How does it work?

lrc-in-progress.webm

An explainer recording. See it in full-screen mode.

Smooth Scroller

player.webm

Compiling

As a standalone application

mkdir build

cd build
make -S ../standalone/ .
make

./LRCScroll

@see plugin/ folder to compile as a plugin for LMMS.

Features / Progress

• Prominent color, font and sizing
• Copy-paste shortcuts enabled
• Press F9 key to place timestamp in front of the line
• Reset timer with a button to re-tag
• Scroll the text in:
  • transparent window
  • frameless window scroll
  • readonly text
  • Hover on hide scroller
• Button changes the text to tag current line or start a tag

Scroller Features

• Press F10 key to start the scroller.
• Focused in/out event handled
• Synchronized with song editor or song.h
• Smooth scroll at 30 fps, slow and easy to eyes
• Complete lyrics scroll
• Current timestamp to be highlighted
• A lot of shortcuts enabled

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC_(file_format)

ToDo

• F9/F10 switch editor or scroller.
• Timetag to align with LMMS Host
• Speed to align wtih LMMS BMP + automations.
• Synchronize keys between LMMS Play/Pause and scrolling habit.