Karaoke / Cdg Files

[OnOff]

The smallest daughter has a new karaoke machine but we didn't manage to get any discs! As far as I can make out I need to make a CD-G disc. I've gotten a bunch of .MP3 files with the associated .CDG file (the graphics bit I assume?). BUT HOW do I burn a CD-G disc incorporating the two files? 

Cheers

 

[steptoe]

you need to upgrade your OS 

http://www.fileguru.com/apps/ubuntu_karaoke_cd_g

 

[OnOff]

you need to upgrade your OS 

http://www.fileguru.com/apps/ubuntu_karaoke_cd_g

I'll have you know I'm "spreading the word" of Our Lord Linus Torvalds. The niece's Acer laptop apparently died - "All that comes up is the Windows icon!" she said. Sent her home with an Ubuntu Live 13.04 DVD.

A little later on she Skypes me that it's all up and running and she can access all her college stuff AND open it with Libre. The best bit is my brother has just bought her a brand new Sony VAIO! 

 

[steptoe]

I'll have you know I'm "spreading the word" of Our Lord Linus Torvalds. The niece's Acer laptop apparently died - "All that comes up is the Windows icon!" she said. Sent her home with an Ubuntu Live 13.04 DVD.

A little later on she Skypes me that it's all up and running and she can access all her college stuff AND open it with Libre. The best bit is my brother has just bought her a brand new Sony VAIO! 

:Applaud

and what age is she?

most kids wont change cos its 'different' ,

and, 99% of mainstream games arent on it,

make sure she puts vlc on it, its in the software centre, Ive yet to find any music of video it cant play, unlike movie player which can sometimes be a bit picky.

 

[OnOff]

:Applaud

and what age is she?

most kids wont change cos its 'different' ,

and, 99% of mainstream games arent on it,

make sure she puts vlc on it, its in the software centre, Ive yet to find any music of video it cant play, unlike movie player which can sometimes be a bit picky.

She's 21. Said she loves the look of Ubuntu! Seems she also has a Toshiba laptop that seemingly bit the dust too............that was replaced by the Acer............that is now getting replaced by the Sony!

And my other nephew was also down today (he's 41). Asking if I had any spare DDR2 RAM as he's "only got 1GB ". I showed him Ubuntu.............he's coming down tomorrow with his laptop!

I love VLC too but it always seems slow on Windoze anyway, to load?

 

[steptoe]

dunno about windoze,

its been about 5years since I actually used windoze, I have used it the odd time since for stuff that was just easier to do [unlocking an iphone for instance is GUI on windoze, command in ubuntu],

so I couldnt comment on vlc that way,

you should be on commision,

oh, forgot, its only apple that charges for the kernel and layout, and gates that charges for the design ideas.  :C

 

[OnOff]

Trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 INSIDE Windows 7.............it won't let me from either the Live CD or USB. Just goes black screen then reboots. Thinking I have to do something partion wise to make it friendly for a Linux install?

 

[steptoe]

are you running VB or similar?

or are you trying to use a WUBI ?

remember, using wubi is only as good as the windoze install itself  AFAIAA

 

[OnOff]

are you running VB or similar?

or are you trying to use a WUBI ?

remember, using wubi is only as good as the windoze install itself  AFAIAA

Um..........?

VB is Visual Basic? I just boot up from the Live CD and get two options,Try Ubuntu or Install it. Clicking install and I then get offered to replace Win 7, install alongside or set up manually..................Not got a scooby doo as to setting up manually i.e what partitions etc to make..........must be a guide somewhere?

 

[steptoe]

yes, installing alongside ISNT inside,

it will give you a boot option at start-up,

does W7 use the whole disk?

the best way is to back-up all your W7 stuff, then use the live CD to resize the partitions on the HDD,

you can do this on install, but not recommended, you may end up with corrupt files!!!!  NOT good,

if you want to do this tell me your HDD size and I'll give you an idea of what partitions you may need,

oh, and if you make a seperate FAT partition for  /media   both W7 and ubuntu can access it,

ubuntu can read FAT but Windows CANT read  ext

VB  = virtual box

wubi =  install ubuntu as a 'program'  inside windows,  dont do it, its carp!

