importing karaoke

[eldaiquiri]

I am trying to import some karoke from some karaoke cd's. when i open the karoke cd all i see is the music file. the cdg file can not be seen...

[Roy Dennis]

What type of Karaoke CD is this ? A CDG which is the original standard for playing in Karaoke machines only has a single file for each song title which has the extension .cda.
Or are they the MP3+G type that have two files, an .mp3 and a .cdg or are they video types ?

Have you imported any before ?

[eldaiquiri]

it was an original karaoke cd that a client purchesed in wallgreens. I tried to import it onto hoster but could not. I copied the disc and the file type says audio cd track.
thanx

[Roy Dennis]

If the file type say's Audio CD as you state in your reply, are you sure its not just an audio CD and not a karaoke CD ?
Both Audio only and Karaoke Cd's list files in explorer with a cda extension only.
Have you imported CD+G disc's before OK ?
Are you using Hoster or some other software when you try to import these tracks ?
If you are using Hoster, are you importing this via the import Singers disc option or the Import CD tracks option or some other way ?

If you copied the track from the CD into a file on your computer, I don't think you can do that.
I think you can only import a CD by fiscally loading a CD in the drive and copying it, not by copying the cda file as a cda file is not a hard drive format, to do that you would first have to burn the cda file to a CD then import it by loading the CD in the drive to import it.

[eldaiquiri]

it was a karaoke cd..I think it was partytyme ..I have imported karaoke cd's but it has been quit a while since i did it..I have been using mostly downloaded files..I am using hoster and tried to import from menu "import song-import cd tracks" I dont thik My version of hoster has import singer disc. I only copied the disc because I was having trouble importing it...when I put the disc in my coputer and opened the files I could only see one file per song...I dont know why that was

[eldaiquiri]

I am at work now so if it gets rushed I will have to answer you later..but thank you for your prompt response

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by eldaiquiri

it was a karaoke cd..I think it was partytyme ..I have imported karaoke cd's but it has been quit a while since i did it..I have been using mostly downloaded files..I am using hoster and tried to import from menu "import song-import cd tracks" I dont thik My version of hoster has import singer disc. I only copied the disc because I was having trouble importing it...when I put the disc in my coputer and opened the files I could only see one file per song...I dont know why that was

As I stated in the earlier post, a Karaoke CD only has 1 file per song, it contains both the lyric and audio in that one file.

You can't to the best of my knowledge copy that cda track to your hard drive and import it that way. You have to rip the cda file from the disk into another format like kma, mp3+G or zip which is what Hoster does before it imports it.
Now if it has been a long time since you imported CD perhaps your drive isn't capable of reading CD+G or perhaps it needs the lens cleaning or you don't have it selected right in your cd setup.
Not knowing which version of Hoster you have I can't tell you exactly how to find the settings but from the Tools menu on the top see if you have a CD/DVD drives appear and select that, a dialog should appear for you to select a drive for reading and to test that drive before saving.
Then I suggest you read the manual on importing CD tracks.
I should also point out that it is illegal to make a permanent copy of a disc unless you own the disk, that is why there is an import singers disc option for that case which only stores that track for that session.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by eldaiquiri

it was a karaoke cd..I think it was partytyme ..I have imported karaoke cd's but it has been quit a while since i did it..I have been using mostly downloaded files..I am using hoster and tried to import from menu "import song-import cd tracks" I dont thik My version of hoster has import singer disc. I only copied the disc because I was having trouble importing it...when I put the disc in my coputer and opened the files I could only see one file per song...I dont know why that was

The tracks on a CD will not have two files like your downloaded files. It is a single file and the only way to import it would be directly from the CD.
What version of Hoster are you using?

[eldaiquiri]

thanx so much for the help..It was the cd drive was not set to the default..I am having one more problem though...when I put in the discid and the brand of the cd, the database does not fill in the info, it just says unknown in both the artist name and the title...This happens with all of my karaoke cds (which I owen)...can you tell me how I can get the info? Thank you again

[Roy Dennis]

Again you don't state which version of Hoster you are using, you can find this from the help menu by selecting about Hoster.

