unzippin files

wiseguy · Post by **wiseguy** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:29 pm

I have an external drive with about 40,000 zipped karaoke songs and would like to unzip them all.I am told this will help with the occasional problem with a song lyric freezing or lagging behind the music.I can go back and reload that song after this happens and will not have a problem.If some one could tell me how to acheive this or recommend a program that will do it I would appreciate it.I am using karma and am curious if anyone else has had this happen

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:32 am

I'm going to say 99% of us use zipped files. I don't think that is your problem.

Reload your hosting program.

Or you computer isn't big enough to run the songs and do searches at the same time.

More processor & memory maybe what you need.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:53 am

Karma is a CPU intensive program so Processor & memory is also my suggestion or a less system taxing software. Make sure you are not running any unnecessary stuff like Antivirus etc. One does not need to be connected to the internet while running a show anyway.

mnementh · Post by **mnementh** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:50 pm

Hi there.
I use Karma as well.

Personally, I believe it to be the best Karaoke hoster program available, bar none.

However, I agree with the poster above, Re. Karma being power hungry and I had the same problem sometimes with things freezing up but I found it was nothing to do with Zipped files.

My solution was to go back to the version that DOES NOT require the .NET 3.5 update.

This immediately solved my issues with Karma and I since I NEVER have my laptop online, I don't get the "There is a newer version available" message when I run Karma.

Sandy

wiseguy · Post by **wiseguy** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:03 pm

Thanks for the input,I think I'll look into upgrading the memory and processor

Post by **wiseguy** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:26 am

Yes Karma is a resource hog. The creators suggest using unzipped mp3+g files. From the Karma site: "Although a lot of downloads are in zip format for simplicity, we recommend unzipping all files before loading into your library or player for performance reasons."

Don't you think it would be a lot easier and cheaper to simply change to a more efficient hosting software like JustKaraoke than to upgrade your computer and unzip all those files?