 

[OnOff]

yes, installing alongside ISNT inside,

it will give you a boot option at start-up,

does W7 use the whole disk?

the best way is to back-up all your W7 stuff, then use the live CD to resize the partitions on the HDD,

you can do this on install, but not recommended, you may end up with corrupt files!!!!  NOT good,

if you want to do this tell me your HDD size and I'll give you an idea of what partitions you may need,

oh, and if you make a seperate FAT partition for  /media   both W7 and ubuntu can access it,

ubuntu can read FAT but Windows CANT read  ext

VB  = virtual box

wubi =  install ubuntu as a 'program'  inside windows,  dont do it, its carp!

Just had a play and ALL the existing partitions appear to be NTFS if that's an issue? Got to go out but will have a further look later. Cheers

 

[steptoe]

no problem, ubuntu can change those to whatever you want, NTFS is standard windows format

 

[OnOff]

OK, so choosing "something else" I can see how my hdds are set up:

 

[steptoe]

right,

installing it INSIDE W7 is using WUBI [maybe its called something else now]

and is carp,

its fully dependent on how windows runs, it can only run as a program, and as fast as W7 will allow it to run,

IMHO, youd be better resizing your partitions and installing alongside windows, then it can run at full speed, and without the issues of windows affecting it,

but, it may be ok if you just want to try it,

BTW, running inside windows still leaves it vunerable to viruses, just like any other windows program.

what are sda3 & 4 ?

RAID systems?

bit pointless on the same disc?

saying that, on reading the description,

it sounds like a bad typo, and it actually should read ALONGSIDE, not INSIDE

:C

ive never used 13.04

 

[OnOff]

right,

installing it INSIDE W7 is using WUBI [maybe its called something else now]

and is carp,

its fully dependent on how windows runs, it can only run as a program, and as fast as W7 will allow it to run,

IMHO, youd be better resizing your partitions and installing alongside windows, then it can run at full speed, and without the issues of windows affecting it,

but, it may be ok if you just want to try it,

BTW, running inside windows still leaves it vunerable to viruses, just like any other windows program.

what are sda3 & 4 ?

RAID systems?

bit pointless on the same disc?

Don't know, as far as I can tell the 320GB is pretty much split in two. Not RAID, different stuff on each. So basically you're reckoning shifting everything I want to keep onto say an external HDD and then "starting afresh"? BTW, running off Live USB at the mo, it's well quick!

 

[steptoe]

yes, I would back up everything,

if you have the inclination wipe the HDD and start again with fresh partitions,

or, you could take the chance and get Ubuntu to shrink your windows install to give you some free space for ubuntu, you should be safe enough with a drive that big.

there are a few things you need to do in windows first though if you want to get ubuntu to resize for you, just to help the chances of you not losing any data

 

[Sidewinder]

I've installed Ubuntu now onto 2 laptops one running XP & one running 7Pro.

Did both through Windows, but installed as dual boot, and allowed Ubuntu to move the partitions etc. around, no bother.

I would do it on this machine, but, the disk could be too small @ only 500Gb.

I have a LOT of data that I need to carry around, don't ask!!!

 

[steptoe]

HEADLINES

a quick google shows lots of folks having GRUB bootloader issues installing 13.04 alongside windows,

it 'may' be better installing 12.04 or 12.10 , and then updating .

oh, and 13.04 doesnt support WUBI out of the box, so where that says INSIDE, it most deffo means ALONGSIDE 

 

[Sidewinder]

Now it was an earlier version I installed, may have been 12.something?

 

[steptoe]

I normally stick to the LTS versions on the computers I use daily, and only use the rolling versions on the other computer that is for downloading etc.

12.04 was the most recent LTS, btw, the numbers are the release dates, eg, 12.04 equals 4th month of 2012