Generally if you enter the same Brand and Disc ID that you used when you originally entered that disk it should appear correct after hitting the search Local database button providing that you originally imported it by this method.

After entering your Brand which must be the same as when you originally entered it, if you click on the drop down arrow for Disc Id you should see a list of all the Disc id's both that you entered yourself and the ones that come with Hosters own database with the version of Hoster you had at the time.
When you use this drop down box do you see a list of Disc id ?
If not it seems something has gone amiss with your database

If it's because you can't remember the Disc Id you used, as a suggestion you can try this: From the Tools menu select Edit Songs, then search for one of the titles on that disc then you should be able to find the brand and disk id associated with that disc then go back to the import CD dialog and see if entering the info you found there still gives you unknown results.

For further help please state your versions of Windows & Hoster.

[admin]

We update the "Import Database" monthly for those who keep updated yearly. This is the "Local" Database used to fill in your Title and Artist fields.

You say none of your CDGs are filled in for you. If you have a very old version of Hoster and have not updated,I would expect that.

Also, if your CDGs are Spanish/Latino, they may not yet be in our Database. Again, you can see at http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster.htm that we release monthly (January has a .01, December has a .12 extension on the version).

There is a 20% off special right now for prior customers to upgrade from any back version. It is a good deal... but then we are the MTU folks.

[Deeter]

A lot of good suggestions here for help but if I read this correctly the OP made a copy of the CDG and is trying to import that copy? If that's the case, it was probably copied incorrectly and contains only the .cda file?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Deeter

A lot of good suggestions here for help but if I read this correctly the OP made a copy of the CDG and is trying to import that copy? If that's the case, it was probably copied incorrectly and contains only the .cda file?

If you look at an original CDG disk with Windows Explorer, you will only see one file per song and it has a CDA extension. Everything is there in that one CDA file.

[Deeter]

Good to know- thanks, Dale...

[xxyzz]

Trying to import 10,000 songs via KMH / MP3.

Using batch method but single works same way. Songs are taking 12 seconds each. In last 14 hours has only imported 7000 songs.
Using version 5.05
Nothing on my computer has changed except I upgradedto this version.
Watching the CPU monitor it keeps going up and down to about 40% CPU usage.

[Roy Dennis]

Seems a long time, I would exspect about 1.5 sec per track for Kmh, are you sure you have not selected Kma as the type.

You state Quote:"Trying to import 10,000 songs via KMH / MP3."

Are these mp3 audio you are importing or mp3+g only in your previous enquiry in another thread you asked Quote: "I just purchased a large amount of songs in .zip format"?

[xxyzz]

KMH
mp3+g

[xxyzz]

I tried unstalling and reinstalling previsions and I could not even get Hoster to run. Went back to 5.05 they are still importing at 12 seconds apart.
Also my Microstudio and Sonverter stopped working it says my serial number does not match my registration number and to reinstall these programs.

I just used both of them last night.

Tryied doing a system restore back to two days ago and that did not work either. I don't know if my computer is corrupted or not. I hate to reformat my computer without knowing if Hoster 5.05 is still going to import these songs slowly.

I have all my songs in one single folder only and there are several thousand so I don't know if that is a problem too.

My files are all named in this format:
cb13401-0 0 Adele - Daydreamer.cdg (cdg file)
cb13401-0 0 Adele - Daydreamer (mpeg Layer 3 Audio file)

cbc00674-0 - Wynette, Tammy - Till I Can Make It On My Own.cdg

every song has it's own disc id number and every song has the track listed as zero. They came from Chartbuster this way. These are all digital songs.

[Roy Dennis]

I've sent you a private Message.

[Roy Dennis]

Are these supplied to you on A disc ?
If so do you realize that you will first have to copy them to a folder on your hard drive before you can import them into Hoster as KMH files ?

If you are trying to import them as KMH files direct of the cd hoster will be trying to write back to the cd with the kmh file.