lrc.5x (1695B)
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- .Dd 2021-04-18
- .Dt LRC 5x
- .Os
- .Sh PROLOG
- This manual page is part of
- .Lk https://hacktivis.me/git/cross-unix-documentation "Cross-Unix Documentation"
- which is an attempt to provide documentation of similarities and (noteworthy) differencies between Unix-like systems.
- To be used as an addition to the POSIX standard.
- .Sh NAME
- .Nm lrc
- .Nd Lyrics file format
- .Sh DESCRIPTION
- .Nm
- is a simple file format comparable to srt but made for lyrics instead.
- Square and angle brackets are used to enclose metadata.
- .Ss Header
- ID tags that may appear before the lyrics, some players might not recognise this or simply ignore them.
- .Bl -tag -compact -width Ds
- .It ar
- Artist(s) of the song
- .It al
- Album of the song
- .It ti
- Title of the song
- .It au
- Author of the song
- .It length
- Lenght of the song
- .It by
- Creator of the
- .Nm
- file
- .It offset
- Overall timestamp adjustment in milliseconds, + shifts times up, - shifts down
- .It re
- Program that created the
- .Nm
- file
- .It ve
- Version of the program
- .El
- .Ss Lyrics
- They start with a timestamp in minutes:seconds.hundredths of a second enclosed in square brackets.
- An enhancement also allows to enclose timestamps in the middle of lines into angle brackets.
- .Sh EXAMPLES
- .Bd -literal
- [ar:Chubby Checker oppure Beatles, The]
- [al:Hits Of The 60's - Vol. 2 – Oldies]
- [ti:Let's Twist Again]
- [au:Written by Kal Mann / Dave Appell, 1961]
- [length:2:23]
- [00:12.00]Naku Penda Piya-Naku Taka Piya-Mpenziwe
- [00:15.30]Some more lyrics ...
- \&...
- .Ed
- .Sh SEE ALSO
- .Lk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC_(file_format)