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How to rip Karaoke CDs

Karaoke CDs contain CD+G tracks that show up as regular CD tracks (*.cda) in the PC, and can play on any CD player. However, they have embedded graphics that will show up if a karaoke machine player is attached to a TV.

It is possible to convert the CD+G tracks to MP3+G files (paired mp3 and cdg

1. Get a copy of Karaoke song list creator

   http://www.airwer.com/

   allows searching Karaoke CD database

2. Ripper
   1. Free: Get a copy of MP3+G Toolz 4

      http://www.activeaspsoftware.net/default.aspx?p=home

      rips the CD+G tracks from a karaoke CD to *.bin files (contains the mp3 track and the cdg graphics track)

      1. Right-click the CD in Windows Explorer and select MP3+G Toolz and Convert CDG to bin

         Change name of bin file to something like <artist>-<song>.bin, then Convert bin to Audio+G will name the new files appropriately

         Or Convert CDG to Audio+G

   2. Pay: Get a copy of Power CD+G Burner

      http://www.powerkaraoke.com/

      Will convert directly to MP3+G

      May be able to get song tags directly, otherwise enter song names before ripping