playing cd+g from an external hardrive or regular cd/dvd pla

[Markm]

Is there a way to play my songs from a hardrive or disk drive without a hosting program, I tried installing Hoster, but I use a company laptop and their firewall is set too high for Hoster to update, while I think of my next step, I would like to play the disks I bought, any ideas

[wiseguy]

Any firewall can be temporarily disabled long enough to install software. After all, the firewall is just another software application.

There are software players other than hosting applications. Try Power CD+G Player Pro. It's one of the best.

[mnementh]

Winamp will play your stuff, no problem and it's totally free.

You'll just need the Karaoke and Pacemaker plugins from the Winamp website and off you pop.

One thing to note, however is that the plugins perform better on slightly older versions of winamp that don't have all the "bells and whistles"

Sandy

[wiseguy]

The common Winamp CDG plugin does not allow you to play CDG discs.

[mnementh]

The common Winamp CDG plugin does not allow you to play CDG discs.

Depends what you mean by "common", I guess


CD+G disc plugin;

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/147664



MP3+G plugin;

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/100775



Pacemaker plugin;

http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/12689

Sandy

[DanG2006]

Siglos Karaoke professional is a hosting program that will play discs. Not as picky as the winamp plugin on what drive you are using. I think there is only one or two drives that don't work.

[wiseguy]

Depends what you mean by "common", I guess

The "common" CDG plugin is the one everyone uses with Winamp based hosting software.

As Dan stated the CDG disc plugin does not work with many drives. Also, this plugin has been known to cause problems on some computers.

[mnementh]

The plugin will work with any drive that is CD+G compatible.

The problem is that all CD/DVD drives aren't CD+G compatible!

ALL Plextor drives and most Sony's are CD+G capable.

If you have Nero on your PC, search the folder for Neroinfotool.exe

If you don't have Nero, browse and download Neroinfotool.exe (it's free and easy to find)

Run the program and it will tell you everything you will ever need to know (and much more) about your disc drives, including a check box for CD+G compatibility.

These Winamp plugins have been around for ages and the main reason is that they DO work, if your drives can do the business.

Sandy

[wiseguy]

This plugin uses the old CD+G standard. The new generation software like Power CD+G Player and others have support for a much broader range of drives. Even the cheapest LiteOn drives will work.

The plugin is buggy and can cause problems on some computers. I have received several emails from people wanting to know how to get the plugin completely out of the system so their CD drives will work again.

The plugin is not freeware and has a 60 second play limit until you purchase a registration code.

The plugin cannot come close to the quality of modern CDG disc playing software and I will not recommend it to anyone.

[wrahn]

ALL Plextor drives and most Sony's are CD+G capable.


Sandy

How certain are you that I can burn Karaoke disks with Plextor?

Thanks,

Wes

[DanG2006]

NOT all Plextors are CDG capable anymore under the old CDG code. Plextor decided a couple of years ago to stop making all their drives capable of cdg reading and writing. While they might work with Powerkaraoke, they will no longer work with cdrwin(goldenhawk) and the CDG disc plugin.

[wrahn]

Dan,

Thanks for the reply.

Wes