Lyrics Plugin For Windows 7 Media Player 12

By Nakodari on Oct 26 2009 121 Comments

Lyrics Plugin is a free plugin that adds Lyrics in both Windows Media Player and Winamp Player. The plugin works perfectly with Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7. After you have installed the plugin, simply play a song in Windows Media Player and it will show you the lyrics in the Now Playing mode.

Windows Media Player Lyrics

I don’t know the source where it takes the lyrics from since the author hasn’t mentioned it anywhere. If the lyrics for a specific song are not found then you can add one yourself, but so far it showed the lyrics of every favorite song that I played.

Download Lyrics Plugin

If you are looking to add lyrics to iTunes, check out LyricToy. Enjoy!

Update: A lot of users are having problem with this plugin, so in the meantime you folks can give MiniLyrics a shot. It is a nice alternative which is much more advanced and customizable.

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  • Nemu

    lyricsplugiin site no rightclick?

    windows 7 glass interface blocks edit, configure etc buttons unless it high up (very short lyrics). so i use rightclick, properties; drag url to firefox. but now no rightclick. i know it site configure, since visit with firefox+ ie no right click either. and configure window no rightclick either. have not tried chrome yet. what want know: it same for everyone else? i tried reinstall, same thing.

    ..in windows 7 with glass block, how does everyone else access edit etc?

    thank you for colour change problem solve =D it was annoying. da likes bigger screen resolutio0n-convinced we are going blind and it hard to see words^^;;

    just in case–dows minilyrics plugin need to connect to internet?

    thank you for reading and sorry to bother you.

  • Arturo Duran

    I´m really thankful to “W7″ I just checked his tip and really worked as he said to me….Thanks a lot dude!!!

  • Cire87

    idk about you all but its actually working now! :)

  • Nemu

    hello again, thank you for no answers. but found solution to problem-or workaround anyway. ..still no rightclick. but can make glass go away only on media player-as opposed to before when had to disable/revert whole windows7 theme/layout to old xp. (without but somehow uses more memory?)

    wmp: more options < tab: player
    uncheck 'allow autohide of playback controls' (second from bottom)

    thank you for reading and sorry to bother you.

  • Iliana

    Hi Nemu! Thanks a lot for your tip, but when I try to edit the lyrics, the pop-up doesn´t work properly. Appears a blank window only >_>, which means that there´s some kind of bug on plugin´s config. Thanx anyway

  • chitru

    download site opens but, gives error message when it is opened. please help me. Fuck microsoft and WMP 12. WMP 11 was the best!!!

  • John

    Why Can’t I customize my fonts and background? i don’t see the customize button anymore. can somebody help me, I want to make the lyrics align at the middle instead at the left of the window..

  • John

    i meant the configure and edit button is missing in my Lyrics plugin. *

    • diti

      John – I have the same problem *…

      I used this plugin when running Vista and WMP11, and it worked great. It found most songs online, even Chinese ones, and I could add/edit lyrics, and it saved properly. The only quirk I noticed was it tended to undo the lyrics add/saves if I changed the filename of the song.

      However, I just upgraded to Windows7 and with it, WMP12. While the plugin still finds songs, I don’t see the “edit” or “configure” buttons anywhere. Instead, all I see are “search google”, “www.tunerankings.com”, and “upgrade to Lyrics Plugin 0.3. I hope someone manages to get this message across soon and find a fix.

      • diti

        Hi again. Coincidentally I found a solution minutes after I posted. This miniscule problem frustrated me so, I wanted to make sure I share my findings with everyone!

        It seems the newest version of Lyrics Plugin (0.3beta) is the problem. As I just downloaded it today, and I believe the folks that have no issues probably have an older version running.

        As luck would have it, I did manage to find an older version (or at least a different version/copy) here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dof0mu72ljou9o7. Any problems, search for “Lyrics Plugin Windows Media Player.rar”.

        Just install the new (older file), and everything is as it used to be! Edit/Configure buttons and all. Hope this solves your issue as it did for me! :)

        To clarify for others, I am running Windows7 64-bit.

  • rajesh

    why we cant copy the lyrics??? please help me to copy the lyrics… by right click on the lyrics…

    • B6V

      Hey Rajesh… to be able to copy the lyrics, you need to disable java script in IE (Internet Explorer)
      To Do This you Must Go on Internet Explorer… Click Tools… Then.. Internet Options.. Click The..Security tab…Then Click.. Internet.. Then.. Custom Level…Scroll Down To… Scripting… And Disable Everything In that Section… Now You Can Right-Click On The Plug-in… :) worked for me, hope it helps…

    • Ashish

      there would be a option of edit in wmp click there and u can copy lyrics

  • hiel

    where’s the link for windows media player? what i could see is just for winamp n itunes

  • Bob

    Win7 x64 with WMP12.

