Lyric Timer 0.2.1
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Make timed lyrics for any song: tap along as it plays, preview them
lighting up line by line, and export LRC, SRT, VTT, text or JSON.
Everything runs on your computer: no account, no upload, no server.


INSTALL (Windows 10 and 11)
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1. Unzip the download: right-click the zip and choose Extract All
   (or click it once and press "Extract all" at the top of the window).
   The installer can't run from inside the zip.
2. In the unzipped folder, double-click "Install Lyric Timer".
   Windows may check first. Either way, it's safe to go ahead:
   - "Open File - Security Warning" ("The publisher could not be
     verified"): click Run.
   - A blue "Windows protected your PC" box: click "More info",
     then "Run anyway".
   The installer is a plain PowerShell script (files\install.ps1) you
   can read in Notepad first.
3. Lyric Timer opens by itself when it's installed. Next time, open it
   from the Start menu (press Start, type Lyric Timer) or the desktop.

For an illustrated, step-by-step guide, open "How to use Lyric Timer"
in this folder. The app also shows it the first time you use it.

It installs for your user only, without admin rights, to
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Lyric Timer
and opens in its own window using Microsoft Edge (or Google Chrome if Edge
isn't there, or your default browser as a last resort).

Installing a newer version over an older one keeps your work.


UNINSTALL
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Settings > Apps > Installed apps > Lyric Timer > Uninstall,
or run Uninstall.cmd in the program folder.

Uninstalling never touches your songs or the lyric files you exported.


HOW IT WORKS
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1. Lyrics   Choose a song. Suno MP3s bring their lyrics and cover with
            them; otherwise paste the lyrics, or import an .lrc or .txt.
2. Time     Press Space to play, then Space as each line begins.
            Backspace undoes.
   Fixing   Click a line to select it (its time doesn't change), then
            Left/Right move it a tenth of a second earlier or later,
            Enter plays it and Up/Down pick another line.
3. Preview  Watch the lyrics follow the song. "Fix the lit line's
            timing" takes you straight to a line that's off.
4. Export   LRC for music players, SRT for video editors and YouTube,
            VTT for web video, plus plain text and JSON.

The song you're working on (and its lyrics and timing) is kept in the
app until you click "New song".


WITHOUT INSTALLING
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You can also just open files\app\index.html (in the download) in Edge or
Chrome. It's the whole app in one file.
