Release Notes

TKaraokePro (computer edition) and TKT releases can be downloaded from the Download page on our web site. All other TKaraoke editions can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. TKaraoke controller songbook app can be downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

TKaraokeUSB v1.152

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Build 152 supports more restrictive external drives access introduced in Android TV 10 and beyond. Google made it so that the User has to go to Apps –> TKaraoke –> Info –> Permissions –> Media and Files and select “Allow all the time”. This is a one time acknowledgement allowing TKaraokeUSB to access your hard drive for playing your songs. After doing this, go to TKaraokeUSB Settings row (last row) and select Clear Cache and Exit and start TKaraoke again.

Updating TKaraokeUSB to the latest version is very simple, thanks to Google Play Store. See instruction below. For release history and release notes, see this page.

TKaraokeUSB v1.150

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Fixed an issue with YouTube content not buffering fast enough to play smoothly.

Updating TKaraokeUSB to the latest version is very simple, thanks to Google Play Store. See instruction below. For release history and release notes, see this page.

TKaraokeUSB v1.148

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Build 148 fixed a bug where TKaraokeUSB will crash when some rare YouTube content is added or queue via the remote control or Songbook app.

Updating TKaraokeUSB to the latest version is very simple, thanks to Google Play Store. See instruction below. For release history and release notes, see this page.

TKaraokeUSB v1.147

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Build 147 fixed a defect where songs are not played with the right audio track per the Play Mode settings specified in Preferences.

Updating TKaraokeUSB to the latest version is very simple, thanks to Google Play Store. See instruction below. For release history and release notes, see this page.

TKaraokeUSB pre-build 147 release notes

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TKaraokeUSB is like TKaraoke Android but loads songs directly from the USB drive drives or network drives.

  • 1.146 (2/21/2021)
    • Added lyrics and volume data for TKaraoke Underground songs v2021
  • 1.138 (12/19/2020)
    • Added Scoring Feature
    • Support TKC and TKD song formats
  • 1.130 (11/22/2020)
    • Load YouTube content faster and updated YouTube parser.
  • 1.128 (11/15/2020)
    • Support Android TV 10 devices
    • Load YouTube content faster
  • 1.126 (8/22/2020)
    • Support WMV files
  • 1.124 (8/6/2020)
    • Support WMV files
  • 1.123 (6/7/2020)
    • Fixed but not able to voice search YouTube content in some cases
    • Fixed bug crashing when loading a YouTube content but then exit out of the YT search results page before loading is complete
  • 1.122 (3/28/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when skipping right after adding a YouTube content
  • 1.118 (2/14/2020)
    • Fixed bug not searching songs by singer correctly
    • Optimized for showing songs by Singers (requires Sb app v2.22 or newer)
  • 1.116 (2/8/2020)
    • Fixed bug always playing the first song first when requesting to Random Play from the songbook app
  • 1.115 (2/7/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when voice searching YouTube on the MiBox when there are too many results
    • Speed up YouTube voice searching
  • 1.114 (2/6/2020)
    • Fixed bug crashing when voice searching for “YouTube”.
  • 1.113 (2/5/2020)
    • Minor improvements to support Singers listing (requires SB 2.22 or newer)
  • 1.112 (1/31/2020)
    • Support viewing songs by Singers (requires SB app v2.22 or newer)
  • 1.111 (1/27/2020)
    • Support multiple audio tracks content from YT Dynamic Content
  • 1.110 (1/26/2020)
    • Fixed bug not loading any song even when the hard drive has songs
    • Load YT content even when no hard drive is attached
  • 1.109 (1/26/2020)
    • New feature: YouTube Dynamic Content will appear below the All Songs row
  • 1.108 (1/25/2020)
    • Load YouTube content quicker
  • 1.107 (1/24/2020)
    • Changed cc icon to search icon to avoid confusion
  • 1.104 (1/10/2020)
    • Show “preview not available” when thumbnail image isn’t found
    • Improved performance, especially on the MiBox
  • 1.103 (1/5/2020)
    • Improved YouTube search result thumbnail images quality
  • 1.102 (1/4/2020)
    • Updated icons and minor improvements
  • 1.101 (1/3/2020)
    • Fixed bug not showing YouTube search result title and description correctly on some YT content.
  • 1.100 (1/2/2020)
    • Updated Lyrics and Volume data for 2019 Underground songs
  • 1.99 (1/1/2020)
    • Fixed bug not able to voice search YouTube when too many searches were done on the Sb2 app
  • 1.98 (12/31/2019)
    • Fixed bug not showing thumbnail on some YouTube search results
  • 1.97 (12/29/2019)
    • New feature: voice searching YouTube content. For more info, see this page.
  • 1.96 (12/24/2019)
    • Updated to decipher new YouTube code
  • 1.95 (11/29/2019)
    • Support playing a category randomly (requires Songbook app v2.17 or newer)
  • 1.94 (11/27/2019)
    • Fixed bug hanging or started playing after a really long time when requesting playing random favorite songs on cases where the number of favorite songs are large.
  • 1.93 (11/26/2019)
    • Support randomly playing Favorite Songs (requires SB app v2.16 or newer)
  • 1.92 (11/14/2019)
    • Fixed bug not discoverable by Songbook apps after selecting Restart or Exit
  • 1.91 (11/10/2019)
    • Improved text overlay to fit better with the new background image.
  • 1.90 (11/9/2019)
    • Improved speed
    • Take advantages of the new Shield TV 2019 features
  • 1.88 (10/31/2019)
    • Fixed bug showing null for singer name when playing songs over the network
  • 1.87 (10/30/2019)
    • Fixed bug skipping a song when seeking forward or backward
  • 1.86 (10/29/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing when performing a Random Play on any row
  • 1.85 (10/28/2019)
    • Better support for the Nvidia Shield TV 2019
    • Fixed bug seeking forward when playing on some large 4K songs
    • Show Requestor name on Info Overlay
  • 1.84 (10/24/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing when queuing the very first song from Sb2 app
  • 1.83 (10/17/2019)
    • Improved Lyrics data
    • Improved Volume data
  • 1.82 (10/13/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to search using lyric. Perform a Clear Cache (last row in TKaraokeUSB) followed by a Hard Exit to force TKaroakeUSB to pickup new lyric data
    • Run in 64-bit mode on 64-bit devices
  • 1.81 (10/9/2019)
    • Fixed bug not updating Songbook App’s queue when adding the song via Voice Search
    • Improved Favorite Songs calculation speed. To get the improved speed, you need to do a full scan of the songs. To force a full scan, in TKaraokeUSB, go to the last row (Configuration Row) and select Clear Cache. Then select Hard Exit and launch TKaraokeUSB again.
  • 1.79 (10/7/2019)
    • Fixed bug clearing all songs out when queuing via the Songbook app
  • 1.78 (10/6/2019)
    • Fixed bug entering a bad state when adding 2 or more YouTube songs quickly one after another while TKaraokeUSB is not playing any song.
  • 1.77 (10/2/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to replay TKA and TKB songs
  • 1.76 (10/1/2019)
    • Play YouTube songs at maximum video and audio quality whenever possible (up to 4K resolution)
  • 1.73 (8/4/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.72 (7/30/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.71 (6/14/2019)
    • Fixed bug not able to play some YouTube songs
  • 1.70 (3/5/2019)
    • Fixed bug not loading Volume data when loading songs from cache
  • 1.68 (1/10/2019)
    • Fixed bug caching songs from network drives even when the network drives have been unselected via Settings
    • Fixed bug caching songs from USB hard drive even when the drive has been ejected
  • 1.67 (1/4/2019)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup when no hard drive is attached and no network drive is configured
  • 1.66 (1/3/2019)
