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Extract Lyrics and Timing Info from a *.kar file
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KAR files are based on standard Midi files with the following additional events:
The KAR text meta events start with an @ followed by a character indicating the type of KAR text meta event, then followed by text for that event. The following text meta events occur embedded in regular MIDI text events:
FileType: @KMIDI KARAOKE FILE
Version: @V0100
Information: @I<text>
Language: @LENGL
Title 1: @T<title>
Title 2: @T<author>
Title 3: @T<copyright>
The following lyric text indicators are defined. A \ (backslash) in the text is to clear the screen. A / (forwardslash) in the text is a line feed (next line).
you might try one of the other fileformat "librarys" for a better description or do a google search for "kar file format"
good luck!
If somethings hard to do, its not worth doing - Homer Simpson
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KAR files are based on standard Midi files with the following additional events:
The KAR text meta events start with an @ followed by a character indicating the type of KAR text meta event, then followed by text for that event. The following text meta events occur embedded in regular MIDI text events:
FileType: @KMIDI KARAOKE FILE
Version: @V0100
Information: @I<text>
Language: @LENGL
Title 1: @T<title>
Title 2: @T<author>
Title 3: @T<copyright>
The following lyric text indicators are defined. A \ (backslash) in the text is to clear the screen. A / (forwardslash) in the text is a line feed (next line).
you might try one of the other fileformat "librarys" for a better description or do a google search for "kar file format"
good luck!
If somethings hard to do, its not worth doing - Homer Simpson
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A General Guide To Excel in VB FAQ222-3383
The Great Date Debate Thread222-368305
File Formats Galore @ or
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