Software to add Lyrics to MP3 files ID3 metadata

Question

What software do you use to automatically add lyrics to MP3 files?

I mean the kind of software that can scan your entire music library and do the job.

I want to add lyrics to my MP3 files so that when I'm listening to music on my iPhone I can see the lyrics on the screen.

Thank you very much for helping me (why not the entire internet?) to find the best software out there.

Edit: operating systems / media players I use: Mac OS X, Windows 7 / iTunes, Windows Media Player

Although I primarily use Mac OS X/Windows and iTunes/Windows Media Player, I don't want to limit this question to a specific operating system/Media Player. This way If you know any piece of software that does the job in whatever operating system/media player, please share your super user power in your answer.

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Software to add Lyrics to MP3 files ID3 metadata

Answer 1

On my Windows machine, I use MediaMonkey to manage my music collection (~30GB), along with a number of addons, specifically Lyricator in your case.

It is so fast and can handle large numbers of files. The only concern you might have is not getting your IP blocked since it can be heavy on the lyrics servers side !

Answer 2

There is an official ID3v2 tag for supporting lycrics, so using a tag editor, you can save the lyrics to a tag which means that any media software (all do, to a greater or lesser extent) that supports ID3v2 should be able to display the embedded lyrics.

I use Mp3tag for my music collection although there are others. For lyrics support I use this script http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=2184

Answer 3

I have written a small Python program for myself, using the Mutagen library for editing ID3 tags. It works on all platforms that Python can run on.

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A small snippet:

def write_id3(file, lyrics):
    tag = mutagen.mp3.MP3(file)
    atom = u"USLT::'eng'"
    if lyrics is None:
        if atom in tag: del tag[atom]
    else:
        tag[atom] = mutagen.id3.USLT()
        tag[atom].text = lyrics
        tag[atom].encoding = 1
        tag[atom].lang = "eng"
        tag[atom].desc = u""
    tag.save()

def read_id3(file):
    tag = mutagen.mp3.MP3(file)
    try:
        return tag[u"USLT::'eng'"].text
    except KeyError:
        return None

Answer 4

I mainly use iTunes for music management on both my PC and MacBook.

On Windows, I use EvilLyrics while on OSX, I use GimmeSomeTunes for the same thing.

Answer 5

My favorite way to bulk add lyrics is using a program called Zortam. I did a comprehensive blog post on adding lyrics: http://loveyourmusic.tv/content/adding-lyrics-your-tracks-why-you-need-do-it-and-how-get-it-done

Answer 6

Tru TagRunner:

TagRunner is a music majordomo that increases the value of your music collection by painstakingly retrieving missing ID3-tags, album cover artwork and lyrics.

Basically it works like a personal PC based search engine that visits websites with free, legal and available content like ID3-tags, lyrics and cover artwork. Simply feed TagRunner, let it run and save the results!