Hi, I'm new to this. I purchased a karaoke song from iTunes and can't import it into kjames. kjams goes so far as to ask me about tags (and at different times tried both options) but then there is nothing in the library. I got no error message. It's an m4p aac protected audio file. I just assumed there would be lyrics with it. Why is that one protected and not my other purchased tunes? Is this a question for itunes, kjams or mac?
Thanks for any help
aac protected files
I suspect that Dave will be here soon to answer your question more thoroughly, but I thought I'd take a quick stab at it:
Some people label music/audio files as "karaoke" if it is a music file with no vocal on it. In other words, it's an audio file with no lyrics text - graphic or otherwise.
There are ways to unprotect m4p files, but I don't think I should get into that here. Suffice it to say that if your song plays in iTunes without vocals, someone sold you a background music version of the song, not necessarily a CD+G karaoke file.
Lindy
Some people label music/audio files as "karaoke" if it is a music file with no vocal on it. In other words, it's an audio file with no lyrics text - graphic or otherwise.
There are ways to unprotect m4p files, but I don't think I should get into that here. Suffice it to say that if your song plays in iTunes without vocals, someone sold you a background music version of the song, not necessarily a CD+G karaoke file.
Lindy
no lyrics from iTunes
The karaoke songs sold at the iTunes Music Store do not have graphics (lyrics) with them. Not only that, but only iTunes can play AAC protected music. Do not buy karaoke from Apple until they start selling it with graphics and unprotected.
The places to buy karaoke online are listed here.
The places to buy karaoke online are listed here.
AAC protected files
Thanks for that! I've been browsing some karaoke collections and seen that they have both cdg and mp3 files. Are they linked together, or is one (mp3) just the music? See, I am a newbie!
linked?
Well i'm not sure what you mean by "linked" but the way i think of it, they "live together". there's no info in one file that says "i belong with that other file" but they must live in the same directory and have the exact same name (except for extension). the MP3 is the music only and the CDG is the graphics (video containing the lyrics). they can be zipped together in to a single ".zip" file, which i suppose will more explicitly link them.
kJams supports just about any audio format plus CDG, called "Audio+G"
kJams supports just about any audio format plus CDG, called "Audio+G"
ACC protected files
Thanks, that makes sence to me, and thankis for being there while I figure this all out!