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16736ea54SZhong Yang**[简体中文](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/README.md) | English**<br>
26736ea54SZhong Yang# MusicPlayer2 Introduction
36736ea54SZhong 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>
46736ea54SZhong Yang# Related Links<br>
56736ea54SZhong YangPlease [click here](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/releases)to download the latest version of MusicPlayer2.<br>
66736ea54SZhong YangAlternate link: Download from [Baidu Netdisk](https://pan.baidu.com/s/1i5QNwFF)<br>
76736ea54SZhong Yang# Main Features
86736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics display
96736ea54SZhong Yang* Mini mode
106736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics karaoke style display
116736ea54SZhong Yang* Show lyrics in Cortana search box
126736ea54SZhong Yang* Lyrics online download
136736ea54SZhong Yang* lyrics editing
146736ea54SZhong Yang* Song tag recognition
156736ea54SZhong Yang* Song tag editing (currently only ID3V1 is supported)
166736ea54SZhong Yang* Spectrum analysis
176736ea54SZhong Yang* Album cover display
186736ea54SZhong Yang* Auto match download lyrics and album cover
196736ea54SZhong Yang* Sound effect settings (equalizer and reverb)
206736ea54SZhong Yang* Taskbar thumbnail button
216736ea54SZhong Yang* Theme color
226736ea54SZhong Yang* Support for cue foramt
236736ea54SZhong Yang* Background Gaussian Blur
246736ea54SZhong Yang* Format conversion
256736ea54SZhong Yang# Operating Instructions
266736ea54SZhong YangYou have the following ways to open and play a song:<br>
276736ea54SZhong Yang1. Select the "Open File" item on the File menu;<br>
286736ea54SZhong Yang2. Select the "Open folder" item on the File menu;<br>
296736ea54SZhong 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>
306736ea54SZhong Yang4. Drag and drop the file or folder directly into the main window of the program;<br>
316736ea54SZhong Yang5. Drag and drop the file or folder directly onto the program's icon or its shortcut icon.<br>
326736ea54SZhong Yang# Screen shoots
336736ea54SZhong YangMain window:<br>
343fcb9caeSZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/en_us/Main_window.png)<br>
353a32e6ccSZhong YangMain window (Hide playlist):<br>
363fcb9caeSZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/en_us/Main_window2.png)<br>
376736ea54SZhong YangMini mode:<br>
386736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Mini_mode.png)<br>
396736ea54SZhong YangShow lyrics in Cortana search box<br>
406736ea54SZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/Cortana_lyric.png)<br>
413fcb9caeSZhong YangOption settings - Appearance Settings<br>
423fcb9caeSZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/en_us/options.png)<br>
433fcb9caeSZhong YangOption settings - General Settings<br>
443fcb9caeSZhong Yang![](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/raw/master/Screenshots/en_us/options2.png)<br>
4576921b6fSZhong Yang# Update log
46*6af26e93SZhong Yang**[Click here to view the update log.](https://github.com/zhongyang219/MusicPlayer2/blob/master/Documents/update_log_en-us.md)**