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TKaraoke version 1.3 supports customized song name structures.

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Version
Release Date
Release Note
1.4.0.082 March 6, 2010
  • Support multiple columns sorting.  When sorting by column x, the available song list will be sorted by column x and then by the Song Name column.  When x is the Song Name column, the available song list will be sorted by Song Name and then by Singer Name.  This is useful when sorting by the Tác Giả or Ca Sĩ column because the songs with the same Tác Giả or Ca Sĩ will also be sorted by Song Name.
  • Improved song names and songwriter/singer names recognition.
    • Known names taken from a snapshot of the Lyric Database as of 3/6/2010.
    • 50% more known song names.
    • 75% more known songwriter and singer names.
1.4.0.080 Feburary 16, 2010
  • Minor changes to the toolbar - make the Search Box longer.
  • Underline all column headers of the Available Songs and Song Queue.
  • Add a Ca Sĩ column to the Song Queue.
  • Only show TKaraoke version at the beginining of every song 10% of the times instead of always show the version.
  • Fixed a bug with not maintaining Aspect Ratio in Dual Monitors mode.
1.4.0.078 January 27, 2010
  • Support Lyrics cache - doesn't reset lyrics when adding new songs.
  • Support partial and full lyrics update. Partial update only pull the lyrics for new songs without any lyric cache.
1.4.0.076 December 20, 2009
  • Disabled toolbar auto-hide when in half mode (song list on the left, video on the right).
  • Fixed a bug with not showing the lyrics when playing mp3+g files.
  • Support saving recording options across runs.
1.4.0.074 December 3, 2009
  • Support Progressive Scan
    • Activate by clicking on Options-->Progressive Scan and select an algorithm to use.  The Linear algorithm is enabled by default.
    • This feature is useful on interlaced video sources (i.e. Vob files ripped from original karaoke DVDs). Progressive Scan produces smoother video.
    • This feature has no effect on songs converted to Mkv by TKT because TKT already applied progressive scan while converting to Mkv.
  • Fixed a bug showing "Unknown Audio Track" on Vob files when toogling the audio tracks.
1.4.0.072 December 1, 2009
  • Fixed a bug with not able to switch audio channels on single audio track mpeg files.
  • Fixed a bug with getting error message "Access to path is denied" when adding a song folder and this folder is the root drive (i.e. "C:\").
  • Fixed a bug with the Toolbar disappeared even after the last song finished and TKaraoke is idle.
  • Fixed a bug with getting an error message when pressing the Pause button while TKaraoke is not playing any song.
  • Fixed a bug with the Seek Tool getting disabled after replaying a song.
  • Fixed a bug with getting an error message when pressing the Replay button while TKaraoke is idle and it has not play any song previously.
  • Disabled showing the audio track name when start playing or replaying a song.
1.4.0.070 November 11, 2009
  • Fixed a bug in build 068 that caused TKaraoke to crash on Windows XP computers with error message "This functionality is only supported on Windows Vista or newer."
1.4.0.068 November 10, 2009
  • Downgraded to use VLC 0.9.9 to avoid stability issues with VLC 1.x.
  • Fixed a bug with TKaraoke freezing at the end of every MKV song if not skipped before the end of the song is reached.  This bug appears on versions 1.4.0 build 064, 066, and 067.
  • Support Recording - Recording Options are available but Recording is a beta feature and has been disabled in this stable release.
1.4.0.066 November 4, 2009
  • Fixed a bug introduced in v1.4.0.064 where MPG/MPEG songs with single audio track but multiple channels can't be switched back and forth between Vocal and Non-Vocal mode.
1.4.0.064 October 31, 2009
  • Updated to use the newest version of VLC (1.0.3) to fix an issue where TKaraoke crashes when playing some MP4 files.
  • Auto-hide the toolbar while playing in Single-monitor mode. Uncheck Options-->Auto Hide the Toolbar to disable auto-hide.
  • Remember the previous run's windows positions.
  • See this post for more info.
1.4.0.060 October 9, 2009
  • Support drag-n-drop.  Drag one or more song folders and drop into TKaraoke to add the songs on these folders.  This is equivalent to File-->Add Songs.  Note that Windows Vista and Windows 7 users with UAC turned on will not be able to use this drag-n-drop feature.  See this post for more info.
  • New background for the Video Window.  Thanks to AnHuu for contributing the background image.
1.4.0.058 September 28, 2009
