$canvas->move('text', 0, -45);  

##</code><code>##

     $tempstring .= $buf;
     if($tempstring =~ /\n/){
        my @temps = split(/\n/,$tempstring);
        write_lyric("$temps[0] $temps[1]\n");
       $tempstring = '';
      }

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::JPEG;
use IPC::Open3;
use Imager;
use MIME::Base64;

local *IN;
local *OUT;
local *ERR;
$|=1;

my $imagenam = shift || '1Zen16.jpg'  or die "need a jpg $!\n";
my $defaultkar = "sloop-john-b.kar";

my $start = 0;  # clip off midi header info 

my $pid = open3(\*IN,\*OUT,\*ERR,'/bin/sh');
my $timpid; #used to stop timidity with closing filehandles to sh 

my $mw = new MainWindow;

my ($width,$height) = ( $mw->screenwidth(), $mw->screenheight() );

#################################################### 
my $imagein = Imager->new();
my $imageout;
$imagein->open(file=>$imagenam, type=>'jpeg') or die $imagein->errstr();
my $newimg = $imagein->scale(xpixels=>$width, ypixels=>$height, type=>'min');
$newimg->write(type => 'jpeg', data => \$imageout );
my $imageenc = encode_base64($imageout) or die $!;
my $image = $mw->Photo(-data => $imageenc);
#################################################### 
#in case you want to use Image Magick 
# use Image::Magick; 
# my $im = Image::Magick->new; 
# $im->Read($imagenam); 
# $im->Scale( geometry => $width.'x'.$height); 
# my $imageout = $im->ImageToBlob(); 
# my $imageenc = encode_base64($imageout) or die $!; 
# my $image = $mw->Photo(-data => $imageenc);    
######################################################## 

$mw->fontCreate('big',
     -family=>'courier',
     -weight=>'bold',
     -size=>int(-32*32/18));

my $topframe = $mw->Frame(-bg => 'steelblue')->pack(-fill =>'x');
my $lab = $topframe->Label(
         -text=> 'Enter Kar file to play: ')->pack(-side=>'left');

my $entry=$topframe->Entry(-width => 80)->pack(-side=>'left');

$entry->bind('<Return>', \&send_to_shell );

$topframe->Button(-text => 'Ok',
        -command => \&send_to_shell)->pack(-side=>'left');

$topframe->Button(-text => 'Exit',
                 -command => sub{exit})->pack(-side=>'right',-padx=>10);

my $stopbut = $topframe->Button(-text => 'Stop',
                -state => 'disabled',
                -command => \&send_stop)->pack(-side=>'left',-padx=>10);

my $canvas = $mw->Canvas(
                    -width => $width,
                    -height => $height,
                    -bg=>'black',
                  )->pack(-expand => 1, -fill=>'both');


my $tile = $canvas->createImage(0,0,
           -image=> $image,
           -anchor => 'nw',
          );

$mw->fileevent(\*OUT,'readable',\&get_from);

MainLoop;

sub send_to_shell {
   $canvas->delete('text');
   my $cmd=$entry->get() || $defaultkar;
   $cmd = "timidity $cmd";
   print IN "$cmd\n";
   $stopbut->configure(-state => 'normal');
   $entry->configure(-state => 'disabled');

}
sub get_from {
     my $buf='';
     sysread OUT,$buf,1024;

     if($buf =~ /Title/){
               $start = 1;
               #hack to get first word of actual song lyrics 
               my @words=split(/\s+/,$buf);
               $buf = pop @words;
               }
     if( $start == 0){ return}

  $buf =~ tr/\n/ /;
  write_lyric("$buf\n");
}

sub write_lyric {
   my $str = shift;

   $canvas->createText($width/2, $height-50,
          -fill => 'hotpink',
          -font => 'big',
          -text => $str,
          -tags => ['text'],
   );

$canvas->move('text', 0, -45);

}

sub send_stop{
    my $timgrep = `ps -a | grep timidity`;
    ($timpid) = $timgrep =~ /(\d+)/;
    system("kill $timpid");
    $stopbut->configure(-state =>'disabled');
    $entry->configure(-state => 'normal');
    $start = 0;
    }

__END__