Lyrics Plugin ============= The ``lyrics`` plugin fetches and stores song lyrics from databases on the Web. Namely, the current version of the plugin uses `Genius.com`_, `Tekstowo.pl`_, `LRCLIB`_ and, optionally, the Google Custom Search API. .. _Genius.com: https://genius.com/ .. _Tekstowo.pl: https://www.tekstowo.pl/ .. _LRCLIB: https://lrclib.net/ Install ------- Firstly, enable ``lyrics`` plugin in your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`). Then, install ``beets`` with ``lyrics`` extra .. code-block:: bash pip install "beets[lyrics]" Fetch Lyrics During Import -------------------------- When importing new files, beets will now fetch lyrics for files that don't already have them. The lyrics will be stored in the beets database. If the ``import.write`` config option is on, then the lyrics will also be written to the files' tags. Configuration ------------- To configure the plugin, make a ``lyrics:`` section in your configuration file. Default configuration: .. code-block:: yaml lyrics: auto: yes bing_client_secret: null bing_lang_from: [] bing_lang_to: null dist_thresh: 0.11 fallback: null force: no google_API_key: null google_engine_ID: 009217259823014548361:lndtuqkycfu sources: [lrclib, google, genius, tekstowo] synced: no The available options are: - **auto**: Fetch lyrics automatically during import. - **bing_client_secret**: Your Bing Translation application password (see :ref:`lyrics-translation`) - **bing_lang_from**: By default all lyrics with a language other than ``bing_lang_to`` are translated. Use a list of lang codes to restrict the set of source languages to translate. - **bing_lang_to**: Language to translate lyrics into. - **dist_thresh**: The maximum distance between the artist and title combination of the music file and lyrics candidate to consider them a match. Lower values will make the plugin more strict, higher values will make it more lenient. This does not apply to the ``lrclib`` backend as it matches durations. - **fallback**: By default, the file will be left unchanged when no lyrics are found. Use the empty string ``''`` to reset the lyrics in such a case. - **force**: By default, beets won't fetch lyrics if the files already have ones. To instead always fetch lyrics, set the ``force`` option to ``yes``. - **google_API_key**: Your Google API key (to enable the Google Custom Search backend). - **google_engine_ID**: The custom search engine to use. Default: The `beets custom search engine`_, which gathers an updated list of sources known to be scrapeable. - **sources**: List of sources to search for lyrics. An asterisk ``*`` expands to all available sources. The ``google`` source will be automatically deactivated if no ``google_API_key`` is setup. - **synced**: Prefer synced lyrics over plain lyrics if a source offers them. Currently ``lrclib`` is the only source that provides them. .. _beets custom search engine: https://www.google.com:443/cse/publicurl?cx=009217259823014548361:lndtuqkycfu Fetching Lyrics Manually ------------------------ The ``lyrics`` command provided by this plugin fetches lyrics for items that match a query (see :doc:`/reference/query`). For example, ``beet lyrics magnetic fields absolutely cuckoo`` will get the lyrics for the appropriate Magnetic Fields song, ``beet lyrics magnetic fields`` will get lyrics for all my tracks by that band, and ``beet lyrics`` will get lyrics for my entire library. The lyrics will be added to the beets database and, if ``import.write`` is on, embedded into files' metadata. The ``-p, --print`` option to the ``lyrics`` command makes it print lyrics out to the console so you can view the fetched (or previously-stored) lyrics. The ``-f, --force`` option forces the command to fetch lyrics, even for tracks that already have lyrics. Inversely, the ``-l, --local`` option restricts operations to lyrics that are locally available, which show lyrics faster without using the network at all. Rendering Lyrics into Other Formats ----------------------------------- The ``-r directory, --write-rest directory`` option renders all lyrics as `reStructuredText`_ (ReST) documents in ``directory`` (by default, the current directory). That directory, in turn, can be parsed by tools like `Sphinx`_ to generate HTML, ePUB, or PDF documents. Minimal ``conf.py`` and ``index.rst`` files are created the first time the command is run. They are not overwritten on subsequent runs, so you can safely modify these files to customize the output. Sphinx supports various `builders`_, see a few suggestions: .. admonition:: Build an HTML version :: sphinx-build -b html . _build/html .. admonition:: Build an ePUB3 formatted file, usable on ebook readers :: sphinx-build -b epub3 . _build/epub .. admonition:: Build a PDF file, which incidentally also builds a LaTeX file :: sphinx-build -b latex %s _build/latex && make -C _build/latex all-pdf .. _Sphinx: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ .. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html .. _builders: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/builders.html Activate Google Custom Search ------------------------------ You need to `register for a Google API key`_. Set the ``google_API_key`` configuration option to your key. Then add ``google`` to the list of sources in your configuration (or use default list, which includes it as long as you have an API key). If you use default ``google_engine_ID``, we recommend limiting the sources to ``google`` as the other sources are already included in the Google results. Optionally, you can `define a custom search engine`_. Get your search engine's token and use it for your ``google_engine_ID`` configuration option. By default, beets use a list of sources known to be scrapeable. Note that the Google custom search API is limited to 100 queries per day. After that, the lyrics plugin will fall back on other declared data sources. .. _register for a Google API key: https://console.developers.google.com/ .. _define a custom search engine: https://www.google.com/cse/all .. _lyrics-translation: Activate On-the-Fly Translation ------------------------------- You need to register for a Microsoft Azure Marketplace free account and to the `Microsoft Translator API`_. Follow the four steps process, specifically at step 3 enter ``beets`` as *Client ID* and copy/paste the generated *Client secret* into your ``bing_client_secret`` configuration, alongside ``bing_lang_to`` target ``language code``. .. _Microsoft Translator API: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/translator-how-to-signup