Distortion from CDG Downloads

[sherita]

I purchased some CDG's to download into hoster software. Everything seemed to download ok but when I play them they sound very distorted. I have tried looking on this forum and in the book and cannot seem to solve this or find what happened. I have Hoster 3.18 and Microsoft Windows XP Pro. I downloaded at 128. Please help.

Sherita

[Metalgodz]

I had the same problem. But only with certain burned disc's. All my originals worked perfect ( about 99% of my cdg's ). But the few burns i have were a no go. I believe that was the karaoke godz telling me something....

[sherita]

so does this mean noone can help me? or help me figure what is wrong?

[Metalgodz]

Maybe what you purchased wasnt legit. All I know is my Originals loaded up perfectly. I had the same problem you had with my bogus discks.

[sherita]

I also noticed that it did not download the lyrics. Could it be my driver isnt reading correctly?

[billyo]

Originally Posted by sherita

I also noticed that it did not download the lyrics. Could it be my driver isnt reading correctly?

try going back to 3.317 and import your kma file into your hard drive and see what happens

[Lonman]

Did you have Hoster before? Did it work before? If not, i'd have to say it's your cd drive. I had one that just wasn't compatible - even after updating all drivers & software - that gave bad distorted sound & nothing but garbled graphics - none readable. I found a cheap clearance dvd drive for $20 at WalMart (LiteOn) & everything worked beautifully after that. Your cd/dvd drive may not be compatible.

[sherita]

Actually this is the first time I have ever gotten hoster and bought the most recient one. How do you put the kma into the hard drive or whatever you said.... I'm not quite sure how to go about that

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by sherita

Actually this is the first time I have ever gotten hoster and bought the most recient one. How do you put the kma into the hard drive or whatever you said.... I'm not quite sure how to go about that

Like I said most likely it's your cd/dvd drive that is not able to read the karaoke subcode on the cdg which is why you are getting distorted audio & no (or bad) graphics). You may need to replace it. Like I said WalMart has a LiteOn dvd drive that is compatible, costs under $40. Once you get a compatible drive, Hoster will be all you need to import the music to the hard drive.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by sherita

Actually this is the first time I have ever gotten hoster and bought the most recient one. How do you put the kma into the hard drive or whatever you said.... I'm not quite sure how to go about that

just like Lonman said, see if your cd/dvd drive is capable of reading cdg, open hoster, go to tools and click on default drive, it should say yes/show, if not you have to get an external cd/dvd drive, to import a kma file, open hoster, put your cdg on the drive and click local data base, that should show the name of artist and song titles and check the ones you want to import ,all select all, then click on import selected track..

[Lonman]

[quote=billyo;69254]

Originally Posted by sherita

Actually this is the first time I have ever gotten hoster and bought the most recient one. How do you put the kma into the hard drive or whatever you said.... I'm not quite sure how to go about that[/quote

just like Lonman said, see if your cd/dvd drive is capable of reading cdg, open hoster, go to tools and click on default drive, it should say yes/show, if not you have to get an external cd/dvd drive, to import a kma file, open hoster, put your cdg on the drive and click local data base, that should show the name of artist and song titles and check the ones you want to import ,all select all, then click on import selected track..

That won't necessarily work, the drive I had showed capable in the search, but was most definitely not.
External drive is not necessary, unless she has no computer knowledge to swap out the internal - which isn't really hard these days. Internals are alot cheaper than externals as a rule.

[George]

Have you tried playing a track directly from a disc? I see no mention of it.

[George]

Originally Posted by George

Have you tried playing a track directly from a disc? I see no mention of it.

I meant to say using Microstudio. If you don't have Microstudio, then download the free demo and see if it will play a cdg.

[Metalgodz]

My xbox 360 is not allowing me to go online while Im working at my show. Is this a hoster problem or maybe.............sorry wrong forum te he

[sherita]

Yes, I can place the karaoke cd in the drive and it plays perfectly, however it does not read the title of the song or anything. This is probably a very stupid question but can you purchase online a downloadable drive to read the cdg's?

[ddouglass]

MTU does sell a drive that is guaranteed to read the CDG format. Look on their web site.

[admin]

Originally Posted by sherita

Yes, I can place the karaoke cd in the drive and it plays perfectly, however it does not read the title of the song or anything. This is probably a very stupid question but can you purchase online a downloadable drive to read the cdg's?

I sure do wish we could get Scottie to beam you down a DVD hardware drive, but that technology hasn't been invented yet. However, we can ship one to you on Monday if you order today or tomorrow.

Try this test.

1. Run Hoster
2. Click the Tools menu and the CD/DVD Drives Default command
3. In the dialog box that appears, click the Detect Again button at the bottom center
4. Insert a NEW, not copied, CDG disc in your drive and continue the testing

This should do a more complete test than the "default" standard test. We don't require this as the default since you must insert a disc in your drive for testing.

If this shows NO for Kar Read, then you need a different DVD drive.

If this shows YES, then something else may be wrong.

Post your test result here so everyone helping can see.

[sherita]

Ok, I tried 4 different Cd's all were non copies but original karaoke cd's- Sound choice, Supercore, Legends Gold, Etc... on the kar read it stated no on each of them. Is this the reason why when imported they sounded distorted and no lyrics came up? If so, a new drive will take care of this right? Then, do I redownload all of those CD's? Thanks Guys for all your help... I really appreciate it.

[sherita]

What kind of DVD Drive do I need. I have a Dell Inspirion I9200- Running on Microsoft XP Pro; Intel Pentium (R) M processor 1.60 Ghz; 1.59 Ghz, 512 MB Ram.

[George]

Originally Posted by sherita

Yes, I can place the karaoke cd in the drive and it plays perfectly, however it does not read the title of the song or anything. This is probably a very stupid question but can you purchase online a downloadable drive to read the cdg's?

Did you ever try playing a CDG disc in Microstudio to see if the results were the same?