milkdrop2077
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10 months ago Technically this is pretty easy, the code exist to display some text and load some sprites, just need some minor edit, launch a timer and voila. it's been on the back of my head for quite some time now. I'm surprised no one did it before. Or maybe this guy did it : https://forums.winamp.com/forum/visualizations/milkdrop/milkdrop-development/305364-karaoke-and-effect-cue-version-of-milkdrop2 The main issue is where/how to get the lyrics and synchronize it with the music without spying on the system. The spotify api could be a solution. Or maybe I could create a new type of .milk3 file that support more parameters like mp3=song.mp3 and lyrics=lyrics.txt, and I'll let MilkDrop3 playing directly the music and displaying the text and images. Could load a different preset per line of text too. That would be fun.
Damienlee69
I'm curious if it's possible to incorporate karaoke style lyrics? Maybe it could even pull some images to display on the sides and melt into the visuals. I remember the original had options to add sprites to hotkeys and your own text presets as well, so I can't imagine that part of it would be terribly difficult. I'm not sure of how and where lyrics can be pulled from, let alone how say, Spotify times the lyrics to music, but it sure would be cool feature. Currently I only see "Milkdrop 3" when I hit H for hard cutting. It used to be whenever the song changed it would display the song name. I realize this is a technical limitation of Milkdrop only listening to sound and not being directly connected to the music service, however I know you can link into your Spotify api via the dev section: https://developer.spotify.com/. Maybe it can be utilized somehow by those who would want to link directly to their Spotify for a more feature rich experience?
Edit: This sis supposed to be a feature request, but I can't find the option anywhere.