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Lyrics: Allow using sidecar files (.lrc) for lyrics #6396

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@arsaboo

Right now, we are saving lyrics in the Beets database, which is often inaccessible outside of Beets. Several players (e.g., Plexamp) support .lrc sidecar files. It will be great to have a config option to save the .lrc file separately.

This has been discussed several times:

#6128
https://discourse.beets.io/t/download-lyrics-as-separate-file/1707

Another related request that often comes up is using an existing .lrc file. We should also be able to use the existing .lrc file to embed lyrics in the Beets database. See:

https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-does-beets-do-with-already-existing-lrc-files/2654

cc: @snejus

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