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1**[简体中文](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/README.md) | English**<br>
2# MusicPlayer2 Introduction
3MusicPlayer2 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# Related Links<br>
5Please [click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/releases)to download the latest version of MusicPlayer2.<br>
6Alternate link: Download from [Baidu Netdisk](https://pan.baidu.com/s/1i5QNwFF)<br>
7# Main Features
8* Lyrics display
9* Mini mode
10* Lyrics karaoke style display
11* Show lyrics in the taskbar search box
12* Desktop lyrics display
13* Lyrics online download
14* lyrics editing
15* Song tag recognition and editing
16* Spectrum analysis
17* Album cover display
18* Auto match download lyrics and album cover
19* Sound effect settings (equalizer and reverb)
20* Taskbar thumbnail button
21* Theme color
22* Support for cue format
23* Background Gaussian Blur
24* Format conversion
25* Media library function
26# Operating Instructions
27You have the following ways to open and play a song:<br>
281. Select the "Open File" item on the File menu;<br>
292. Select the "Open folder" item on the File menu;<br>
303. 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>
314. Drag and drop the file or folder directly into the main window of the program;<br>
325. Drag and drop the file or folder directly onto the program's icon or its shortcut icon.<br>
33
34# Instructions for use
35
36**[Click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/wiki) to view the documentation (Only Chinese Available).**
37
38# Screen shoots
39
40Main window:<br>
41<img src="Screenshots/en_us/Main_window.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
42Main window (Hide playlist):<br>
43<img src="Screenshots/en_us/Main_window2.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
44Mini mode:<br>
45<img src="Screenshots/Mini_mode.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
46Show lyrics in Cortana search box<br>
47<img src="Screenshots/Cortana_lyric.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
48<br>Desktop lyrics<br>
49<img src="Screenshots/desktop_lyric.jpg" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
50Option settings - Appearance Settings<br>
51<img src="Screenshots/en_us/options.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
52Option settings - General Settings<br>
53<img src="Screenshots/en_us/options2.png" style="zoom:80%;" /><br>
54# Update log
55**[Click here to view the update log.](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/Documents/update_log_en-us.md)**