Lyrixound for Windows

Supported players and browsers

Lyrixound does not install a plugin in every player. It reads the current song from Windows media controls. Audio recognition works for any app, even when Windows never receives a title. In the worst case, you can type the artist and title yourself. A title on screen still does not guarantee that a lyrics source has a match.

Tested

These apps have already been used with Lyrixound.

App	Status	What to do
Spotify	Works	No plugin. Play a song in the Spotify desktop app with Lyrixound open. Spotify lyrics on Windows
VLC	Works with a plugin	Desktop VLC was tested with vlc-win10smtc. Install and enable the plugin, restart VLC, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
VLC UWP	Works	The Microsoft Store edition is supported. No plugin is required.
AIMP	Works with a plugin	Tested with the AIMP SMTC plugin. Install it from the AIMP catalog, restart AIMP, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
iTunes	Works with a plugin	Tested with iTunes-SMTC. Install it, restart iTunes, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.

Browsers

Most modern browsers report the audio or video that is playing to Windows, so Lyrixound can follow YouTube and other music sites without an extension.

Browser	Status	What to do
Google Chrome	Works	Tested. No extension needed.
Microsoft Edge	Works	Tested. No extension needed.
Firefox	Works	Tested. No extension needed.
Brave	Works	Tested. No extension needed.
Tor Browser	Not supported	Not tested in Lyrixound. It is listed as not reporting the current media title to Windows. Audio recognition can still try to identify the song.

Web apps

These work if you open them in a supported browser. No extension is required.

Site	Status	What to do
YouTube	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a video. YouTube lyrics on Windows
Yandex Music	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.
SoundCloud	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.
TIDAL	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.
Apple Music	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.
Amazon Music	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.
Deezer	Works	Open it in a supported browser and play a track.

Not tested yet

Lyrixound has not been tried with the apps below. Where a status is “expected,” it comes from the community list of which apps report a title and artist to Windows, not from a Lyrixound test.

App	Status	What to do
foobar2000	Expected to work	Version 1.5.1 or newer is expected to work with no plugin.
MediaMonkey	Expected to work	Expected to report the title and artist with no plugin.
Winamp	Plugin expected	Expected to need gen_smtc. Install it, restart Winamp, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
MusicBee	Plugin expected	Expected to need mb_MediaControl. Install that MusicBee plugin, restart MusicBee, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
mpv	Plugin expected	Expected to need MPV-SMTC or MPVMediaControl. Install one, restart mpv, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
DeaDBeeF	Plugin expected	Expected to need ddb_smtc. Install it, restart DeaDBeeF, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
NetEase Cloud Music	Plugin expected	Expected to need InfinityLink. Install it, restart the player, play a track, and leave Lyrixound open.
Clementine	Unknown	Clementine says it has native Windows media controls, but no Clementine SMTC plugin was verified. If you try it, tell us whether the current song appears.
PotPlayer	Not supported	Windows does not receive a title from this app. Audio recognition can still try to identify the song.
KMPlayer	Not supported	Windows does not receive a title from this app. Audio recognition can still try to identify the song.
Audacious	Not supported	Windows does not receive a title from this app. Audio recognition can still try to identify the song.

Untested expectations are based on the ModernFlyouts GSMTC support list. That list was not retested app by app in Lyrixound.