"A O" wrote in message$8or$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Can anyone help. i want to play my karaoke disks
on my pc, what do i need to
> play my disks on my pc or store them to my hard
drive
>
I am in the same process as your are and will
share what I have found with you.

First off, you will need a CD drive that can read
a CD+G (karaoke) disk. From my searching I have
found that Plextor is probably the most highly
recommended CD drive for this. I am going to be
buying a PlexWriter 24/48/24 that is capable of
reading and burning a CD+G disk. Here is a link
to the CD/R drive I am going to be getting...
http://www.plextor.com/english/products/48_24_48A.html
This drive is capable of reading a CD+G and
burning one. And right now after mail in rebate
is only $64.


After you get the CD drive you will need a program
to actually rip the CD+G disk, there are a couple
of ways to go.

Since you will be storing them on your hard drive,
you will want to convert the CD+G disk to MP3+G
files. Here is a link to program that will do
that....
http://www.tricerasoft.com/cdgripper.html
There are several other programs out there that
will rip a CD+G to a MP3+G, just do a Google
search for "MP3+G" and you will get tons of hits.

After you have the MP3+G on your hard drive (or
burned on a CD) you will need a karaoke player to
play them. Again there are several different
player, again do a search on Google and you will
get lots of his. Some cost money, there are even
free players too. For example here is one from
TriceSoft.....
http://www.tricerasoft.com/breeze.html

Now for an additional route you may want to go.
If you want to make an actual copy of a GD+G disk
you will need the program called CDRWIN from
GoldenHawk. Here is a link....
http://www.goldenhawk.com/cdrwin.htm

There are several other programs out there that
will do what you want, with a little searching, I
am sure you will find the right one for you.

Regards,
Anthony

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