PYKARAOKE(6)															      PYKARAOKE(6)

NAME

       pykaraoke_mini - free CDG/MIDI/MPEG karaoke player

SYNOPSIS

       pykaraoke_mini

DESCRIPTION

       pykaraoke  is a free karaoke player for Linux, FreeBSD and Windows.  You can use this program to play your collection of CDG, MIDI and MPEG
       karaoke songs.

       PyKaraoke Features:
	   * CDG (MP3+G, OGG+G) playback - Play standard CDG karaoke files
	   * MIDI (.MID/.KAR) playback - Play MIDI format karaoke files
	   * MPEG playback - Play karaoke songs and movies in MPEG format
	   * Playlist - Queue up songs, sit back and enjoy
	   * Searchable song database - Easily find your songs from the main screen
	   * Search inside ZIP files - Play MP3+G/MIDI files wrapped in ZIP files
	   * Cross-platform - Runs on Linux, FreeBSD and Windows

USAGE

       pykaraoke_mini is a frontend for the pycdg and pympg karaoke players. It is similar to pykaraoke.py, but it is designed for  use  on  small
       portable devices rather than PC's.  In particular, it could be useful on any device lacking a keyboard and mouse.

       It presents a scrolling list of songs to choose from, sorted by title, artist, or filename.  It works within the same pygame window used to
       render the karaoke songs themselves, so the scrolling interface is not available while a song is being performed.  The biggest strength	of
       pykaraoke_mini is that it does not rely on a keyboard or a windowing interface, so it is ideal for use with a joystick or even an IR remote
       control in a bar.

       Unlike pykaraoke, pykaraoke_mini does not store a database of song files, nor does it search around through different folders to find  your
       song  files.   Instead, it is your responsibility to build a catalog file, which is a text file that contains one line per each song.  Each
       line should be of the form:

	    filename <tab> title <tab> artist

       You can include international characters by encoding the file in UTF-8.	All three of these fields will be presented to	the  user  in  the
       scrolling list.	The filename is assumed to be relative to the catalog file itself.

       If  you like, you can maintain multiple different catalog files ofthis form, which will allow you to run pykaraoke_mini with different sub-
       sets of your song files.  Use the --catalog command-line option to specify the full path to your catalog  file;	the  default  filename	is
       songs/catalog.txt.

       While navigating the scrolling menu, the following keys are available:

	    up / down  :  scroll through the list.  Hold the button down to scroll very rapidly.

	    pageup / pagedown  :  scroll a page at a time.

	    enter  :  select the highlighted song for performance.

	    tab  :  change the sort mode between title, artist, and filename.	    The current sort key is displayed first for each file.

	    + / -  :  enlarge or reduce the font scale.  This also affects the font scale when a MIDI file is selected (but does not affect CDG or
       MPG files).

	    a-z  :  search for a song beginning with the indicated letter.  If you type multiple letters, search for a	song  beginning  with  the
       string you type.

SEE ALSO

       You can find PyKaraoke's home page at: http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/

AUTHOR

       PyKaraoke was written by Kelvin Lawson <kelvinl@users.sourceforge.net> and William Ferrell <willfe@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								   july 16, 2006						      PYKARAOKE(6)