todo: remove old/not working lyrics providers

[nullobsi]

Many lyrics providers are old and do not function correctly anymore. To improve experience, those that do not work should be removed.

[coffseducation]

Has the lyrics_providers.xml file been removed altogether? I cannot locate it in the Cantata directories and no lyrics ever seem to populate anymore!
Could more contemporary providers be added?

<provider name="lyrics.ovh" charset="utf-8" url="https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/{artist}/{title}"> <urlFormat replace=" ._@,;&\/()'\"-?" with=""/> <extract> <item tag="&quot;lyrics&quot;"/> </extract> <exclude> <item begin="&quot;error&quot;" end="&quot;No lyrics found&quot;"/> </exclude> </provider>

[nullobsi]

check: https://github.com/nullobsi/cantata/blob/main/context/lyrics_providers.xml

if it works, feel free to edit the file on github and make a pull request 😄

[maxmitti]

@coffseducation, it’s good to know about this API. Since lyrics.ovh responds in JSON, a C++ implementation is probably a better solution (which I can look into someday).

You may also be interested in #122.
Feedback is welcome.

[coffseducation]

if it works, feel free to edit the file on github and make a pull request

After some research I touched new files:

/home/anarcho/.local/share/Cantata/config/lyrics_lyrics_ovh.xml
/home/anarcho/.local/share/Cantata/config/lyrics_providers.xml
and
/usr/share/Cantata/config/lyrics_providers.xml

I cannot get it to work. Were is the file meant to be placed?

[maxmitti]

The lyrics_providers.xml is not implemented as a classic configuration file.
It is embedded into Cantata at compile time.
You have to change the file in the source code and then compile Cantata.

[coffseducation]

You have to change the file in the source code and then compile Cantata.

Ah, ok! (Was that always the case?)
I will bow out at this point as that is beyond me. I will leave it to the experts.