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• MrC's Tip of the Week 2013.36: Links
glynor:
Oh yeah, and I like this one better for lyrics (uses Songmeanings.com):
--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">Lyrics</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://songmeanings.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////songmeanings.com//query//?query=replace(If(!IsEmpty([Artist],0),[Artist]/ ,)[Name],/ ,+)&type=songtitles</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Audio],[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[],[Music],[Music Video]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---
iamimdoc:
For those of us who are not programmers....
I think/hope the last entry by Glynor will go to current song and find lyrics and place them in the clipboard allowing one to paste them into the lyrics tag ( but not sure)
1) Is this correct?
2) If so could you give a bit more detail as to what of the code goes where? After Manage Link > Add a link, rename the link I am lost...
3) Years ago Mediamonkey had some add on programs, one of which would allow the user to highlight long list of songs. The program would go to the internet, grab possibly correct lyrics for each song and then paste them into the lyrics tag for each song. Is there any similar functionality for JRiver available?
Thanks
Ferdi:
--- Quote --- Years ago Mediamonkey had some add on programs, one of which would allow the user to highlight long list of songs.
--- End quote ---
That plugin is still available and working: it's called Lyricator. Works very well. Tip if you use it: set the plugin up to use only hiplyrics, at least for a first run. If you have lots of latin music, chose a different site.
hiplyrics has a good success rate and response far more quickly than the other sources. If you use multiple site, it will slow down the process significantly, some of which are very slow to respond.
Btw, this is one out of two reasons why I sometimes use MM, the second one being that I can sync to my iPhone. In general though, MC is far superior :D
glynor:
--- Quote from: iamimdoc on May 24, 2015, 02:09:28 pm ---I think/hope the last entry by Glynor will go to current song and find lyrics and place them in the clipboard allowing one to paste them into the lyrics tag ( but not sure)
1) Is this correct?
--- End quote ---
No. It opens up the current song on Songmeanings in a Browser window. I have the one above set to open the browser externally (so it pops up your default browser), though you can change it easily to use the internal browser inside MC.
I used to spend a bunch of time importing Lyrics into my file tags. I don't anymore, because the Links are nice enough (and require far less work). If I want to see the Lyrics, I just hit the Lyrics link and it shows them in my browser. Done.
There used to be a plugin for slurping up Lyrics for MC, by our friend KingSparta. I don't know if it still works, but it might. There may very well be others. Search the 3rd Party board for Lyrics and see what you find.
glynor:
--- Quote from: iamimdoc on May 24, 2015, 02:09:28 pm ---2) If so could you give a bit more detail as to what of the code goes where? After Manage Link > Add a link, rename the link I am lost...
--- End quote ---
This is super-easy.
1. Open up the Links Manager.
2. Add a Link with the Add button on the left hand side. Don't bother naming it or configuring anything.
3. Copy the text from in the Code Block in one of the handy things people have contributed above, like this one for SongMeanings:
--- Code: ---<Link version="1.2">
<Item Name="Name">Lyrics</Item>
<Item Name="Action">1</Item>
<Item Name="Base URL">http://songmeanings.com</Item>
<Item Name="Search URL">http:////songmeanings.com//query//?query=replace(If(!IsEmpty([Artist],0),[Artist]/ ,)[Name],/ ,+)&type=songtitles</Item>
<Item Name="Filter">[Media Type]=[Audio],[Video] [Media Sub Type]=[],[Music],[Music Video]</Item>
</Link>
--- End code ---
Just copy everything in that code block above.
4. Switch back to the Links Manager in MC, and with the new link you added still highlighted, click the Paste Link Information from Clipboard button.
5. Rename the link and re-order it in your list of links if you want.
6. Click OK to save it.
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