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Sadly the ability to show lyrics on musical files isn't as "standardized" as on video files. The MKV container is great for that, with the ability to add subtit
by m-p-3 5y ago
Sadly the ability to show lyrics on musical files isn't as "standardized" as on video files. The MKV container is great for that, with the ability to add subtitle files as additional data streams, and most players are able to handle it. I wish the FLAC format would actually decide on an actual tagging standard for synced and unsynced lyrics data.
It's probably because the use of lyrics file is too much of a niche compared to video subs.
- bombcar 5y agoDoes the MKV container work without a video track? Is there any player that can handle "using" MKV for audio files?
- hatsuseno 5y agoI've had no issues using either mplayer on *nix, or foobar2k on windows for audio-only MKV.
- alternatetwo 5y agoTypically you'd name the extension ".mka" then. Any reasonably modern player using ffmpeg libraries for decoding should be able to deal with them fine. Fun fact: There's also ".mks" for only including subs.
- bombcar 5y agohttps://www.matroska.org/technical/codec_specs.html https://www.matroska.org/technical/codec_specs.html - it seems that .mka would be perfect, it supports all codecs basically, and so you can losslessly move audio into the container and back out if needed. You still need players that would understand how to display subtitles for a .mka container.
- Isthatablackgsd 5y agoYea they can, MKV is just a container. If you open up MKV container via MKVToolNix, Handbrake or MediaInfo, you will see various formats in there. Though, not all audio/music players have a support for MKV and its variant.
- m-p-3 5y agoProbably, I know I could create an MKV file with only Blu-Ray subtitle tracks (I archive the original when ripping my own stuff) and it was actually stored as a MKS. So I assume the same can be done with audio.