NOT a DJ or a KJ...just an Average Joe.

[Vashtor]

Hello Folks,

I bought the Hoster program a year and a half back. I've never had the opportunity to use it except fooling around on my computer.

Now, I need a single song and I can't play it for the life of me.

Sad story in a nutshell, my girlfriends father is terminal with cancer, and she wants me to sing a song at his funeral. I ordered the cdg karaoke disc. (Thank You by Ray Boltz on Daywind Contemporary Christian Hits Vol. 2)

I've tried 4 different CD drives. I've tried to rip it in Hoster. I've tried to rip it in my roommates PCDJ. I've tried to rip it with AudioGrabber. I just CAN NOT get a copy that the text doesn't come out totally garbled.

I understand the answer in advance. Buy the right cd drive. Upgrade to 4.0. Those answers just are not realistic in my case. I've already got $150.00 invested in a software that I'll never use professionally.

I need one song from one cdg to sing at one funeral.

Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks,

Paul/Vash

[goonie227]

Try Making sue the disc has no finger prints or scratches on it cdg is very fussy about those things.
Dick

[Beavis]

email me the song, i will convert it then send you the kma then i will delete it !

[Vashtor]

Thanks Goonie...the disc is spotless. It's never been used.

Beavis...isn't the file I email you going to be just as "corrupt" as the one I am trying to rip for myself? I mean...if I can't make a good copy here...how can I email you a good copy?

my email is vashtoral@hotmail

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Vashtor

Hello Folks,

I bought the Hoster program a year and a half back. I've never had the opportunity to use it except fooling around on my computer.

Now, I need a single song and I can't play it for the life of me.

Sad story in a nutshell, my girlfriends father is terminal with cancer, and she wants me to sing a song at his funeral. I ordered the cdg karaoke disc. (Thank You by Ray Boltz on Daywind Contemporary Christian Hits Vol. 2)

I've tried 4 different CD drives. I've tried to rip it in Hoster. I've tried to rip it in my roommates PCDJ. I've tried to rip it with AudioGrabber. I just CAN NOT get a copy that the text doesn't come out totally garbled.

I understand the answer in advance. Buy the right cd drive. Upgrade to 4.0. Those answers just are not realistic in my case. I've already got $150.00 invested in a software that I'll never use professionally.

I need one song from one cdg to sing at one funeral.

Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks,

Paul/Vash

What version of Hoster do you have?
What brand/type of disc drives are they?
What is the song you are trying to import?
What brand and discid is the CDG disc?
First thing I would suggest is to go to Microsoft's Update web page and do the Custom Updates (do not use the Express as it will not give you all of them). Many times it is the computer causing the problem and not the disc itself.

[Skybird74]

I need one song from one cdg to sing at one funeral.

Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks,

Paul/Vash


Paul, if I understand you correctly, and you just need one song from one cdg to sing at a Funeral, you don't need Hoster for that. If you just want to sing 1 song at a funeral, you don't need a copy. A CDG will play in an ordinary CD player - it just doesn't show the words. And, if you need the words just to rehearse, do you or anyone you know have a karaoke player that you can hook up to a TV just long enough for you to learn the song?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Skybird74

I need one song from one cdg to sing at one funeral.

Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Thanks,

Paul/Vash


Paul, if I understand you correctly, and you just need one song from one cdg to sing at a Funeral, you don't need Hoster for that. If you just want to sing 1 song at a funeral, you don't need a copy. A CDG will play in an ordinary CD player - it just doesn't show the words. And, if you need the words just to rehearse, do you or anyone you know have a karaoke player that you can hook up to a TV just long enough for you to learn the song?

My wife has a couple of the small DVD players for movies and it just so happens they will also play CDG files complete with the Lyrics on the screen. If you have one of those try it and see if it will work.

[Beavis]

send me the file off the cdg

put it in the computer and copy it to the hard drive with drag and drop. it will be a large file.

whats the name of the song with artist ??

[Vashtor]

I appreciate the replies, both public and private. I hope to have the situation resolved very shortly and appreciate all the feedback.

Sincerely,

Paul "Vash" Cote