LRC is a lyrics file format with time tags for synchronizing lyrics with audio/video files. Currently, there are 2 kinds of LRC formats: Simple LRC and Enhanced LRC formats.

Simple LRC format is a lyrics format introduced by Kuo (Djohan) Shiang-shiang's Lyrics Displayer which was probably the first program trying to simulate Karaoke performance. "Simple LRC" contains Line Time Tags [mm:ss.xx] only:

[mm:ss.xx] lyrics line 1
[mm:ss.xx] lyrics line 2
...
...
...
[mm:ss.xx] last lyrics line

and can't be used for supporting real-time word-by-word coloring because there is no time tag to specify when a word (syllable) or a line (last word of the line) is going to start/stop.

Seeing the defect of the Simple LRC format, the designer of Media Commands developed the Enhanced LRC format by adding an extra time tag, Word Time tag <mm:ss.xx> to it:

[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> word 1 of line 1 <mm:ss.xx> word 2 of line 1 <mm:ss.xx> ... last word of line 1 <mm:ss.xx>
[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> word 1 of line 2 <mm:ss.xx> word 2 of line 2 <mm:ss.xx> ... last word of line 2 <mm:ss.xx>
...
...
...
[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> word 1 of last line <mm:ss.xx> word 2 of last line <mm:ss.xx> ... last word of last line <mm:ss.xx>

so that the Karaoke performance was greatly improved, and that's how you can enjoy real Karaoke show at home with Media Commands.

Download and try some of our professionally synchronized samples of "Enhanced LRC" lyrics. You can also learn how to produce professional "Enhanced LRC" lyrics file using the Lyrics Editor from our tutorial. For some people, making an "Enhanced LRC" file may be a tedious work. We suggest user to start with "Simple LRC" first, which is much faster to create and synchronize. But before you do-it-yourself, you may want to try some LRC files synchronized by other users from some of the LRC sites.