Converting CDG to MP3 (no lyrics) HELP

[simonlang]

Can anybody advise me on how to convert my cdg files to MP3 files so that I can practise in my car. (How sad am I)
I am sure that it must be possible, but unfortunately, I can only see how to save to CD and not back to the hard drive.

[djmadmaxx]

use music match and treat the cdg like a regular cd and rip the tracks into mp3's

[jahern]

Sounds like you got your answer from djmadmaxx. If you need clarification or if maybe your particular situation wasn't addressed, some possibilities come to my mind, then let us know. Good luck.

[simonlang]

Sorry, I didn't explain properly, I have all my cdg's on my hard drive, 120Gb of them, and it is these that I would like to convert, and then copy them to my mp3 player. Would Music Match allow this, do you know?

Thanks

[djmadmaxx]

no, you would have to use the actual discs. you can't convert your hoster KMA files to mp3's. You should have the discs since you have them on your hard-drive.

[jahern]

There are "discless" ways to handle your problem, but they are time consuming and problematic as they involve real-time recording. I have wished that Keyrite could convert cdg to wave, (wave to mp3 is a snap) but so far, nothing.

[quaizywabbit]

I thought Music Match had a function to scan the disk drives for mp3's

If so your the Mp3 portion of the cdg track should show up in your library.

If it does, then you can burn or transfer it to a mp3 player. If it's still a .wav file, then these need to be converted to mp3.

[simonlang]

Thanks for all your suggestions folks, but I have been given chapter and verse from Vlad in Russia, and it works like this......

first copy all your CDG files to a new folder. (Never use the Originals)

Making sure that you have installed the ASP.NET files from your XP disks, you use a facility called BULK RENAME from www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk. and rename all your CDG files to BIN files.

You then use a product called MP3+G Toolz from www.activeaspsoftware.net
which will take the renamed file and split it into two components, one is the music as an MP3 file, and the other is a Graphics file. it takes approximately 15 seconds to convert each file, and you can do batches of any size if you like.

After conversion, just delete all the files in the folder except the MP3 ones.

I have just converted 2,700 files in around 15 hours.

Both these utilities are FREE,

The results are that you get MP3 files that are comparable with the originals.

Hope this is some use to somebody!!!

[mlepine]

I tried this software call MP3+G Tools and never got it to work! It crash everytime I tried converting from an mp3+g file to bin!

I don't know how you got it to work... This software allows the use of a Lame encoder so if you do want to have a great sound I suggest you replace the old .dll in the file with the new one dated April 04 found on the Lame site.

Anyone interrested to keep the sound as good as the original wave file should consider this encoder. Wave Lab usues this encoder along with most Pro audio software.