FR: use a custom fetch lyrics bash script

[eadmaster]

I'd like to use a custom bash script to fetch/select the lyrics file to load for each song.
For each invocation the script will receive the current song metadata as args and return an absolute lrc filepath on stdout.

This way i could easily add neat things like fuzzy file matching, searching in compressed archives, transliteration filters, etc.

EDIT: FR reworked as a more reusable one.

[eadmaster]

After checking the code a bit, this seems doable implementing a custom lyricsource in python.

I've found the osdlyrics-create-lyricsource command and the /usr/local/lib/osdlyrics/lyricsources/ path for the current sources, but i still need some extra guidance.

Can you link me some docs on how to do it?

[PedroHLC]

This is how I've added ViewLyrics back in 2013:
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[eadmaster]

ok, i was able to add my custom source by adding a service file in $HOME/.local/share/dbus-1/services/.

For easier debugging is there a way to log messages on stdout from the python script?

[PedroHLC]

You can run the daemon with python /usr/lib/osdlyrics/daemon/main.py, but I'm not sure if that affects lyrics-sources as those are triggered through dbus...
(Sorry it's been ages since I last coded for this codebase)

[eadmaster]

You can run the daemon with python /usr/lib/osdlyrics/daemon/main.py, but I'm not sure if that affects lyrics-sources as those are triggered through dbus...
(Sorry it's been ages since I last coded for this codebase)

ok i can start the daemon manually this way, but i do not see any line of logging coming from the lyrics source plugins.