Single Song Editing

The single-song editor is Lyrico's core screen for viewing and editing all metadata for one track.

Opening the Editor

There are several ways to open the editor:

• In the Songs tab, artist detail, album detail, or local search results, tap any song.
• Open or share an audio file from another app (like a file manager) to Lyrico to jump directly to the editor.

Tapping does not play

Tapping a song opens the metadata editor by default, not playback. To play, use "Play Music" from the more menu or tap the play button in the editor.

Editor Layout

The editor is divided into the following areas, top to bottom:

Area	Purpose
Top bar	Save button, play button, more options
Search bar	Enter keywords to search online metadata and lyrics via plugins
Cover area	View, change, search, or remove cover art
Tag fields	Title, artist, album, album artist, year, genre, track number, disc number, composer, lyricist, comment, etc.
Lyrics area	View, import, export, format lyrics; simplify/traditionalize; adjust timing
ReplayGain area	Calculate track gain and peak
Custom tags	Manage custom tags (requires adding visible custom tag keys in settings first)

If some fields are missing from the editor, they may be hidden by Field Visibility Settings. Hidden fields are preserved in the file and not cleared on save. See Metadata Processing.

Edit Tags and Save

Steps:

1. Open the editor, modify any fields you want to change. Empty fields can be filled; filled fields can be edited or cleared.
2. Tap the Save button in the top toolbar.
3. "Saved successfully" confirms changes were written. If saving fails, the error reason is shown.

Important:

• Search results, cover selections, lyrics processing, and ReplayGain calculations only update the editor's temporary content.
• Changes are written to the audio file only when you tap Save.
• Some Android versions or specific directories may prompt additional permission requests—follow the on-screen instructions.

Search Lyrics and Metadata

Use plugins to search online song metadata to fill in title, artist, lyrics, and other fields.

Steps:

1. Open the editor. The search bar is pre-filled with the current song's title + artist as keywords. If the song has no title or artist tags, the filename is used instead.
2. Tap the search button (or press Enter). Lyrico queries enabled plugins for matching songs.
3. Search results are shown under "All" and per-plugin-source tabs.
4. Tap a search result to view its metadata and lyrics.
5. Choose an action:
   • Apply: Apply both the selected metadata fields and lyrics to the editor.
   • Lyrics Only: Apply only the lyrics to the editor.
6. Back in the editor, review the content, then tap Save.

No search results?

Check that at least one plugin supporting song search is installed and enabled in Settings → Search Settings → Plugin Management, and that plugin configuration is complete. See Using Plugins.

Cover Operations

Tap the cover area or "Cover Options" in the editor to:

Action	Description
Change Cover	Pick a local image from the system picker
Search Cover Online	Search covers via enabled plugins
Use Same-Album Cover	Use the first readable cover found from songs in the same album
Remove Cover	Delete the current cover
Save Cover	Export the current cover to the system pictures directory
Crop Image	Crop the current cover before applying

Online cover search requires a plugin that supports cover search.

Lyrics Operations

Tap "Lyrics Options" to:

Action	Description
Import	Read lyrics from a text file as UTF-8
Export	Export current lyrics. TTML exports as .ttml, others as .lrc; empty lyrics are not exported
Simplify / Traditionalize	Convert lyrics between Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Lyric Offset	Adjust timing with -500, -100, +100, +500 ms buttons
Format Lyrics	Convert format, sort by line, remove empty lines, or strip non-lyric content
View Lyrics Text	Render word-level lyrics as plain text, with options to toggle romanization and translation

Format limitations

Formatting lyrics cannot generate word-level timings from scratch. If the source lacks word-level timing data, it cannot be converted to a word-timed format.

Lyric offsets are in milliseconds. Positive values shift everything later; negative values shift everything earlier.

ReplayGain

ReplayGain normalizes playback volume across different tracks.

Steps:

1. Find the ReplayGain section in the editor.
2. Tap Calculate ReplayGain. Lyrico analyzes the current audio.
3. Once complete, track gain, track peak, and reference loudness fields are populated in the editor.
4. Tap Save to write these values to the audio file.

You can cancel the calculation at any time. Existing ReplayGain values can be recalculated to override.

More Menu

The editor's more menu includes:

• Song Info: View detailed file info (duration, bitrate, sample rate, channels, path, size, etc.), copy content.
• Share Song: Send the audio file via the system share sheet.
• Rename File: Rename the file while keeping the extension (does not modify the title tag).
• Delete Song: Delete the local audio file. Cannot be undone.