Starting with v1.5.086, TKaraoke will ship with an offline lyrics db cache. This cache will provide lyrics data for well-known songs so the user doesn't need to perform an Online Lyrics Update.

The cache is based on known file names. Basically this factory-default cache contains lyric and songwriter info for about 31000 songs on my collection. If your songs have the same name as mine (only the name matters, where the songs are located on disk is irrelevant), TKaraoke will be able to provide lyric and songwriter info by just using this factory-supplied cache file.

I generated this cache file by performing the following:
1. Add about 31000 songs to TKaraoke
2. Peform Full Lyrics Update (got around 94% coverage)
3. In TKaraoke, click on Export Lyrics Cache to get the cache file

Now if I install TKaraokePro build 086 or later on a brand new machine and add in the above 31000 songs, TKaraoke will be able to instantly provide lyric and songwriter info for about 94% of the songs w/o having to perform any Lyrics Update.

You can do the above steps too to export your own cache. If you provide us with your cache, we can incorporate it into the factory-supply cache so that in the next build, TKaraoke will have more lyric coverage for your collection w/o performing an Online Lyrics Update.


Build 086 also has a new feature to count how many songs currently don't have lyrics coverage. Click on Tools --> Count Songs Without Lyrics to use this feature. This info can be used to estimate the quality of the offline cache.

Edited by user Thursday, January 01, 2015 2:17:42 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified