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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