    After installing, I was having problems using the scroll bar to see the bottom half of long lyrics. Plus, the links at the bottom of the lyrics were hidden underneath the WMP12 play button. Also, the plugin would disable itself everytime I restarted WMP12. In order to fix it, I had to select Tools/Plug-ins/Lyrics Plugin to disable and the re-enable the plugin.

    A longer term fix seems to be running WMP12 in Administrator mode all the time. To do this, right click on your WMP12 shortcut, select properties. Then select the Shortcut tab and click the Advanced button. Check the “Run as Administrator” box.

    Tip: After doing this, lyrics might not show up the first time you try to play a song. To fix it, press the Next button. It’ll force the lyrics to refresh. From that point forward in that session of WMP12, lyrics will show properly, you’ll be able to scroll, and you’ll be able to access the links at the bottom of the lyrics.

  • Anna

    THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!

  • chopper

    Works okay when moving from one song to the next, but if I go into Library and double-click on another track, then switch back to Now Playing, it just flashes a black screen and doesn’t display any lyrics. If I disable the plugin and re-enable it, it then works okay.The edit, SearchGoogle and configure buttons don’t work.

  • Aquila

    The older versions only give “upgrade to version 0.4″… no lyrics and no configure options. 0.4 Gives me the lyrics, but the screen is far too bright in white (ledscreen..), and configure gives me a blank page and a “Script Stopped” Javascript error. Updating java does NOT fix it.

    Anyone found a solution yet?

  • Aquila

    Now this is odd. I reset IE and revalidated it, and now the edit and configure buttons in 0.4 are working.

    For those of you with the same problem (the configure/ edit in V0.4 being a blank page), try this: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie8-windows_other/when-i-click-on-custom-level-in-the-security/aabdee10-5ff2-4ebe-a3cd-37bb2214974f

    • Kevin

      This worked! I copied and pasted each of the commands into Command Prompt, and though some of them failed or said the .dll wasn’t found, I restarted WMP and now the plug-in works perfectly! Thanks!

  • april

    How in the world do you save the lyrics after you edit it? I don’t see any ‘save’ button any where..

  • Toju

    I love this software. Its like a private karaoke! Where does it find lyrics for even my most remote songs???

  • juliette

    Salut,
    J’ai téléchargé et éxécuté Lyrics plugin.msi mais quand je suis dans la barre d’outil il n’y a rien.
    Comment faut-il proceder pour l’installer véritablement dans media player.
    Merci

  • Juliette

    Hi,

    Sorry, I wrote in french.
    So, I downloaded and executed Lyrics plugin.msi bus when I’m in tools bar, there’s nothing.
    How I have to doing to instal it in media player ?

    Thanks very much

    • Aquila

      In WMP, in the menubar go to extra –> plugins (or if it’s hidden, the small arrow that appears below “playing” when you hover your mouse over it, and then plugins.) Click “Lyricsplugin” and it should start. You may need to restart the song. (the name of “Plugins” might be different, mine’s in dutch.).

  • juliette

    Merci Merci ^^

  • Walter

    Please help!!!
    I am using WMP12 in Win 7 64bit and IE9. When I clic the “edit” link an IE window opens, it shows me the lyrics but ther is no “save” or “submit” button to keep changes after you edit or add lyrics to a song.
    Thank you

  • Walter

    I found a solition!!!!!! (At leas for the system described above – Win7 64bit, IE9). I found that by pressing the TAB key several times the “save changes” button appears, just clicket and done!!!

    • Ross

      Thanks, Walter.
      This bug is erratic. Sometimes I got the “Save” button and sometimes I didn’t. Your simple fix works great.

  • long

    I put the Lyric Filr .lrc in the Source folder, same as the File mp3, and they have similar name. But, it doesn’t work??
    Anybody can help me???

  • Reza

    hi and tx
    i v got some problem to save displayed lyrics ,to see while I am not connected to internet ,some kind of tag to file .plz help

  • Reza

    by the way i use windows media player and windows7

  • rikboy

    Thanks my friend for sharing… It works…

  • Vinay

    great job man. it worked. brilliant !!!

  • keyur

    i cant download lyrics plugin how can i download it for windows media player 12

  • Steve

    MiniLyrics is the best lyrics player and editor I’ve found on the web so far, while it needs some improvement to achieve perfection, but the company (Crinsoft) doesn’t have a forum or sth like that, so users can’t bring questions and suggestions to help the development team to improve this program.

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