  • Improved duplicate songs detection.  See this post for more info.
  • Support deleting songs directly inside Tkaraoke.  Select one or more songs to delete and press CTRL+Del.  This this post for more info.
  • Support pulling songwriter names from the online database.  When you update the lyric of your songs, the songwriter names for these songs will also get updated as well.  See this post for more info.
  • Allow users to cancel while loading a song.  When TKaraoke is loading a song, the "Wait" message will flash.  To cancel this operation before TKaraoke timeout in 30 seconds, hold the Control key down on the keyboard or press and hold both left and right mouse buttons.
  • Allow users to not play the last-playing song at startup.  While TKaraoke is loading up, hold down the Control key (or press and hold both left and right mouse buttons) to not load any song from the previous run into the song queue.  TKaraoke will start up with an empty song queue.
  • Fixed an error when "Open Containing Folder" and the selected song is from a VIDEO_TS folder.
1.4.0.048 August 21, 2009
  • Support showing the actual song names instead of "Bai So 1", "Bai So 2", etc. when playing from VIDEO_TS folder.  See this post for more info.
  • Support custom song name structure via tksns file when playing from VIDEO_TS folder.
  • Fixed a few minor bugs.
1.4.0.042 August 9, 2009
  • Fixed a bug in v1.4.0.040 when getting the lyrics from the online database.
1.4.0.040 August 8, 2009
  • Support Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 Server
  • Fixed a bug when generating the song catalog.  Song numbers less than 1000 didn't have padding zeroes to make them 4-digit long.
1.4.0.038 June 24, 2009
  • Support lyric recognition via a live online database.
    • To get the lyrics, click on Tools-->Update Lyrics From Online Database.
    • To improve our online database, go to here
    • See this post for more information.
1.3.0.036 June 15, 2009
  • Added the ability to copy the selected song name into the system Clipboard.
  • Added the ability to search online for the lyric of the selected song.
  • Our lyric database is growing.  Contribute lyric and help TKaraoke recognize the lyric of more songs by visiting http://www.tkaraoke.com/lyrics and click on "Them Bai Hat".
1.3.0.034 May 14, 2009
  • Support Song Catalog customization.  See this page for more info.
  • Support Music Volume control in additional to Master Volume control.
    • Use Channel Up/Down on the remote control to control the Music Volume.
    • Use the Volume Up/Down on the remote control to control the Master Volume.
    • The recommended value for the Music Volume is 100%.  On a low-quality song with very soft sound (i.e. old songs produced in Vietnam), the Music Volume can be increased to 200% to make it louder.
  • Improved startup time.
  • Fixed a bug with not applying the font change to all menu items.
  • Fixed a bug geting "unhandled exception" when entering a song number via the remote control.
  • Fixed a bug with displaying the "Wait" message forever when the song file is currupted.
1.3.0.028 April 29, 2009
  • Updated known song names database.  Be sure to "File-->Clear Songs" at least once to invalidate the old song names cache to get the updated names.
  • Smarter song names translation to true Vietnamese.
  • Fixed a bug in song catalog generation.
  • Fixed a bug with removed song folders.
1.3.0.026 April 22, 2009
  • Support mp3+g files inside zip files.
  • Support custom song name structure.  See this page for more info.
  • Support column rename.  Right-click on any column header to rename.
  • Support AVI files (*.avi).
  • Added an option to hide the Song Queue when empty.
  • Added a feature to open the selected song's containing folder inside Windows Explorer.
  • Improved Aspect Ratio management.
  • Improved startup time.  70% startup time reduction if no changes to your songs.  35% startup time reduction if there are changes to your songs since the last run.
  • Fixed an audio toggling issue with mp3+g files.
  • Fixed an issue with song names containing &.
  • Fixed an issue when rewinding from the near-end of the song - the next song info would disappear.
  • Fixed an issue with crashing on some video files with error message "1001 is not valid for 'Value'".
  • Automatically enter fullscreen mode at startup if in single-monitor mode and was in fullscreen mode during the last shutdown.
1.2.0.014 April 3, 2009
  • Added back the control buttons (Replay, Next, Toogle Audio, etc.)
  • Support pass forward and rewind.
  • Hide mouse-pointer after 5 seconds of inactivity.
  • Support more buttons on the remote control
