Hi. Did you get a chance to upload the definitive karaoke collection yet
leenew Karaoke ?
Hi DJChad!
No I haven't uploaded it yet.
Here is a quick update.
It will get uploaded soon!
Slightly longer update:
The problem is that when I add a new manufacturer (the last one was Party Tyme / Sybersound) I have to go through and do a complete pass by artist and a complete pass by title to get things as consistent as I want it to be.
This means slowly scrolling through the list in an editor (I use MP3Tag) correcting all the tags.
This takes absolutely ages as I am working with all 180,000ish files all at once, making changes as I spot errors.
It is wrecking my eyesight/brain!
I am half-way through the last pass so I should be able to start uploading it in about a week or 2.
I think because life is too short, if I decide to add another manufacturer, I will have to deal with it as a separate entity because I don't have the energy to do any more complete passes!
It is hard to explain what I mean by "getting it all consistent", but mainly it is things like:
making sure all bands are consistent - no R.E.M. --- REM 3 Degrees --- Three Degrees etc.
Making sure all artists are consistent - no Diana Ross & Lionel Richie --- Lionel Richie & Diana Ross etc.
Same with titles - no Fool Such as I --- (Now & Then) There's a Fool Such as I etc.
And this is while checking for spelling, artist/title wrong way round etc.
The amount of mistakes has been jaw-dropping!
I have made literally thousands of alterations.
There is so much to do...
However, I am confident this will be the cleanest large collection out there by far.
If a few people decide to use it, it would be good if any errors are reported so the collection can be constantly improved.
oh, by the way...
I hesitate to call it the definitive collection!
It won't be for everybody as some people like to collect *everything*.
I am stripping most of the full vocal tracks and the tracks with no graphics.
And a final caveat...
Although I have swapped out any incorrect tracks I have found... I am nowhere close to having played every single track, so there will still be incorrect tracks lurking in there I am sure.
But.... I have done my best!!
Lee.