Many Xiaomi smartphone owners face a pleasant but sometimes confusing moment: when playing a track in a standard player or third-party application, the words of the song are displayed on the screen. However, it often happens that instead of text, the user sees a void or a set of incomprehensible characters, this is because digital audio files do not always contain embedded metadata that the MIUI or HyperOS operating system understands.
Inserting text into music on Xiaomi devices is a process that can range from simple activation of a function in settings to manual editing of file service tags. Modern Xiaomi smartphones have powerful multimedia capabilities, but the correct operation of the Lyrics feature (song lyrics) often requires pre-production of files. Without this, even the highest quality track will be played without verbal accompaniment.
In this tutorial, we'll go into detail on all the ways to solve this problem, learn how to automatically find words, how to manually write them into files, and what applications do the best job on the Xiaomi shell, and by understanding the metadata structure, you'll turn your music library into a full-fledged karaoke center in your pocket.
Automatically receive texts in a standard player
The easiest way to activate this option is to use the built-in search function, the standard Xiaomi player (Music) has access to online databases. To activate this option, you need to open the playable track and click on the icon, usually located in the corner of the screen or in the “More” menu. If the Internet connection is stable, the system will try to find a match by the track name and artist.
However, automatic search does not always work perfectly. Algorithms can be mistaken if the file name is distorted, or if the track is a rare remix that is not available in databases. In such cases, the system will offer several options, and the user will have to choose the correct manually. Synchronization in this mode occurs automatically, but only if the file found contains time stamps.
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If the automatic search doesn’t find the text, try renaming the file, leaving only the song name and the artist’s name in the Latin alphabet, then try again.
It is worth considering that online search requires an active network connection to work. In flight mode or when a bad signal is not activated, it is also important to check the privacy settings: sometimes network access for a player can be limited in the security section of the phone.
- 🎵 Open the tracks through the standard Music app on the home screen.
- 🌐 Make sure that the settings allow access to mobile Internet or Wi-Fi.
- 🔍 Click on the “Find text” button or microphone icon in the player interface.
- 📝 If you find several options, choose the most suitable for duration and style.
Manual editing of tags through a computer
The most reliable method to ensure that text is displayed on any device, including Xiaomi, is to insert words directly into the structure of the audio file. This uses the ID3 tag standard, which stores information about the artist, album and text inside the MP3 or FLAC file itself. You will need a computer and a specialized editor, for example, the free program Mp3tag.
The process is this: you plug your smartphone into your PC in file transfer mode, find the right composition and open its properties in the editor. The full text of the song is inserted in the Lyrics or Text field. After saving the changes, the file must be copied back to the phone's memory. Now the Xiaomi player reads the information directly from the file, without accessing the Internet.
Why can’t the text be displayed after editing?
It is important to follow the encoding of the text. To correctly display the Cyrillic alphabet in ID3v2 tags, it is recommended to choose the UTF-8 encoding. If you choose the old encoding, instead of letters, you will see a set of chaotic characters. This is a common problem when working with Russian tracks on international firmware versions.
| Tag parameter | Description | The impact on Xiaomi |
|---|---|---|
| Title (Title) | Title of composition | Critical for match-finding |
| Artist (Artist) | Name of the performer | Used for sorting |
| Lyrics (Text) | Songs | Main field for display |
| Encoding (Coding) | Type of font (UTF-8) | It affects the readability of symbols |
Use of third-party Android editors
If you don't have a computer, you can insert text into your music on Xiaomi directly from your phone. There are a lot of tag-editing apps available in Google Play Market or alternative stores. Popular options include Star Music Tag Editor or Auto Tagger. These snails scan the device's memory and allow you to edit metadata batch-by-file or single file.
It's simple: once installed, you give the program access to files, select tracks, and press the edit button. The interface is usually adapted to touch screens, making it easy to type in a lot of text. Some applications even know how to find texts on the Internet and paste them into files, which speeds up the process at times.
However, be careful with access rights. Tag editing apps request full access to storage, make sure you only download software from trusted developers to avoid leaking personal data, and some free versions may contain intrusive advertising.
- 📲 Download the tag editor from a trusted source (Play Market, RuStore).
- 📂 Give the app access to the music folder.
- ✍️ Manually paste text or use the auto-search function inside the application.
- 💾 Save the changes and check the display in the standard player.
Configuring synchronized texts (LRC)
For those who like to have the lyrics of a song change to the beat of music, there is an LRC format. It's not just text, it's a file with time stamps indicating when each line should appear. Xiaomi Music supports this format, but the file must lie in the same folder as the audio file and have the same name.
Creation LRC-Manual files are a time-consuming process that requires listening to a track and setting time codes, but there are online services and programs that do this automatically or allow you to download ready-made synchronized texts. The file format looks like a set of lines, where each line of text is preceded by a time stamp in the format [mm:ss.ss].
⚠️ Note: Xiaomi’s standard player may not support dynamic scrolling LRC-The floating text function often only works when the player's screen is open.
If you find a ready one. LRC-The file for your song, just rename it so that the name matches the name of the music track, and put it in the same directory, Song.mp3 Song.lrc. The player will automatically pick up sync on the next run.
Problems with encoding and display of Cyrillic
One of the most common problems Xiaomi owners have is "poor-baby" instead of the lyrics to the song. It's a classic encoding problem. Android's default operating system uses the "pretty-sized" version of the song. UTF-8, but many MP3-files were marked in encoding Windows-1251 or ISO-8859-1. The player tries to read the file in UTF-8, Sees other bytes and displays unreadable characters.
The solution lies in the conversion of tags. Using a computer editor (for example, Mp3tag), you need to highlight problematic files, go to the tag conversion menu and choose the conversion from Windows-1251 to UTF-8. After rewriting the tags, the text on the smartphone screen will become readable.
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The problem with “krakozyabr” is solved only by recoding ID3 tags to UTF-8 format using third-party software on a PC.
It's also worth checking the typeface used by the system. If you've installed custom font through the theme, it may not support the full character set or the specific punctuation marks found in the lyrics. MIUI It often helps to eliminate visual artifacts.
Alternative players for Xiaomi
If Xiaomi’s standard Music app doesn’t seem functional enough or doesn’t handle text properly, you can always install an alternative. The app store offers a variety of players that work better with metadata and compression formats. They can be a great addition to Xiaomi’s ecosystem.
Popular alternatives like Musicolet, Poweramp, or Oxygen Player have their own text rendering engines, which often ignore system limitations and display text even when a standard player is “passing,” and allow for more flexibility in the appearance of text, font, and animation.
☑️ Choosing the Perfect Player
When installing a third-party player, remember to make it the default audio file opening primary, which eliminates the need to manually select an application every time. Most modern players automatically scan the library on their first run and upload available texts.
How to make the lyrics visible on the lock screen?
Why does the text disappear after the system update?
Can I add text to FLAC and WAV formats?
⚠️ Note: When editing files in format WAV Be careful as this format is less flexible in terms of metadata, and some players may ignore text tags in it.
To sum up, it's a multi-pronged task to embed text into Xiaomi music, because you can make one-off edits with a built-in search engine or a mobile editor, and you can use a computer and tag-raiser to clean up a large collection, and a well-marked music library is not only pleasing to the eye, it also helps you remember the words of your favorite songs.