Karaoke forum for PowerKaraoke (karaoke software to create, play, and burn CD+G and video karaoke)

Lanmon28 · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 7

I've been playing around a bit with Siglos but I can't get it to display the remaining time left on songs for the singers. I did ck the box that says to ck if you want to show remaning time instead of order they sing but even when I enable that box it still scrolls the order they sing and not the remaining time. Is there a way to get it to display this on the screen for singers to see? Thanks!

Lance

Paradigm Karaoke · Senior Member Joined: 29 Aug 2010 Posts: 154

what you clicked is for the player itself. on the players display it will show the time remaining instead of the time elapsed.
you are looking to have the remaining time of the current singer showing on the secondary display?

Lanmon28 · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 7

yes...that's what I would like to do if it's possible. I want the singers to be able to see how much time left on each song and if possible for each person. I have seen karaoke hoster programs that do allow the singers to see that. It certainly helps when they're deciding where they sing and if they have time to go to the restroom before they sing and things of that nature. Thanks!

lance

Paradigm Karaoke · Senior Member Joined: 29 Aug 2010 Posts: 154

not a bad idea. have not seen it myself, which program has that?
could be a possible option in the future, the developers are on this forum constantly and really listen to requests that are reasonable.

Lanmon28 · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 7

The MTU Hoster program has it. I only know because I have been to a couple of shows around here where people have that program. It will list the current singer and then like the next 4 singers lined up under that one and it will show the time their songs starts and stops so each one knows how long they have before they sing. It's a pretty handy feature. I know it was impressive to me.

Lance

Piotr · Admin Joined: 08 Mar 2010 Posts: 428

I have added this to the list of things to add. Right now Siglos displays time singer should sing the song, so here is a workaround:

1. Add a singer that will mark the end of the show. Make sure that he only has one song assigned.
2. Switch to 'Playlist' view
3. Select the song/singer and use double arrow down to move the singer to the end of the list
4. Switch back to 'Rotation' view
5. The time displayed for the singer will be the time of the end of the show.

As this is too complicated to get simple information we will add a simpler way to do this in one of the next releases.

Lanmon28 · Member Joined: 06 Aug 2011 Posts: 7

Sounds great. Looking forward to that. It does look a whole lot better to display it to the audience so they can see when they sing and if they have time to run to the restroom. If you get a chance check out the mtu website for their hoster program and you will see a picture illustration of how this works and possibly be able to format it that way into the program. It's similar to the way the next singer and following ones scroll across the screen except it stays at the bottom of the screen all the time for the audience to see. It does look very impressive.