How to put karaoke files onto sd cards and memory sticks

pedrothefish · Post by **pedrothefish** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:41 am

can someone help me to put all my karaoke discs onto an sd card or memory stick?
i have a new karaoke player that will play sd cards and memory sticks but when i try to transfer them onto the sd card only the mp3 part transfers over.
it plays the music but no words appear

has anyone done this?

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:01 am

Hi there and welcome to the madhouse.

I think you are confusing CDG discs with ordinary audio CD's.

The audio tracks on a CDG disc are just that, audio in standard format and will play as normal audio.

However, the video (lyrics) is interlaced on the CD's in a manner that can't be accessed with incompatible players and so have to be converted to a system that any old player can read.

You will need to rip your CD's with a proprietary piece of software, e.g. Power Karaoke's "Power CDE+G Burner";

http://www.powerkaraoke.com/src/prod_powercdgburner.php

This will give you two files, an MP3 audio track and a CDG video track.

Copy both files to your SD card and away you go!

Sandy

Post by **wiseguy** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:53 pm

What file types does the player support? Or at least give us the make and model of the player.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:04 pm

A program that is specifically made for CD+G is needed. Most people assume that anything will work. The graphics puts karaoke discs into a whole different ballgame.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:52 pm

There are players that play MP3+G files now. Ace Karaoke has one that works with usb hard drives and sd sticks.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:39 am

This unit is going to be better than using programs. It does it all from the SD cards to sticks. Put the disc in and go.

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mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:00 am

I would assume, Bigdog, that as he already HAS a player, extra investment of probably 3 figures of Dollars isn't what he has in mind.

The simplest option is to rip the CD's he already has for use with his new player.

Sandy

pedrothefish · Post by **pedrothefish** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:26 pm

wow thanks for all the help
the system is a Iview 4000 KR
i have tried ripping the files using Power cdg burner and it puts 2 files onto the sd card. the unit plays the music but not the words

when i look at the files on a disc on the computer it is one file but on the sd card i always get 2 files

mnementh welcomed me to the madhouse this has been driving me nuts for 2 weeks!!

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:59 pm

pedrothefish wrote:wow thanks for all the help
the system is a Iview 4000 KR
i have tried ripping the files using Power cdg burner and it puts 2 files onto the sd card. the unit plays the music but not the words

when i look at the files on a disc on the computer it is one file but on the sd card i always get 2 files

mnementh welcomed me to the madhouse this has been driving me nuts for 2 weeks!!

Hi again.

What you're seeing is quite correct as the graphics part of the karaoke twin files is hidden in the interlacing.

If, as you say, you can see two files on the SD card, are they ABSOLUTELY identical namewise APART from the file extension?

For example

SF001-01 - Stewart, Rod - Maggie Mae.CDG
SF001-01 - Stewart, Rod - Maggie Mae.MP3

or simply;

Track001.CDG
Track001.MP3

This is a common problem as, if the names are not identical (apart from the extension) AND in the same folder, the lyrics will not display.

Sandy

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:12 pm

HI again.

Thanks for giving the maker and model number of your machine.

This has made life very easy as I can now suggest you STOP ripping discs as your player, in no way whatsoever plays MP3+G

http://www.sundialmicro.com/rj-tech-ivi ... _1573.html

The spec of the machine is pretty good but nowhere does it suggest it plays MP3+G

And at $45 I would bet money it doesn't.!!!

I haven't seen a player under $150 that plays MP3+G but in these days of high performance electronics, there may well be one, by now.

Here, for example is an AWF 2002 Pro player sold on Ebay UK and even second hand it sold for £73, which is over $100.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AWF-Audio-Profess ... 85001r7365

I'm afraid YOUR machine is a standard DVD player with karaoke function and like ALL DVD players, it will play MP3 audio files.

Sadly, this player is disc only, as far as Karaoke is concerned.

Sandy

pedrothefish · Post by **pedrothefish** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:48 pm

mnemeth
thanks for your help i think deep down i was coming to the same conclusion
so for now i will just play them on cd as usual.
but what a great site this is and thanks again

pedrothefish

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:27 pm

pedrothefish wrote:mnemeth
thanks for your help i think deep down i was coming to the same conclusion
so for now i will just play them on cd as usual.
but what a great site this is and thanks again

pedrothefish

You are very welcome and may I say it's kudos to yourself for your appreciation of the assistance provided.

It's a sad reflection on modern times that politeness is disappearing rapidly over the hill with it's a**e on fire.

Sandy

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:23 pm

No..I don't have one, I use a program.

But you still need a dedicated karaoke program to play the karaoke files. The program needs to translate (read) the Graphics file. A regular music program won't see it, they weren't made to.

pedrothefish · Post by **pedrothefish** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:33 pm

hi all

just thought i'd let you know i have succeeded getting karaoke files playing through a memory stick and sd card. i used a PowerCD+G to video karaoke converter.

i have converted them to avi.files and they play really well.

i have put this message on for any one else who would like to do the same thing

regards

pedrothefish

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:13 pm

Hi Pedrothefish.

Many thanks for the update.

Always worth knowing about another method of getting the job done.

Sandy