How will videos work??

[songpony]

To get Windows Media Player to show up on the singer's screen, I drag it over to that screen when I first start up the program. The videos I play are karaoke videos - loaded to my computer from karaoke Laser Disks and DVDs. If a person requests a song I have only on Laser Disk or DVD, I have to play it through Windows Media Player. When I double-click the song file, it automatically brings WMP up on the singer's screen as the active window (once it's moved there the first time). I then change it to full screen so it looks just like it would if it were playing on a karaoke player (or just like the CDGs do played through Hoster). When the song is over, I minimize the WMP window so my Hoster window becomes active on that screen again. It works well, at least until Hoster can accommodate these files.

[Grace]

Is there a way to use key control when using WMP?

[songpony]

You would have to buy an external device for this. I got a unit for about $80 - it's really lightweight, and has multiplex capabilities as well as key control. I just run the audio of my PC through it - you could even use it to key-change Hoster songs if you wanted to. For the most part, I don't even power it on until I need it for a WMP song - turning it on and off has no impact on the audio of a playing song, and it's super easy to use. Let me know if you want any further details.

[Grace]

That sounds like something I would be interested in. What's the brand and model number so I could look for one.

Thanks

[songpony]

Here's the link for the one I purchased. They have others, but I didn't see any need to get anything more elaborate or expensive - this one works just great.

[songpony]

Sorry - clicked before I pasted the link! :-)

http://www.acekaraoke.com/hykokkc330.html