@sardior (Sorry, I'm an incurable pedant - not being rude!) Fyi, all audio formats (bar 'raw') are encoded (even stuff like FLAC). M4P files are encrypted - that's the issue (with Strawberry).

Kind Regards, Jon

Right-click the track, select "Edit track information...", and select the Lyrics tab in the new dialog. Paste your lyrics into the text box, and click "Save".

Re lyrics sources, select the "Tools" main menu item, and select "Settings...". In the dialog box, select the "Lyrics" option (under "General". There you can see all of the lyrics providers available to Strawberry. Select as many as you like! Or maybe just try one at a time until you get the desired lyrics.

If none of the above helps, click on the "Search" icon (magnifying glass), top right-hand side of this forum, and enter "lyrics" - you'll get a list of queries forum members have re lyrics - maybe one of those will help you.

@Gary-K Have you tried renaming your track files, to include a leading track number? E.g.
01 - Hello Goodbye.mp3
02 - We Can Work It Out.mp3
etc.

If that's the case, it's not too difficult to write a (e.g. Linux bash) script, to extract track number from the metadata, and rename the file appropriately. You'd need something like mp3info, or metaflac to get the track number metadata.

Right-click the track, select "Edit track information...", and select the Lyrics tab in the new dialog. Paste your lyrics into the text box, and click "Save".

Re lyrics sources, select the "Tools" main menu item, and select "Settings...". In the dialog box, select the "Lyrics" option (under "General". There you can see all of the lyrics providers available to Strawberry. Select as many as you like! Or maybe just try one at a time until you get the desired lyrics.

If none of the above helps, click on the "Search" icon (magnifying glass), top right-hand side of this forum, and enter "lyrics" - you'll get a list of queries forum members have re lyrics - maybe one of those will help you.

@frostypaw I assume you've tried the "Newest tracks" Smart Playlist?

@lynkiii Have you looked at https://wiki.strawberrymusicplayer.org/wiki/Main_Page#Troubleshooting ?

@sardior (Sorry, I'm an incurable pedant - not being rude!) Fyi, all audio formats (bar 'raw') are encoded (even stuff like FLAC). M4P files are encrypted - that's the issue (with Strawberry).

Kind Regards, Jon

@rlkeeney Any clues in the system log? Maybe leave 'journalctl -f' running in a terminal, and Alt-Tab to it, when the next lock occurs.

@ank99 yeah, did make a plea, shortly before your 'Keep' message...

@ank99 I had one experience of attempting to create a Wikipedia page (it was for a UK local radio station - broadcasting on both FM and DAB - all official stuff - attracts plenty of advertising - basically pretty successful). Once a moderator (or whatever they're called) gets their teeth into your submission, it becomes a labyrinthine nightmare. After months of to'ing & fro'ing, I gave up. Never returned to editing - it was a daunting, hostile, unhelpful experience.

Apologies if this is too trivial to bother with, but the description field for Strawberry Lite on the AUR repositories contains a typo ('fautures', should be 'features'):

$ pamac search -a strawberry
strawberry-lite-git 1.2.3.r1.g8604a39d9-2 AUR
A music player aimed at audio enthusiasts and music collectors, fewer fautures, Gstreamer and alsa
only
strawberry-lite 1.2.3-1 AUR
A music player aimed at audio enthusiasts and music collectors, fewer fautures, Gstreamer and alsa
only
strawberry-git 1.2.3.r1.g8604a39d9-1 AUR
A music player aimed at audio enthusiasts and music collectors
strawberry 1.2.3-1 [Installed] extra
A music player aimed at audio enthusiasts and music collectors

Re funding Strawberry going forward - Lyrion (LMS) have raised a tidy sum (more than their target), to support hosting costs, development, etc. via the Open Collective initiative. Monthly subscriptions (currently suspended) and one-off donations are simple to do. (I've done the latter.) See https://forums.slimdevices.com/forum/user-forums/general-discussion/1731033-announce-open-collective-fundraising-initiative if interested.
I wouldn't object to a discreet 'Donate' button (maybe in the main interface menu bar?)