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- Midi-oke! FAQ (ver. 2.2)
-
- Midi-oke! is a full functional Computer Karaoke player for Windows.
- 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.htm
-
- 3. WELL, I'M BORED OF ALL THE KARAOKE FILES I HAVE.
- I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE MY OWN FILES. HOW CAN I DO?
- It's not easy. First of all you have to become familiar with the Computer
- Karaoke File Format, then you can start to insert the lyrics in the proper
- track, at the proper time, in the proper MIDI file, using a good sequencer
- (Cakewalk, Winjammer, etc..). Or, just wait for the release of my MID2KAR
- - the Karaoke File editor. I will distribute it soon (well, it still needs
- heavy debugging....).
-
- 4. IS THERE A VERSION OF MIDI-OKE! AVAILABLE FOR MAC?
- No.
-
- 5. ANY OTHER KARAOKE PLAYER FOR MAC?
- Take a look at the Computer Karaoke Home Page, you will surely find
- something.
-
- 6. 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!)
-
- 7. 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 the new 2.2 version should not suffer for this conflict, if the
- problem persists 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.
-
- 8. 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!
-
- 9. 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.
-
- 10. 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...
-
- 11. 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 9, I really like to have your feedback,
- (expecially if positive...), so please do not exitate to contact me
- when needed.
-
- The Author
- Vincenzo Palleschi