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- Topic: Karaoke Zip Files - |
Silkyone
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| Posted Fri 09 Nov 07 @ 09:43:22 |
We are looking at switching over to Cue from another Karaoke program. All of our Karaoke Files are .Zip files. Our problem is that some of them will load and others give us an error message when trying to load. All the files are ripped similiary and they are in folder based on the CDG they came from.
Some will load - no problem - others will not load at all.
Any help is appreciated.
By the way - love the program. I've been using PCDJ for years and am considering swithing over 7 rigs to Cue.
Danny |
bryantpb
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| Posted Sun 11 Nov 07 @ 02:51:50 |
I've been having that problem too. I wonder if it's the compression rate they are compressed at?
Does anyone else know why, perhaps? |
discobrian24
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| Posted Sun 11 Nov 07 @ 03:17:55 |
Take the ones that wont load, unzip them then rezip them using windows and let me know. |
Silkyone
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| Posted Mon 12 Nov 07 @ 08:07:51 |
I will try that tonight.
Danny
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Silkyone
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| Posted Mon 12 Nov 07 @ 10:13:28 |
OK...I said I woould do it. But not sure how.
If I double click on it, it expands it.
How do I re-Zip it? |
discobrian24
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| Posted Mon 12 Nov 07 @ 10:46:37 |
Right click on the file and Extract To (just make a folder) and put them there, then click on 1 and hold down the Ctrl button and click the other and right click and zip.
Just try 1 zip file to see if it works as it worked for me when I had the issue. |
Silkyone
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| Posted Mon 12 Nov 07 @ 12:47:40 |
I'll try it tomorrow night.
IF that is the fix, Do I have to go through EVERY song in my database and rezip it?
That could take weeks - I've got about 10,000 songs in my Karaoke Database.
Danny
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discobrian24
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| Posted Mon 12 Nov 07 @ 14:55:05 |
I did them one by one, but I am sure there is other software out there that can do it I just dont know which, I am sure someone will chime in. |
bryantpb
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| Posted Wed 14 Nov 07 @ 09:10:11 |
MTU's Songverter will will actually do zip to zip in one step. It unzips, then rezips correctly. great program.
http://www.mtu.com/basics/songverter.htm |
Silkyone
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| Posted Sat 17 Nov 07 @ 07:33:29 |
Yeah, that seems to work. I tested a few files and the original files would not load. After the conversion, they loaded.
I'll try a few more hundred and see if they all convert without problems.
Worth the $40? - Yep!
Danny |
djcel
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| Posted Sat 17 Nov 07 @ 19:52:56 |
| bryantpb wrote : | I've been having that problem too. I wonder if it's the compression rate they are compressed at?
Does anyone else know why, perhaps? |
I tried to easily explain the problem HERE |
discjockeydoc
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| Posted Thu 22 Nov 07 @ 00:41:25 |
| discobrian24 wrote : | | Take the ones that wont load, unzip them then rezip them using windows and let me know. |
This is exactly what I do when they don't work. Everything's fine then ;) |
PCGumshoe
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| Posted Wed 28 Nov 07 @ 23:17:38 |
My blog outlines the proper way (free) for zipping karaoke files.
The problem that you are experiencing IS the compression ratio you use. You can't use "MAXIMUM" you have to use the default settings (I think it is a 5 out of 10)
You should be able to unilaterally unzip all files and then re-compress them if the zips are in one folder, however, if you have the folders separated by disc number, then it becomes exponentially more difficult. One other problem might occur if the files inside the zips are not labeled properly, you could end up with thousands of similar disks names thereby overwriting them (with assent given) and losing the data.
Back up and test small groups, but I think the procedure outlined in my blog will do the job for free, this is a known issue across multiple programs that do karaoke professionally.
As and afterthought, you could NOT unzip them until a singer requests them, then copy them to a special folder on your desktop, and perform the action as needed. |
bryantpb
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| Posted Wed 28 Nov 07 @ 23:28:04 |
I have tried zipping the files at a normal and/or default compression, but for reasons explained above when you do it with mp3 toolz, they somehow become useless in VDJ, regardless of compression ratio. |
Typony
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| Posted Tue 18 Dec 07 @ 21:15:27 |
Try MP3+G toolz ver 4 has more features than previous version also I have had no problems using VDJ5 rev 5 to play any files that it has zipped, infact i used it to un zip and re zip files that were giving me errors and it was fine. ck it out here http://www.activeaspsoftware.net/default.aspx?p=Products%2fProduct&N_ProductID=3&N_IncNo=2
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