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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.
4# Related Links
5Please [click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/releases)to download the latest version of MusicPlayer2.
6
7Alternate link: Download from [Baidu Netdisk](https://pan.baidu.com/s/1i5QNwFF)
8
9# Main Features
10* Lyrics display
11* Mini mode
12* Lyrics karaoke style display
13* Show lyrics in the taskbar search box
14* Desktop lyrics display
15* Lyrics online download
16* lyrics editing
17* Song tag recognition and editing
18* Spectrum analysis
19* Album cover display
20* Auto match download lyrics and album cover
21* Sound effect settings (equalizer and reverb)
22* Taskbar thumbnail button
23* Theme color
24* Support for cue format
25* Background Gaussian Blur
26* Format conversion
27* Media library function
28# Operating Instructions
29You have the following ways to open and play a song:<br>
301. Select the "Open File" item on the File menu;<br>
312. Select the "Open folder" item on the File menu;<br>
323. 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>
334. Drag and drop the file or folder directly into the main window of the program;<br>
345. Drag and drop the file or folder directly onto the program's icon or its shortcut icon.<br>
35
36# Instructions for use
37
38**[Click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/wiki) to view the documentation (Only Chinese Available).**
39
40# Screen shoots
41
42Main window (UI2, light mode):
43
44<img src="Screenshots/Main_window.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
45
46Main window (UI2, dark mode):
47
48<img src="Screenshots/Main_window2.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
49
50Main window (UI1):
51
52<img src="Screenshots/main_window_ui1.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
53
54Main window (UI2):
55
56<img src="Screenshots/main_window_ui2.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
57
58Main window (UI3):
59
60<img src="Screenshots/main_window_ui3.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
61
62Main window (UI4):
63
64<img src="Screenshots/main_window_ui4.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
65
66Main window (UI5):
67
68<img src="Screenshots/main_window_ui5.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
69
70Mini mode:
71
72<img src="Screenshots/Mini_mode.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
73
74Show lyrics in Cortana search box
75
76<img src="Screenshots/Cortana_lyric.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
77
78Desktop lyrics
79
80<img src="Screenshots/desktop_lyric.jpg" style="zoom:80%;" />
81
82Option settings - Appearance Settings
83
84<img src="Screenshots/en_us/options.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
85
86Option settings - General Settings
87
88<img src="Screenshots/en_us/options2.png" style="zoom:80%;" />
89
90# Update log
91**[Click here to view the update log.](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/Documents/update_log_en-us.md)**