MiniLyrics for Windows

Brief summary

MiniLyrics is a plugin that shows song lyrics while tracks play. It works with many popular media players and pulls lyrics automatically from a large online repository so you can sing along without hunting for words.

How it connects to your music player

The plugin launches alongside most common players — for example, iTunes, Winamp and Windows Media Player — and reads the song’s tag information to search for matching lyrics. Press Play, and MiniLyrics will attempt to locate and display the words for the current track automatically.

Benefits and limitations

• Lyrics can be embedded into MP3 files, allowing you to view them on devices like the iPod Touch and iPhone.
• If the exact match isn’t found, the program usually retrieves and displays the correct lyrics in under 30 seconds.
• During testing it successfully located lyrics for tracks in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese.
• As a drawback, the application shows a reminder window every time it starts and an additional registration prompt over each lyrics file — an annoyance many dedicated listeners tolerate for the convenience.

Practical impression

Overall, MiniLyrics is a handy add-on for listeners who want to follow the words of their favorite recordings in real time.

Recent fixes

• Resolved a crash that occurred when opening certain special-format lyric files.
• Fixed a crash related to the iPod lyrics downloader.