    • Improved startup time by not scanning for songs when the hard drive hasn’t change since the last run
  • 1.65 (12/31/2018)
    • Support voice search in both English and Vietnamese at the same time
  • 1.64 (12/28/2018)
    • Support the traditional way of voice searching on devices running the latest Android TV (Oreo)
    • Improved searching and thumbnail loading performance for connected songbook apps
    • Fixed random crashes on devices running Oreo
  • 1.63 (12/14/2018)
    • Fixed bug not able to generate song thumbnails on devices running Oreo
  • 1.62 (12/13/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup on some Oreo devices
  • 1.61 (11/25/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing when lowering volume all the way down in Android TV 7.0 or higher
    • Added an option to unregister the registration key
  • 1.60 (10/13/2018)
    • Added an Option to disable Thumbnail Images
  • 1.59 (10/12/2018)
    • Upgraded playback engine to VLC 3.x
    • Added an option to use the built-in 10-band EQ
  • 1.58 (10/9/2018)
    • Fixed bug crashing when broadcasting a message from the SB app to TKaraokeUSB
    • Show the IP address in Settings ==> About to quickly obtain the IP address in case the user want to manually enter the IP address in the SB app.
  • 1.57 (9/22/2018)
    • Fixed YouTube playback issue
    • Fixed random crashes after attempting to play a YT song
    • Improved compatibility with Oreo
  • 1.54 (7/7/2018)
    • Fixed audio stuttering issue in Oreo (MiBox)
  • 1.53 (7/4/2018)
    • Support Android TV 8.0 (Oreo)
  • 1.52 (6/24/2018)
    • Fixed random crash when the Song Queue contains YouTube songs
    • Updated built-in auto-volume data
  • 1.51 (2/14/2018)
    • Fixed bug not able to play YouTube videos
  • 1.50 (1/8/2018)
    • Improved Lyrics Data
    • Improved Volume Data
  • 1.49 (12/21/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to load volume data via the JSON file for really large songs
  • 1.48 (12/16/2017)
    • Allow overwriting network server IPs via the hosts.json file
  • 1.47 (12/15/2017)
    • Fixed bug not loading volume data from JSON files
  • 1.46 (12/10/2017)
    • Fixed crash when voice searching for .YT songs
  • 1.45 (12/9/2017)
    • Improved load time when loading volume data from JSON files
  • 1.44 (12/1/2017)
    • Show search suggestions for album abbreviation
  • 1.43 (11/25/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to search by lyric or songwriter name
  • 1.42 (11/23/2017)
    • Improved thumbnails generation speed for large videos on the network drive
    • Fixed bug showing 1440p songs as SD
  • 1.41 (11/22/2017)
    • Support playing from network shares (aka network drives)
  • 1.39 (11/11/2017)
    • Support searching by Song Number
  • 1.38 (11/5/2017)
    • Fade-out audio when replaying songs
    • Disabled the “beep” sound when voice-searching while not playing any song
  • 1.37 (11/4/2017)
    • Fade-out audio when skipping songs. This avoid having harsh sound when the volume is high
    • Fixed an audio-volume bug where slightly soft songs get even softer audio volume
    • Added logistics to support future 8K and 16K songs
  • 1.36 (10/31/2017)
    • Fixed crash at startup when scanning TKA songs and have not yet registered
  • 1.34 (10/28/2017)
    • Support search using part of the lyric or songwriter name
  • 1.31 (10/17/2017)
    • Fixed bug crashing at startup when volume.data is present
  • 1.30 (10/16/2017)
    • Support .MOV songs
    • Show Volume Data on the info screen, if the current song has volume data
    • Fixed audio glitch when attempting to toggle audio on single-audio-track songs
  • 1.29 (10/15/2017)
    • Fixed startup jittering on single-audio-track MP4 songs when Play mode is set to Music or Karaoke
    • Support Auto Volume
  • 1.28 (10/13/2017)
    • Support showing suggestions when typing into the Search box on the Songbook app
    • Fixed audio jittering issue at start of every song when the Play Mode is set to Karaoke
  • 1.27 (9/19/2017)
    • Change thumbnail images to have round corners
  • 1.26 (8/29/2017)
    • Added support for m2ts songs (bluray raw rip songs)
  • 1.21 (7/30/2017)
    • Added support for fading-in audio volume when toggling audio tracks
  • 1.20 (7/25/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to play songs containing % in their file names
  • 1.19 (7/24/2017)
    • Fixed bug crashing when playing YouTube songs
  • 1.18 (7/21/2017)
    • Fixed bug not able to play songs containing # in their file names
  • 1.17 (7/21/2017)
    • Support favorite songs (requires TKaraokeSB v1.09 or newer)
  • 1.16 (7/15/2017)
    • Support randomly playing songs from each song category or from the entire collection
  • 1.14 (7/11/2017)
    • Support registration to unlock song limits.
  • 1.13 (7/8/2017)
    • Support audio track swap for songs in folder ending with !!
    • Support changing Play Mode via the Songbook app (requires TKaraokeSB v1.08 or newer)
    • Support displaying messages broadcast via the Songbook app (requires TKaraokeSB v1.09 or newer)
    • Fixed bug hanging on the Sb app when clearing the Song Queue
  • 1.11 (6/18/2017)
    • Support playing YouTube songs added using the SB app
    • Scroll song name and song info when the text is too long
  • 1.10 (6/12/2017)
    • Support allowing the sb app to control multiple instances of TKaraokeUSB or TKaraoke Android
    • Fixed bug generating black or gray thumbnail on some VOB files
  • 1.09 (6/9/2017)
    • Support network drives reliably and doesn’t require sharing the drive with Write permission
    • Improved scanning speed
    • Give scanning status while scanning for songs
    • Fixed various bugs
    • Asked for Storage permission in-app so the user doesn’t need to go to Settings => Apps => TKaraokeUSB => Permission to give Storage permission
  • 1.06 (6/7/2017)
    • Support YouTube songs (*.yt files)
  • 1.05 (6/6/2017)
    • Fixed bug not picking up songs on drives with tkaraoke.txt defined at the root level
    • Support network drives