Editing of .cdg (kmi) files

[selmer98]

Hello from the Emerald Isle!

I am a recent convert to MTU and Hoster, and after all the fun and games loading discs and files from the hard drive - I'm ran my first show from hoster with great success. I picked up lots of good advice from reading the posts - thanks to all!

My problem is with the dead space (title or credits) at the begining and end of each file. They are fine for the Karoake (guest singer) part of the show. However at the start and end of each night I sing myself and get the crowd on the dance floor. Before hoster I used two players and cue-ed them so as one song was fading, the next was coming up with no gap.

I can get rid of the end credits by hitting "skip" in Hoster, but I still have a gap before the music starts on the next track.

Ideally I would like to edit the .cdg (.kmi?) files and save them into a "performance" playlist in Hoster.

But I have not seen any software to do this (is Karaoke Home Pro the answer?), has anyone come up against this before?

I tried converting the .cdg files to MPEG and editing them using Video editing software - however the result changed both the pitch and the tempo. Any help greatly appreciated.

Selmer

[CochrellGary]

You could produce your own CDG with MTU's Karaoke Home Producer.

Another piece of software that claims to be able to cut time out of CDG's is CGDFix 2 Pro. I have never used the feature myself and the software is lacking in instructions and there is no user's manual. It is great for correcting CDG graphics glitches.

[mindonstrike]

I'm not aware of anything specificly for that purpose, although I've often thought that after Hoster get's perfected I would suggest to MTU they create something that would edit cdg's And/or kma's.

MTU as of late has been talking about adding crossfading capabilities to Hoster, I don't know what kind of time table they are looking at. I would imagine it will be down the road a bit.

I've got one other thought though it's not quick or easy. I'll PM you with details.

Sam

[Beavis]

hoster use to have a fade-out button a couple of versions ago.

[mindonstrike]

hoster use to have a fade-out button a couple of versions ago.

Only partialy true. A beta had a fade out but some wrinkles turned up that need to be ironed out first .

[Beavis]

i dont remember it being a beta.