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hi  ,

i just recently started learning how to set-up karaoke in my pc ...
i have to say there is so much to learn and i am loving it ...
but i have encounter a problem that i have searched
high and low on the web and canNOT seems to find the soluction to ...
my problem is : i have severals chinese songs (in midi & kar files) ...
i can't seem to get the lyric to display correctly on the screen ...
i tried all different kind of pc karaoke player, from vanBasco, easy karaoker, siglos - karafun ...
none of them display the lyrics in the correct form ...
i even tried to change the language format on those players but no go either ...
can someone PLEASE help ...

TIA !!!  :hug:  ~ nancy

((edited))whups... just read you tried multiple programs...

You know, .kar files are specific... I don't know which ones work with .midi files... many players play that, but I don't know which ones work with karaoke .cdg screens...  

I do know that powerkaraoke will convert the .kar files to a .cdg format...
It ain't free, but it is affordable, and the guy that wrote that program DOES come to this site!

Sorry Nancy, wish I could be of more help.

Where did you get these files from?

If they are only in Chinese, do you expect a program to translate them in to another language?

oh ... i am NOT looking for it to tanslated ...
i am looking for a way or a pc karaoke player that can display it correctly ...

try to call the Manufacturer of the disc and see if they recommend a particulary brand of machine that will supposedly play that type of karoeke file. Go to the source.

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Nancy,  Just a thought. Are you using a Chinese version of the OS?  If you are using an English version, you may need to add Chinese character support to Windows. See if this helps:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese/Di ... Characters

or this:
http://kb.iu.edu/data/aaom.html

THANKS !!! i will try, will let you know if it works, fingers & toes crossed  :dancin:

NOPE, don't work ...
guess i just have to search for some karaoke software support regional/foreign karaoke as well as english ...
so far, it seems like  none i found does ...
if anyone know of one, PLEASE let me know ...
TIA !!!

Nancy, can you email me one of the KAR files you are having problems with? I will check what can be done to make Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder support it. My email is info (at) powerkaraoke.com

hi,

THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU !!!
even if it doesn't work out, thank you for the offer .
i been racking my brain out over this ...
here are a few of the songs :

http://www.mediamax.com/heureuse70/Host ... %20YOU.mid

http://www.mediamax.com/heureuse70/Host ... ITHFUL.mid

http://www.mediamax.com/heureuse70/Host ... %20JUI.mid

~ nancy

OK, I got the files. I have added this to the things-to-do list. Please email us in two weeks -- it looks like it should be pretty simple thing to do.

Hi, I can try for you as well.
trouble is you have 3 midi files posted but no Kar

Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder 1.0.6 should play your files properly. You may need to change font and/or codepage in Display Settings to one that supports Chinese characters.

van basco should play any .kar files.

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van basco should play any .kar files.
Also there is a midi editor called power tracks that comes with *shudder* band in a box. I dumped band in a box and kept power tracks cos it was a decent prog and will play .kar files and edit them etc

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The problem is with Chinese characters (and other multibyte scripts) -- they have to be treated is a special way and Van Basco does not display them properly.