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Ken's Karaoke Software
For some time now, I have been using the excellent PyKaraoke software on my Linux computer to
practice my singing skills, For a short period of time I even used it to run a Sunday night karaoke session in a social club
that I was a member of.
I recently landed a job as a part time Karaoke DJ in a local bar, and was using
professional Karaoke software, which drew my attention to some of the limitations in PyKaraoke.
I therefore re-wrote PyKaraoke to add the following features, the ability to seamlessly play CDG+MP3 and MP4 files, play sound effects
such as applause, have a scrolling ticker on screen showing singers order, and an improved search.
It will also automatically play background music or videos between singers, The Windows version can be
downloaded here, to sign up to the email support group, send an email to
pykaraoke-subscribe@cb-chat.net
You can download a linux Debian/Ubuntu version here
made using Linux mint 18, you can watch a short demo video here made using the
Linux version, the Windows version is similar.
YOU MUST INSTALL THE VLC MEDIA PLAYER TO USE THIS SOFTWARE
Karaoke Utilities.
My next project is writing some utility programs to help better
organise my Karaoke music, there is plenty of stuff available
for windows users, but nothing for us Linux guys, however
these utilities will also work on Windows systems if anyone
wants to try them.
KaraPair
This is a very simple Utility, all it does is go through your
entire CDG/MP3 Karaoke collection and report any MP3 or CDG
files it finds, that do not have a matching counterpart, I
checked it on a hard drive with 80,000 files, and it found two
that did not match, due in this case to an extra comma in the
file name.
You can Download a Linux Version HERE,
a Windows version HERE, and
watch a demo video HERE.
KaraName
This utility will go through all your collection to check it
complies with the industry standard name convention of
“Singer” - “Songname”, any files it finds that do not
conform to this standard are moved to a seperate folder so
that you can easily edit them.
You can Download a Linux Version HERE,
a Windows version HERE, and
watch a demo video HERE.
KaraUtil
This utility helps you to edit your filenames to conform to the
industry standard of “Singer” - “Songname”, it edits
the CDG/MP3 files in pairs, and simplifies bulk re-naming, it
will also work with none MP3/CDG files.
You can Download a Linux version HERE,
a Windows version HERE, and
watch a demo video HERE.
KaraDup
This utilty will go through all your Karaoke folders, and
completely rebuild your music libraries removing any duplicate
songs found during the process.
You can Download a Linux version HERE,
a Windows version HERE, and
watch a demo video HERE.
Note all my software on this page is released under the GPL3
Licence, which basically says do what you like with it, but if
it kills your cat, or blows up your house etc, it’s not my
problem, you use this stuff entirely at your own risk. Ken
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