed time.

PyLyrics

Downloads and plays lyrics of the currently playing song, synced with elapsed time.

Uses the currently playing song by quering mpd or cmus, download the lyrics and syncs with the currently playing song.

Requirements:

1. For mpd : playerctl
2. For cmus : cmus-remote (pre-installed with cmus).

Usage

Copy pylyrics.py to a directory, run by either python2 pylyrics.py or mark executable and run ./pylyrics.py or by pylyrics.py after adding to path (for mpd).

cmus users, add cmus as an argument, i.e., run pylyrics.py cmus.

Works on most English songs. Tried and tested with mpsyt and cmus. If lyrics are out of sync (lagging or running, try a different youtube song verson/mp3.)