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has any body heard or tied to convert cd+g to the new supercdg if so how do you do it and what programs are needed?

I recently bought the CAVS 202G for home use. I also ordered the Chartbuster Essential Vol 1 in CD+G format(30 discs) I could have ordered the single super cd+g disc but I had heard that super cd+g is CAVS proprietary format and it was uncertain if it would be a success. I also ordered a couple Essential Plus (60's and 70's of course)

For 29.99 you can purchase the Encoder MCG (EMCG) program from the CAVS Website.

You start up EMCG and insert one of your CD+G discs into the drive. As you likely already know, it must be a drive that reads cd+g discs. I have a Plextor 708A and it works fine. The program reads the disc and then asks for a name for each selection. You can simply choose an option that allows you to number all the songs consecutively. You then choose the MP3 speed. I was using 160kbps. You also want to ensure that the option to create the graphics file is selected. When the disc is ripped it creates an mp3 file and an mcg file for each song. It took about 5 to 10 minutes to rip each disc.

After you have done the ripping and have all the files in one directory, you copy a file from CAVS called scgd_encoder into that directory. When the file is unzipped it creates 4 files, one of which is scdg.bat.

You then need to create a text file with numbers,song names and artists.
I used Excel for this since I keep all karaoke info in a spreadsheet. Then I used Word to create the text file and clean it up the way that CAVS wants it. The file is named SCDG.cfg and placed in the same directory as everything else.

You then run the scdg.bat file. It will create a directory called CAVS_MCG and in that directory you will find a number of files with the extension ".dat". This can take up to an hour.

Then you burn the directory CAVS_MCG onto a DVD. I use NERO for burning the DVD. I put 775 songs on one DVD. It took about an hour to burn. 4GB for 775 songs.

Now my cd+g discs sit on the shelf and I have one disc in the CAVS. It works great. It is fast. 5 seconds to load the disc at startup. 5 seconds after you select a song number (3 seconds of that looking at the Chartbuster ad !!) Made a backup copy by justing burning another DVD.

Now I don't worry about my teenagers wrecking the discs or wrecking the tray on the player. And it is such a pleasure not having to change discs!

I figure that I can add about another 200 songs onto a disc, getting just under 1000 songs at 160kbps. If I want to put more songs after that I may consider converting the MP3 files to 128kbps, which is still CD quality. I cannot tell the difference in sound between 160kbps and 128kbps. I will just leave all the files on my computer for the future disc creations.

So that's it in a nutshell. I am glad you asked, because I now have put it all in writing for myself. I likely will have forgotten everything next time I go to do it. In any event, more detailed instructions can be found on the CAVS website.