    • Use the "More" button on the remote control to display useful information. This can be done via Ctrl+I on the keyboard.
    • Press FWD or REW to pass forward or rewind, respectively. Hold down to increase the FWD or REW speed.
    • See the updated remote control buttons mapping here.
  • Fixed a bug when adding the highlighted song to the queue via the Enter key on the keyboard or on the remote control.  It would add the song right after the highlighted song instead of the highlighted song.
  • Fixed a bug when moving multiple songs to the top of the queue.
  • Support toggling audio on songs with only 1 audio track but have multiple channels within the audio track (typical VCD karaoke).
  • Fixed a bug of muting the audio when toggle audio rapidly on single audio track files.
  • Automatically resume playback upon start if TKaraoke was playing a song during the previous shutdown.
  • Fixed a bug of not saving the updated songs/singers data edited via the Tools-->Manage Unkown Authors/Singers tool.
  • Updated the logo shown at startup.
1.2.0.008 March 20, 2009
  • Support Windows 7.  Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the next generation of Windows are supported.  TKaraoke continues to support Windows XP and Windows Vista.
  • Support dual-monitors
    • Check "Enable Dual-Monitors Mode from the Tools menu to enable.
    • The "Video Window" can be moved to the 2nd monitor
      • .  Double-click inside the Video Window to run it in full-screen. Double-click again to return to normal window.
  • Display audio track info when toogling the audio track.
  • Support audio visualizations (experimental)
    • This is a beta feature. Disable it if it causes problems for you.  This feature should only be enabled in listening mode.  In a singing environment, this feature should be disabled.
  • Note: to enter fullscreen mode, use Ctrl+Enter instead of Alt+Enter.
  • Important: Be sure to uninstall previous version of TKaraoke before installing this version otherwise TKaraoke will not run correctly.
1.2.0.002 February 14, 2009
  • Support MP3+G files (*.mp3 and *.cdg). Update: starting with v1.3.x, an MP3+G song must be inside a zip file (i.e. SongName.zip containing SongName.mp3 and SongName.cdg). Files with extension mp3 and cdg will not be indexed by TKaraoke.
  • Fixed the issue with the "Wait..." message displayed offscreen.
  • Re-designed the toolbar (removed the buttons)
    • To toogle the audio, use Ctrl+H.
    • To play the next song, use Ctrl+N.
    • To pause, use Ctrl+P.
    • To replay the current song, use Ctrl+R.
  • Support any version of VLC.
1.1.0.054 October 5, 2008
  • Fixed a bug with extra line breaks when generating a Song Catalog.
  • Improved how lyric is shown in TKaraoke and in Song Catalog.
  • Fixed a bug with not able to play directly from a DVD source.
1.1.0.052 September 18, 2008
  • Added support for mpeg files (*.mpg, *.mpeg).
  • Restore the Song Queue automatically from previous run.
  • Added support for loading and saving the Song Queue (Playlist).
1.1.0.050 August 21, 2008
  • Fixed Vietnamese translation issues when the file name is already in true Vietnamese.
    • Avoid losing tone marks when the song file names are already in Unicode.
    • Slightly improve load time.
1.1.0.048 August 8, 2008
  • Added support for x264 files on the mp4 container (*.mp4).
  • Updated Lyric Database.
  • Improved Song Input Manager.
  • Show the file location of the selected song.
1.1.0.046 July 30, 2008
  • Added support for divx files (*.divx).
  • Added support for x264 files (*.mkv).
  • Added the ability to resize the video window while in "song-selection" mode.
1.1.0.044 April 19, 2008
  • Support songs from DVD sources (no longer need to rip songs into individual vob files).
    • Real DVD drives.
    • Virtual (mounted) DVD drives.
    • VIDEO_TS folders on hard drive.
  • Support changing video aspect ratio.
  • Fixed resize issues going from windowed mode to full-screen mode.
  • Added the option to play the first 30 seconds only (useful for batch testing).
1.0.0.040 April 4, 2008
  • Shuffle songs feature added.
  • Implemented "move song to top of the queue".
  • Updated Lyric Database.
1.0.0.038 March 27, 2008
  • Fixed font issues
    • Font and font color set by the user were not saved the next time the user run TKaraoke.
    • Font color were not applied in certain cases.
1.0.0.036 March 25, 2008
  • Improved Song Input Manager.
  • Updated Lyric Database.
1.0.0.034 March 17, 2008
  • Support 64-bit Windows Vista.
  • Fixed case-sensitivity issues when translating Vietnamese.
1.0.0.032 March 14, 2008
  • Initial public release.

