This is proof that people who write these standards know nothing about actual implementation.

No, it only shows that they never expected devices with tiny 128x32 screens to be scrolling lyrics.

If you went to all the trouble of creating a lyric scroller, I think it would be silly to ignore the file standard just because you find it inelegant. If you don't follow the standard, then the only person who can make use of the software is you.

I'd love to see a future where I get my MP3s online and they include the lyrics already embedded in the file, directlly from the artist. Then all I'd have to do is stick them in the player and watch the lyrics go by...

Not that this is ever going to happen.

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Tony Fabris