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Old November 22nd, 2005, 01:16 AM
nreel nreel is offline
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This is like the Blind leading the Blind.

First of all, a 1 Meg CDG file is just that...the GRAPHICS part of a Karaoke Song.

You are MISSING the "K A R A O K E" MP3 Mating-part.

Second, you CAN'T substitute the ORIGINAL RELEASED VERSION, however converted...MP3, WAV, OGG...whatever, and expect the KARAOKE CDG (Graphics) to be in SYNC with the music...never happen...EVER.

You need to understand that ALL Karaoke Songs are re-Created in the Studios of the K A R A O K E DISC Manufacturers, and, therefore, NOT the Original Songs!!!!!!!!!!

Third, and as far as Hoster goes, there is VERY Little learning to do if you had Karaoke Discs. You would simply let the Hoster Software do all the Work of Importing from Disc. Simple...got disc? Open Hoster, Open Disc Import Window, Insert Disc into CDROM, Select DiscID, READ Trks, Select BookID, Import...DONE.

So, don't make it look like Hoster is the culprit that is making things complicated for you.

What is making Karaoke Complicated for you is the fact that you are trying to figure out how to make ONE Part, of a TWO Part system, work.

Since you have decided to go this route, there is a VERY LARGE LEARNING Curve for you to undertake.

A Karaoke Trk RIPPED from a the Disc explained:
Ripping a TRK from a Karaoke disc will produce either a CDG Trk, which is NOT the CDG part you are talking about, or a BIN Trk, depending on the RIPPING Software you use to RIP the Trk from the Karaoke Disc.

It really doesn't matter because BOTH, the CDG and BIN extensions, are interchangeable.

Either Extension will produce about a 50 MB INDIVIDUAL (meaning ONE) File that has BOTH the ADUIO and the GRAPHICS encoded into that O N E Trk.

However, you MUST have the RIPPED Karaoke Trk in the BIN Format in order to CONVERT the Karaoke Trk to its basic Components.

These TWO Components are the CDG (which is the CDG you have), which is the GRAPHICS part of a Karaoke Trk (NOT TEXT and NO AUDIO) and the WAV, which is the AUDIO part of a Karaoke Trk (No GRAPHICS), which gets FURTHER CONVERTED to its FINAL state...the MP3.

So, you end up with T W O MATING files that, when Played with an MP3 Player that has the ability to process the Graphics for display, you can now HEAR the MP3 and SEE the Graphics.

I hope you, now, understand the dynamics of what you have, what is missing, and what TOOLS to SEARCH for on the WEB to help you deal with these kinds of files.

If not, obtain a Karaoke Disc.
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