Downloadable Karaoke Songs

[kod]

I just found a site that lets you buy individual Karaoke Songs (Karaokechannel) and I have two questions.

1. Is it legal? (I've read somewhere that you must own the original disc)

2. Once downloaded, how do you get the song into Hoster?

I don't go online with my Hoster laptop except for loading things from MTU.

My System:
Dell Inspiron 1545, Pentium Dual Core, T4400 @2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium W/Hoster 4.20

[ddouglass]

This one is supposedly legal in that they bought the rights to Sound Choice's older properties. Whether downloading is legal at all is still questionable. Be sure you keep any receipt you get from them.
Either format would work in Hoster for importing. Be sure to copy them to the folder you want to keep them in. Hoster will create a KMH file in the same location when you import. You must keep them there in the same file for Hoster to be able to use them.

[kod]

I downloaded some songs (5) from The Karaoke Store but cannot do anything with them. I put them in a folder on my desktop. They will play through Windows Media, but that's it. I downloaded vocal and non vocal version of the songs that provide both versions.

I have tried burning them to a CD but at times only get the music and not the text file. Sometimes I don't even get the music. I can't figure a way to get them into Hoster without using a CD.

I downloaded them in WAV and MP4 formats, but either way I can't get them to work. I downloaded them to this Laptop and not my Show Laptop. I then moved them to my Show Laptop via a Flash Drive.

Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Show Laptop:
Dell Inspiron 1545, Pentium Dual Core, T4400 @2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium W/Hoster 4.20

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by kod

I downloaded some songs (5) from The Karaoke Store but cannot do anything with them. I put them in a folder on my desktop. They will play through Windows Media, but that's it. I downloaded vocal and non vocal version of the songs that provide both versions.

I have tried burning them to a CD but at times only get the music and not the text file. Sometimes I don't even get the music. I can't figure a way to get them into Hoster without using a CD.

I downloaded them in WAV and MP4 formats, but either way I can't get them to work. I downloaded them to this Laptop and not my Show Laptop. I then moved them to my Show Laptop via a Flash Drive.

Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Show Laptop:
Dell Inspiron 1545, Pentium Dual Core, T4400 @2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium W/Hoster 4.20

WAV is audio only so no lyrics on screen.
MP4 is made for I-Tunes, so you need the codec for this format installed. Search for the K-Lite full pack of codecs. I am pretty sure that one is in there. This is a video format, so must be added via the Video button from hard drive on the main screen or Imported from hard drive as a video to add permanently.
Your best bet is to download them in AVI format as that is pretty much universal and will play in Windows Media Player as well as Hoster.

[kod]

Dale,
Thanks for the information, but I'm still confused. Although I'm pretty computer literate, I don't understand this. The lyrics will show on the screen in Windows Media in either format (wav or mp4).

I'm beginning to believe I need to abandon this project...

KOD

This comes from the Karaoke Channel download store:

In what formats are the Karaoke Store's files encoded?

Audio files are encoded in high quality (192 kbps) MP3 format, the most common standard for digital media devices. Video files are encoded in high quality (640 x 480) MP4 and WMV formats.

• Audio MP3 files work on an array of digital media devices as well as iPod and iPod Touch/iPhone
• Video MP4 files work on iPod Video, iPod Nano v3, iPod Touch, iPhone, Mac, Apple TV
• Video WMV files work on Zune, Windows PC, X-Box 360, PS3

When you purchase a video song (with scrolling lyrics), both the MP4 and WMV files will be included in your purchase. You may choose to download either the MP4 or the WMV or both.

Note: MP3, MP4 and WMV files should work on many other platforms (including mobile phones, other portable media devices, game consoles and DVD players), but are not directly supported. Check your device manual for compatibility.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by kod

Dale,
Thanks for the information, but I'm still confused. Although I'm pretty computer literate, I don't understand this. The lyrics will show on the screen in Windows Media in either format (wav or mp4).

I'm beginning to believe I need to abandon this project...
KOD

This comes from the Karaoke Channel download store:
In what formats are the Karaoke Store's files encoded?


Audio files are encoded in high quality (192 kbps) MP3 format, the most common standard for digital media devices. Video files are encoded in high quality (640 x 480) MP4 and WMV formats.

• Audio MP3 files

• work on an array of digital media devices as well as iPod and iPod Touch/iPhone
• Video MP4 files work on iPod Video, iPod Nano v3, iPod Touch, iPhone, Mac, Apple TV
• Video WMV files work on Zune, Windows PC, X-Box 360, PS3

When you purchase a video song (with scrolling lyrics), both the MP4 and WMV files will be included in your purchase. You may choose to download either the MP4 or the WMV or both.

Note: MP3, MP4 and WMV files should work on many other platforms (including mobile phones, other portable media devices, game consoles and DVD players), but are not directly supported. Check your device manual for compatibility.

You are still a little confused Like Dale said before, WAV is an "Audio" format, so there is no way that you saw "lyrics" with Windows Media Player. You must see "+G" at the end which shows that "graphics" are included with the audio. Your WMP can play a lot of Video formats with the right Codec which is sometimes included with WMP. With Hoster, you need to INSTALL the appropriate Codecs for the type of Video files that you want to use in Hoster. WMV format videos may or not play on your extended Singer's screen depending on your computer, but generally these are music videos - not good Karaoke songs you want to use in your Show.
(The Manual explains what types will work with Hoster)

The best thing is to purchase MP3+G songs that are universal & the easiest to use in Hoster as well. Then you won't have to do any converting either to get them to work with Hoster. There are several places to purchase these on-line, but I don't think it's appropriate for me to give you the names of these sites on this forum. You will actually be purchasing from Canada or England.
The Karaoke Channel is basically for people who want to sing karaoke on-line with other people, and for use on their ipod. If you will notice, they don't mention anything about being able to use their files/songs for Professional Karaoke.