Synchronized Lyrics dialog box

Use the Synchronized Lyrics dialog box to add lyrics that are displayed at the times you specify during playback of a file.

The following options are listed in the Synchronized Lyrics dialog box:

Description

Click Add then type a description. For each description, you can have multiple entries in the timeline.

Language and Content type

Lists the available languages and content types for the lyrics.

Timeline

Click Add and then type the lyric text and the time at which you want the text to be displayed. When you play back the file, the text for each entry in the timeline is displayed at the specified time. The entry is replaced when the timeline reaches the starting time for another entry.

On the graphical timeline, vertical bars indicate each point at which you have added a lyric. To synchronize an entry by playing the file, double-click the bar, and then click Play. The file will begin playing from that entry; you can drag the bar to a different location if you want to change the display time.

Notes

• To view synchronized lyrics, you must turn on captions and subtitles.
• You can also add static lyrics to a file. Any static lyrics are displayed when the file begins playing and are displayed during playback. A file can contain both static and synchronized lyrics; however, only the synchronized lyrics are displayed in the captions and subtitles area during playback.
• Adding synchronized lyrics is only available on select versions of Windows. For more information, see Special features.

Related topics

• To add synchronized lyrics to a file
• To turn on captions or subtitles