Changing the sound volume using a remote control

Beta Versions

Beta versions are for our testers and recommended for advanced users only.
Version
Build Date
Release Note
1.4.0.071 November 12, 2009
  • Enabled Recording.
  • Fixed a bug where TKaraoke kept recording even when the song has ended.
1.4.0.067 November 8, 2009
  • Support automatic recording to mp3 files.
  • See this post for more info.
1.4.0.061 October 20, 2009
  • Auto-hide the toolbar while playing in Single-monitor mode.
  • Remember the previous run's windows positions.
  • See this post for more info.
1.4.0.059 October 8, 2009
  • Support drag-n-drop.  Drag one or more song folders and drop into TKaraoke to add the songs on these folders.  This is equivalent to File-->Add Songs.
  • New background for the Video Window.  Thanks to AnHuu for contributing the background image.
1.4.0.057 September 25, 2009
  • Fully support song deletion when playing from VIDEO_TS folder.  TKaraoke will automatically insert a .Skip line in the corresponding tkdti file.
1.4.0.055 September 24, 2009
  • Support pulling songwriter names from the online database.  When you update the lyric of your songs, the songwriter names for these songs will also get updated as well.  See this post for more info.
1.4.0.053 September 23, 2009
  • Allow users to cancel while loading a song.  When TKaraoke is loading a song, the "Wait" message will flash.  To cancel this operation before TKaraoke timeout in 30 seconds, hold the Control key down on the keyboard or press and hold both left and right mouse buttons.
  • Allow users to not play the last-playing song at startup.  While TKaraoke is loading up, hold down the Control key (or press and hold both left and right mouse buttons) to not load any song from the previous run into the song queue.  TKaraoke will start up with an empty song queue.
1.4.0.051 September 20, 2009
  • Support deleting songs directly inside Tkaraoke.  Select one or more songs to delete and press CTRL+Del.  This this post for more info.
  • Fixed an error when "Open Containing Folder" and the selected song is from a VIDEO_TS folder.
1.4.0.049 September 19, 2009
  • Improved duplicate songs detection.  See this post for more info.
1.4.0.047 August 14, 2009
  • Fixed a bug with skipping the whole DVD if there is no tkdti file present.
1.4.0.045 August 14, 2009
  • Fully support custom song name structure using tksns file when playing from VIDEO_TS folders.
  • Fixed a bug when adding a set of songs into the queue.  TKaraoke now adds in the same order as selected.
  • Append track number to the album data to allow easy sorting by album and then by track number.
1.4.0.043 August 13, 2009
  • Support showing the actual song names instead of "Bai So 1", "Bai So 2", etc. when playing from VIDEO_TS folder.  See this post for more info.
1.4.0.037 June 21, 2009
  • Support lyric recognition via a live online database.
    • To get the lyrics, click on Tools-->Update Lyrics From Online Database.
    • To improve our online database, go to here.
    • See this post for more information.
1.3.0.033 May 12, 2009
  • Support Music Volume control in additional to Master Volume control.
    • Use Channel Up/Down on the remote control to control the Music Volume.
    • Use the Volume Up/Down on the remote control to control the Master Volume.
    • The recommended value for the Music Volume is 100%.  On a low-quality song with very soft sound (i.e. old songs produced in Vietnam), the Music Volume can be increased to 200% to make it louder.
  • Fixed a bug geting "unhandled exception" when entering a song number via the remote control.
1.3.0.031 May 6, 2009
  • Improved startup time.
  • Fixed a bug with not applying the font change to all menu items.
1.3.0.029 May 1, 2009
  • Support Song Catalog customization.  See this page for more info.
  • Fixed a bug with displaying the "Wait" message forever when the song file is currupted.
1.3.0.027 April 25, 2009
  • Updated known song names database.  Be sure to "File-->Clear Songs" at least once to invalidate the old song names cache to get the updated names.
  • Smarter song names translation to true Vietnamese.
  • Fixed a bug in song catalog generation.
1.3.0.025 April 21, 2009
  • Support column rename.  Right-click on any column header and select "Change Column Name..."
  • Fixed a bug with not supporting AVI files.
  • Fixed a bug in the favorite song list - when there is no known singer, the favorite song appears as "song name ()" as suppose to just "song name".
  • Fixed a bug when generating a song catalog.  When the singer is unknown, it appears as "song name ()" instead of just "song name".
1.3.0.023 April 18, 2009
  • Fixed a bug when rewinding from the end of the song.  The next song info disappeared.
  • Fixed a bug with the column sizes were not saved across runs.
1.3.0.021 April 14, 2009
  • Support custom song name structure.  The user can provide a custom .tksns (tkaraoke song name structure) file to use.  See this page for more info.
1.2.0.019 April 12, 2009
  • Improved startup time
    • 70% startup time reduction if your songs were the same as last run.
