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1*6736ea54SZhong Yang**[简体中文](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/README.md) | English**<br>
2*6736ea54SZhong Yang# MusicPlayer2 Introduction
3*6736ea54SZhong YangMusicPlayer2 is an audio player which with a collection of music playback, lyrics display, format conversion and many other functions. It supports lyrics display, lyrics karaoke style display, lyrics online download, lyrics editing, song tag recognition, album cover display, album cover online download, spectrum analysis, sound effect settings, taskbar thumbnail button, theme color, format conversion and other functions. The playback kernel is the Bass Audio Library (V2.4). The player supports almost all common audio formats. <br>
4*6736ea54SZhong Yang# Related Links<br>
5*6736ea54SZhong YangPlease [click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/releases)to download the latest version of MusicPlayer2.<br>
6*6736ea54SZhong YangAlternate link: Download from [Baidu Netdisk](https://pan.baidu.com/s/1i5QNwFF)<br>
7*6736ea54SZhong Yang# Main Features
8*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics display
9*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Mini mode
10*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics karaoke style display
11*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Show lyrics in Cortana search box
12*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics online download
13*6736ea54SZhong Yang* lyrics editing
14*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Song tag recognition
15*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Song tag editing (currently only ID3V1 is supported)
16*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Spectrum analysis
17*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Album cover display
18*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Auto match download lyrics and album cover
19*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Sound effect settings (equalizer and reverb)
20*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Taskbar thumbnail button
21*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Theme color
22*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Support for cue foramt
23*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Background Gaussian Blur
24*6736ea54SZhong Yang* Format conversion
25*6736ea54SZhong Yang# Operating Instructions
26*6736ea54SZhong YangYou have the following ways to open and play a song:<br>
27*6736ea54SZhong Yang1. Select the "Open File" item on the File menu;<br>
28*6736ea54SZhong Yang2. Select the "Open folder" item on the File menu;<br>
29*6736ea54SZhong Yang3. Click the "Select Folder" button or select the "Select Folder" item on the "Tools" menu, select a recently played folder in the popped up dialog, or click the "Open new folder" button to play a new folder;<br>
30*6736ea54SZhong Yang4. Drag and drop the file or folder directly into the main window of the program;<br>
31*6736ea54SZhong Yang5. Drag and drop the file or folder directly onto the program's icon or its shortcut icon.<br>
32*6736ea54SZhong Yang# Screen shoots
33*6736ea54SZhong YangMain window:<br>
34*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Main_window.png)<br>
35*6736ea54SZhong YangMain window (when the window width becomes smaller):<br>
36*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Main_window2.png)<br>
37*6736ea54SZhong YangMini mode:<br>
38*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Mini_mode.png)<br>
39*6736ea54SZhong YangShow lyrics in Cortana search box<br>
40*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Cortana_lyric.png)<br>
41*6736ea54SZhong YangOption settings<br>
42*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/options.png)<br>
43*6736ea54SZhong YangLyric download<br>
44*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Lyric_download.png)<br>
45*6736ea54SZhong YangLyric batch download<br>
46*6736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Lyric_batch_download.png)<br>
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