Preferences | AudioScrobble | Online
Lyrics
Here you configure where the lyrics are looked up, where the lyrics found are saved, which genres are left out and how the lyrics text is shown in the lyrics panel.
Sources is the list of places Guayadeque searches for the lyrics, in the order they are tried. Uncheck a source to disable it, and use the buttons on the right to add a new one, edit the selected source (or double-click it), move it up or down and remove it. A source can read the lyrics from the audio file itself ('Embedded'), from a lyrics file ('File'), from a command ('Command') or from an internet site ('Download'). By default the lyrics already embedded in the file are used first, and the download sources are only asked when the file has none.
Providers that answer with lyrics carrying timestamps (synced lyrics, the '.lrc' format) are shown with the '(synced)' suffix, so a timed lyric is preferred over an untimed one when both are available. LRCLIB is included in the list as a synced source.
In the source editor you set the Name, the Type, the Source (an url, a file path pattern or a command) and, for a source that answers with timed lyrics, the 'Synced Lyrics' option ('This source returns synchronized lyrics (.lrc)'). The rules that turn the downloaded page into lyrics text (Replace, Extract, Exclude and Not Found) are edited in the same dialog. The synced option is not available for the Embedded source, which returns whatever the file holds.
Targets is the list of places where the lyrics are saved after being found or edited: 'Embedded' saves them inside the audio file, 'To file' writes a text file following the pattern of the target (Artist/Album/TrackName.lyric by default) and 'Command' runs a command. A lookup saves both the timed and the plain lyrics: MP3 files keep the timed one in the synchronized lyrics field and the plain one in the standard lyrics field, the other formats keep the timed one in their lyrics tag, and the file target writes a ".lrc" file for the timed lyrics beside the ".lyric" file of the plain ones. When only the timed lyrics are found, the plain words are taken from them. While no target is enabled nothing is written, even when a lyric is found.
Disabled Genres lists genres that are skipped by the lyrics lookup, so no lyrics are searched for the tracks of these genres. Use the buttons on the right to add and remove genres; the comparison ignores upper and lower case. 'Instrumental' is included by default.
The Font is the font used to show the lyrics in the lyrics panel, and 'Align' sets the text alignment (left, center or right). The font size can also be changed from the size control in the lyrics panel toolbar, and both places keep the same value.
Auto scroll scrolls the lyrics text along while the track plays. For lyrics that carry timestamps (synced lyrics, '.lrc'), the sung line jumps in bold, centred on the panel, as it is sung. For lyrics without timestamps, the lead-in and lead-out margins — where the vocals usually are not — can be set as a percentage of the track length (up to 5 % and 10 % by default), so the scrolling fits a median song of the style being played.