cdg burner problems

[craigbrit]

can anyone help i have cdg songs on my external hard drive which are all zipped files. using cdg burner i have converted them to bin file and stored them in a folder on my desktop, then i have selected burn and dragged and dropped aprox 15 songs over, inserted a cd-r and pressed burn.all seems ok disc ejects and says burn was succesfull, but when i play it in my player the picture lyrics are all ok but the music is playing incredibly fast am i doing something wrong?hope you can help thank you

[adam]

Please test the zip files you have using the demo of Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder. If successful, please try to burn zip files directly using Power CD+G Burner, and let us know the result.

[craigbrit]

thanks for the reply adam.itried it in siglos player and it worked fine it also works fine in karafun. so i tried what you suggested and moved the zip file into cdg but when i press burn a box appears with a red circle with an x in it also gives the song title and ,invalid audio format. do you think its a problem with cdg burner software? hope you can help and thank you

[adam]

Please send an example of the file you are having problems with to support@powerkaraoke.com.

[craigbrit]

adam i have sent you a zipped file of which i am trying to write to cdr

[adam]

The audio file is sampled with 22 kHz frequency, which it makes it incompatible with CD audio standard. It should be sampled using 44.1 kHz. You need to resample the audio file to the correct frequency. It can be done using, for example, Audacity. (It is a free audio editor.)

[craigbrit]

hi adam do you have any tips on resampling in audacity? before i pull the rest of my hair out. seem to think ive wasted my $39 on cdg thank you

[adam]

Are all your files 22 kHz?

First, you need to unzip the file. In Audacity, load the MP3 file into the program, and then change the main sample frequency setting for the project (it will be equal 22050 after loading the file) in the bottom left corner of the Audacity window (not the setting in the track window). Next export the file using File -> Export as MP3. The file will be resampled and exported with 44.1 kHz. Finally replace the original soundtrack file with the processing result in the ZIP archive.

[craigbrit]

thanks for that adam i did as you said and actually managed to burn a track as a sample to cdr which played ok on my player. as you said firstly i unzipped the file loaded themp3 file to program and changed the main sample frequency to 44.1 khz i didnt understand what your next steps so i opened tracks menu and then resample which it did ok the next steps is a complete mistery to what i did could you please point me in the right direction thank you very much craig

[adam]

It seems to me you were successful in resampling the audio file. Could you please specify which instructions exactly you did not understand. Please note you do not have to create the zip archive to burn the karaoke. You may use CDG+MP3 pairs in Power CD+G Burner.

[craigbrit]

thanks for the reply adam i will briefly go through what i did firstly i select the song , then in folder tasks i extract the files which puts these on my desktop , i then drag and drop mp3 into audacity change project sample frequency to 44.1khz and then in tracks menu i resample once this is done im pretty much lost as what to do next hope you can help and thank you craig

[adam]

After changing the project sample frequency use File-> Export as MP3.

[craigbrit]

thanks adam but wher do i put it ? do i need to pair it back with the graphics file . this is what i dont know what to do.also the symbol in the resampled file is a wav not mp3 is this also correct sorry for being a pest but im a complete novice and this is very difficult thank you

[adam]

You need to replace the original file with the resampled one. When using Export as MP3 command, the result should be MP3 file. Is it not the case?

[craigbrit]

hi adam i have managed to complete a full disc now. the problem was when i dragged and dropped say 20 mp3s into audacity and resampled all ok but when i exported multiple they didnt replace the old mp3s but put another file with them so i had 1 cdg and 2 mp3 . the only way i can get round this is to resample 1 mp3 at a time then import it. it then asks to replace the original file. it takes a little longer but it works . do you know if i can replace the original file when using export multiple thank you for all your help craig