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<h2 class="l2">
<a name="l2_how to create lrc files"></a>How to create LRC files</h2>
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<a class="LMDH" href="#l3_notes on creating lrc files">Notes on creating LRC files</a>
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<div class="b">
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<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="1">
<p>Prepare an audio file for which you intend to display lyrics during playback.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="2">
<p>Open Notepad.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_proc_body">Click [start] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> [All programs] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> [Accessories] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> [Notepad] to open it.</div>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="3">
<p>Type lyrics text into Notepad.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ul class="step_bull">
<li>
<p>	The screen images are of Windows Vista.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0010.png"></div>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="4">
<p>Play back the audio file to check the time [minutes:seconds:hundredths of a second] for displaying each text line, then enter the time information to the left of the text line.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0020.png"></div>
<ul class="step_bull">
<li>
<p>	<span class="bold">Examples:</span>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0030.png"></div>
<div class="step_proc_body">
<span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32b.png" class="so_uni"></span> Time information</div>
<div class="step_proc_body">[mm:ss:xx] where mm means minutes, ss means seconds, and xx means hundredths of a second. Enter mm, ss and xx in two digits. Use a colon to separate values.</div>
<div class="step_proc_body">
<span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32c.png" class="so_uni"></span> Lyric text line</div>
<div class="step_proc_body">The player recognizes up to 95 characters to display the text line on the screen. If a text line cannot fit in the screen, it will be wrapped (up to 3 lines). Characters beyond 3 lines will not be displayed.</div>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0040.png"></div>
<div class="step_proc_body">You can separate seconds and hundredths of a second by a period instead of a colon.</div>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0050.png"></div>
<div class="step_proc_body">You can omit hundredths of a second.</div>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="5">
<p>After finishing lyrics text input, save it as a file.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_proc_body">Select [File] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> [Save As&hellip;] to open the [Save As] screen. Select [All Files] in the [Save as type:] list at the bottom of the screen. Select [UTF-8] in the [Encode:] list. Enter the file name into the [File name:] text box. The file name must be the same as the audio file, with extension &ldquo;.lrc&rdquo;. Click [Save] to save the LRC file.</div>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/i_lrc0060.png"></div>
<ol class="step_sub_h2">
<li value="1" style="background-image:url(../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32b.png);">
<p>	[File name:]</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_sub_h2_body">Enter the same file name as the audio file, with extension &ldquo;.lrc&rdquo; (for example, &ldquo;abc.lrc&rdquo; for an audio file &ldquo;abc.mp3&rdquo;).</div>
<ol class="step_sub_h2">
<li value="1" style="background-image:url(../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32c.png);">
<p>	[Save as type:]</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_sub_h2_body">Select [All Files] in the [Save as type:] list.</div>
<ol class="step_sub_h2">
<li value="1" style="background-image:url(../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32d.png);">
<p>	[Save]</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol class="step_sub_h2">
<li value="1" style="background-image:url(../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e32e.png);">
<p>	[Encoding:]</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_sub_h2_body">Select [UTF-8] in the [Encode:] list.</div>
<div class="step_proc_body">The maximum size of LRC files is 512 KB.</div>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="6">
<p>Create a new folder in the [MUSIC] folder of the player, then drag and drop both the audio file and LRC file into the new folder to transfer them.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="7">
<p>From the Home menu of the player, select <img alt="" src="../../../../../common/commonillusts/yit/hm_music/chm_music.png"> [Music] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> desired search method <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> transferred song.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol class="step_proc">
<li value="8">
<p>Press the OPTION/PWR OFF button to bring up the option menu, then select [Display Lyrics] <span class="sony_uni"><img alt="" src="../../../../../common/fontimages/souni/souni_e172.png" class="so_uni"></span> [On] or [On (No Screen Off)].</p>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="step_proc_body">The lyrics are displayed on the screen, synchronizing with audio playback.</div>
<h4 class="l4">Lyrics display on the player</h4>
<div class="illust_step">
<img alt="" src="../../../../partimages/s_12741_62.png"></div>
<h3 class="l3">
<a name="l3_notes on creating lrc files"></a>Notes on creating LRC files</h3>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	The text encoding of LRC files must be UTF-8.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	An LRC file must have the same file name as the audio file, with extension &ldquo;.lrc&rdquo;. Otherwise, the player cannot recognize the LRC file.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	The maximum size of LRC files is 512 KB.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 class="l4">Notes on lyrics text</h4>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	A character string that follows time information at the beginning of the text line is recognized as a lyric text line.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	Space characters (both 1-byte and 2-byte) immediately following time information will be ignored.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	Maximum number of displayable characters for each lyric text line</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_hyph">
<li>
<p>	The player recognizes up to 95 characters to display the text line on the screen. Characters beyond this limitation are not displayed.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_hyph">
<li>
<p>	If a text line cannot fit in the screen, it will be wrapped (up to 3 lines). Characters beyond 3 lines will not be displayed.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	The player can display up to 1024 lines of lyrics for each song.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 class="l4">Notes on new line control characters</h4>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	Any CR, CRLF and LF is recognized properly.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	A text line that contains only a new line is skipped.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 class="l4">Notes on LRC file format</h4>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	Time information must be at the beginning of a text line. Otherwise, it will be ignored and the number of displayable character may decrease.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	Time information must be entered in chronological order. If a line&rsquo;s time information is chronologically equal or before the previous line, the line will be skipped. In this case, text lines will also be skipped until a text line with time information that follows chronologically the last accepted line.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	A text line that contains time information only is displayed as a blank line (treated as a text that contains no characters).</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="sub_bull">
<li>
<p>	The player supports only lyrics display and does not support other information of LRC file format.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 class="l4">Copyright notice</h4>
<div class="b">When creating LRC files using copyrighted materials authored by others, created LRC files are limited to private use only. Use of LRC files beyond this limitation requires permission of the copyright holders.</div>
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