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Navidrome can do lyrics now - but how?

Release v0.63.0 · navidrome/navidrome

Navidrome 0.63 brings a long-awaited upgrade to lyrics: full support for synced sidecar lyrics in multiple formats (TTML, ELRC, SRT, YAML and LRC), including word-by-word karaoke timing and multi-v......

With v0.63, audio streamer Navidrome finally got full lyrics support. I just wanted to try it out and fell flat on my face because... well, not even the official docs say anything about lyrics. Also, I'm not too familiar with how lyrics are added to songs in general. So my questions are these:

  1. How can I add any lyrics to my songs so the web client will display them?
  2. What formats would you recommend sticking with? (TTML, ELRC, SRT, YAML, LRC, or even TXT)
  3. Is there a way to automate adding lyrics in bulk (instead of tedious manual work)?

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