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Midi-oke! FAQ (ver. 2.3)
Midi-oke! is a full functional Computer Karaoke player for Windows.
It's distributed under the shareware concept with a registration fee of
20 US dollars. Although installation and running of Midi-oke! should be
straightforward, sometimes, according to the first Murphy law, a problem
may occur.
If everything else fails, before contacting me for help, please consult
carefully these FAQ. Probably you will find the right solution for your
problems....
1. DOES MIDI-OKE! RUN UNDER WINDOWS 95?
Yes, awesomely.
2. WHERE CAN I FIND MORE KARAOKE FILES?
You can find a lot of them at the Computer Karaoke Home Page,
http://www.teleport.com/~labrat/karaoke.shtml
3. WELL, I'M BORED OF ALL THE KARAOKE FILES I HAVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE MY OWN FILES. HOW CAN I DO?
Included with Midi-oke! 2.3 you will find the beta version of EASYKAR, my
karaoke files Editor/Converter. You can use it for creating brand new
songs, or for converting karaoke files from other formats.
4. CAN I USE MIDI-OKE! FOR PLAYING MY FORMAT 0 KARAOKE FILES?
Not directly. You should convert them in .kar standard using EASYKAR.
5. IS THERE A VERSION OF MIDI-OKE! AVAILABLE FOR MAC?
No.
6. ANY OTHER KARAOKE PLAYER FOR MAC?
Take a look at the Computer Karaoke Home Page, you will surely find
something.
7. WHILE INSTALLING MIDI-OKE!, I GOT THE ERROR MESSAGE "STOP CANNOT COPY
VER.DL_ -> C:\WINDOWS\VER.DL". WHAT CAN I DO?
The Setup program is complaining about the presence of the VER.DL file
in your Windows directory. This file is a copy of VER.DLL, created by
another setup program. You can safely rename or delete it, and re-install
Midi-oke!. This time it will work! (Please remember, DO NOT DELETE your
original VER.DLL file!)
8. I SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED MIDI-OKE!. HOWEVER, WHEN I TRY TO OPEN A KARAOKE
FILE, I CAN SEE THE LYRICS BUT CANNOT HEAR ANY SOUND.
First of all, check the MIDI Out list box and choose an appropriate MIDI
device for sound playback. If this does not work, you should consider
the fact that in a few cases a conflict has been reported between
Midi-oke! and the SHARE.EXE program loaded into autoexec.bat/config.sys.
Although since version 2.2 the program should not suffer for this conflict,
if the problem persist please try to contact me. Meanwhile you can locate
in your system files the line in which the SHARE command is invoked, and
temporaly remove it. You should now be able to run Midi-oke! without any
other problem.
9. I CANNOT OPEN THE AUTOPLAY WINDOW, I RECEIVE AN ERROR MESSAGE ABOUT AN
INVALID FILE FORMAT, AND MIDI-OKE! STOPS. WHAT CAN I DO?
Your Visual Basic THREED.VBX has not been updated by the Midi-oke! SETUP
program. This probably occurred because the file seems to be newer that
the copy included in the Midi-oke! installation disk; in this case you can
manually expand the THREED.VB_ compressed file from the installation disk
using the DOS command:
EXPAND THREED.VB_ THREED.VBX
Please make a backup copy of your old THREED.VBX file, before overwriting
it with the new version!
10. I THINK MIDI-OKE! IS A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST YOU TO
DO THIS, CHANGE THAT, REMOVE THESE, ETC.
All the suggestions are welcome, but please consider that I'm not a
professional programmer. I have in mind many possible improvement for
Midi-oke! which I'm not doing simply because I don't know how to program
them. I think you should not expect the next version of Midi-oke! to have
substantial improvements with respect to this version. In any case,
I surely will try to correct the bugs you will eventually notice me.
11. I LIKE YOUR PROGRAM, BUT I CANNOT USE IT SINCE I'M TERRIBLY OUT OF TUNE.
Sorry, can't help. I have the same problem, too...
12. I HAVE A PROBLEM NOT LISTED IN THESE FAQ. HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU?
You can contact me by e-mail at the following address:
vince@risc.ifam.pi.cnr.it
or by standard mail at the address:
Vincenzo Palleschi
Via Francesco Pardi, 17
56124 PISA
Tel. +39 (50) 571073
FAX +39 (50) 888136
Despite of my answer at FAQ 10, I really like to have your feedback,
(expecially if positive...), so please do not exitate to contact me
when needed.
The Author
Vincenzo Palleschi