desktop-lyric

Show the lyric of playing songs on the desktop.

很多歌消失了。 —— 汪曾祺 《徙》

Installation

Manual

The latest and supported version should only work on the most current stable version of GNOME Shell.

git clone https://github.com/tuberry/desktop-lyric.git && cd desktop-lyric
meson setup build && meson install -C build
# meson setup build -Dtarget=system && meson install -C build # system-wide, default --prefix=/usr/local

For older versions, it's recommended to install via:

E.G.O

Features

Notes

• High CPU usage;
• Draw at an even pace so that exact synchronization with the song is not guaranteed;

Contributions

Feel free to open an issue or PR in the repo for any question or idea.

Translations

To update the po file from sources:

bash ./cli/update-po.sh [your_lang_code] # like zh_CN, default to $LANG

Developments

To install GJS TypeScript type definitions:

npm install @girs/gnome-shell --save-dev

Acknowledgements

• lyrics-finder: online lyrics
• osdlyrics: some names