    • 35% startup time reduction if your songs have changed since last run.
  • Improved searching and sorting time.
  • In single-monitor mode, automatically enter fullscreen mode at startup if TKaraoke was in fullscreen during the last shutdown.
1.2.0.017 April 10, 2009
  • Improved aspect ratio management
    • Aspect ratio changes are now reflected immediately instead of waiting until the next song.
    • Smarter aspect ratio detection.
  • Fixed a bug when the song name has &.  The "current song" and "next song" info ignored the & and showed it as a space.
1.2.0.015 April 06, 2009
  • Support mp3+g songs inside zip files.
  • Add a feature to hide the song queue when it's empty.  Turn this option on or off using the Options menu.
  • Add a feature to open the containing folder in Windows Explorer.  Right-click on a song in the Available Song list or the Song Queue and select "Open Containing Folder".
  • Fixed the audio-toggling issue with mp3+g files.
1.2.0.013 April 01, 2009
  • Support toggling audio on songs with only 1 audio track but have multiple channels within the audio track (typical VCD karaoke).
  • Automatically resume playback upon start if TKaraoke was playing a song in the previous shutdown.
1.2.0.011 March 30, 2009
  • Support more buttons on the remote control
    • Use the "More" button on the remote control to display useful information. This can be done via Ctrl+I on the keyboard.
    • Press FWD or REW to pass forward or rewind, respectively. Hold down to increase the FWD or REW speed.
    • See the updated remote control buttons mapping here.
  • Fixed a bug when adding the highlighted song to the queue via the Enter key on the keyboard or on the remote control.  It would add the song right after the highlighted song instead of the highlighted song.
  • Fixed a bug when moving multiple songs to the top of the queue.
1.2.0.009 March 27, 2009
  • Added back the control buttons (Replay, Next, Toogle Audio, etc.)
  • Support pass forward and rewind.
  • Hide mouse-pointer after 5 seconds of inactivity.
1.2.0.007 March 16, 2009
  • Fixed the "black screen" issue happened on some machines
  • Added the ability to enter and exit fullscreen mode by double-click on the video area.
  • To enter the fullscreen mode using the keyboard, use Ctrl+Enter instead of Alt+Enter.
1.2.0.005 March 14, 2009
  • Fixed a few bugs in Single-monitor mode introduced by build 1.2.0.003.
  • Added the ability to reset the Video Window by bring it back to the main window.  Click on Tools --> Reset Video Window to use this feature.
1.2.0.003 March 13, 2009
  • Support dual-monitors
    • Check "Enable Dual-Monitors Mode from the Tools menu to enable.
    • The "Video Window" can be moved to the 2nd monitor
      • Double-click inside the Video Window to run it in full-screen. Double-click again to return to normal window
      • Double-click on the title bar of the Video Window to maximize it. Double-click again to return to normal window.
  • Support audio visualizations (experimental)
    • This is a beta feature. Disable it if it causes problems for you.
  • Important: Be sure to uninstall previous version of TKaraoke before installing this version otherwise TKaraoke will not run correctly.
1.2.0.001 February 8, 2009
  • Support MP3+G files (*.mp3 and *.cdg).
  • Doesn't require .NET Framework to run.
  • Doesn't require VLC to run
    • .
    • May co-exist with any version of VLC (you can use VLC 0.8.x, 0.9.x, or not use VLC at all).
1.1.0.051 September 6, 2008
  • Added support for mpeg files (*.mpg, *.mpeg).
  • Restore the Song Queue automatically from previous run.
  • Added support for loading and saving the Song Queue (Playlist).
1.1.0.047 August 2, 2008
  • Added support for x264 files on the mp4 container (*.mp4).
  • Updated Lyric Database.
  • Improved Song Input Manager.
1.1.0.045 May 22, 2008
  • Added support for Divx files.
1.1.0.043 April 14, 2008
  • Fixed aspect ratio mis-calculation on certain machines.
  • Fixed resize issues going from windowed mode to full-screen mode
  • Added the option to play the first 30 seconds only (useful for batch testing).
1.1.0.041 April 5, 2008
  • Support songs from DVD sources (no longer need to rip songs into individual vob files).
    • Real DVD drives.
    • Virtual (mounted) DVD drives.
    • VIDEO_TS folders on hard drive.
  • Support changing video aspect ratio.
1.0.0.039 April 3, 2008
  • Shuffle songs feature added.
  • Implemented "move song to top of the queue".
  • Updated Lyric Database.
1.0.0.035  March 22, 2008
  • Improved Song Input Manager.
  • Updated Lyric Database.

 

TKaraoke Tools

TKaraoke Tools screenshot

TKaraokeTools is a software separate from TKaraoke that has many useful features for preparing songs, song catalog, etc. for TKaraoke.  Download it here.

 

VLC Media Player Source

TKaraoke communicates with the VLC Media Player (VMP) to play vob files. To be compliant with the VMP's GPL terms, the source code of VMP must be made available. Downloading the VMP source code is not required to use TKaraoke. If you are interested in the VMP source code, download it from here. If the VLC FTP server is down, the source code can be downloaded from here.