Cd+g

[didikai]

Any recommendations for a free CD+G files plugin or app for playing in Windows 7

[Cornucopia]

Nothing free. Any CD+G stuff is rediculously old by this time, so support has and will continue to drop for the format. I used to have a number of (paid) apps but those are outdated too.

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nm. You said Win7? Good luck, there is probably NOTHING that works in Win7 (particularly 64bit), whether free or paid. IIWY, I'd get a copy of Tricerasoft's CD+G ripper and convert to something that IS playable in Win7, like h.264 in AVI/MP4/MKV.

Scott

[jman98]

If you have an old program that works you may be able to successfully run it in a virtual machine running XP or Windows 2000. I've had some success this way with some old video related programs that have never been upgraded to run under Win 7 or Vista, but I've also seen a few that still didn't work. You can also try that compatibility setting to make programs run as if they were on older versions of Windows, but my experience is that this almost never works on any video related programs.

[didikai]

If you have an old program that works you may be able to successfully run it in a virtual machine running XP or Windows 2000. I've had some success this way with some old video related programs that have never been upgraded to run under Win 7 or Vista, but I've also seen a few that still didn't work. You can also try that compatibility setting to make programs run as if they were on older versions of Windows, but my experience is that this almost never works on any video related programs.

Thanks guys. Looks like it is too much trouble. I found 4 CDs ful of CD+Gs. Thought I could get them playing

[jman98]

Well, "too much trouble" is in the eye of the beholder. It would seem that your plan was "install one program and in one minute I'm ready to go" and any deviation from that is "too much trouble". You are dealing with very old technology. Cornucopia is our resident expert on this format and if he says it's "rediculously [sic] old" then it is. Hell, even the best VCD creating program, VCDEasy, got its last update for XP some years ago and it doesn't work under Vista or Win 7. The author no longer cares to update it and it's just how it is with this old technology. If it's important enough to you to get them playing, you've at least got some suggestions. If you don't wish to put forth the effort, that's fine.

[didikai]

Well, "too much trouble" is in the eye of the beholder. It would seem that your plan was "install one program and in one minute I'm ready to go" and any deviation from that is "too much trouble". You are dealing with very old technology. Cornucopia is our resident expert on this format and if he says it's "rediculously [sic] old" then it is. Hell, even the best VCD creating program, VCDEasy, got its last update for XP some years ago and it doesn't work under Vista or Win 7. The author no longer cares to update it and it's just how it is with this old technology. If it's important enough to you to get them playing, you've at least got some suggestions. If you don't wish to put forth the effort, that's fine.

I'd already Googled for any working plug-ins or programs.
I'd found some old CD+D disks hidden away, and yes they were't that important, and yes I was looking for a plug-in that would let me play around with them for an hour or so till I got bored with them.
Thanks for the replies

[MOVIEGEEK]

I don't know if they will work with 7:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101231010456AARBFuT

[Cornucopia]

Those are "mp3+g" files, where the cd+g subcode (the area of the disc where the karaoke graphics/subtitles are stored) was ripped and saved as its own binary file.
The mentioned software is a mp3+g player. It likely couldn't convert anything, but you could always play the files and do a screencap recording.

Scott

[lordsmurf]

the best VCD creating program, VCDEasy, got its last update for XP some years ago and it doesn't work under Vista or Win 7.

Challenge accepted!

[didikai]

Those are "mp3+g" files, where the cd+g subcode (the area of the disc where the karaoke graphics/subtitles are stored) was ripped and saved as its own binary file.
The mentioned software is a mp3+g player. It likely couldn't convert anything, but you could always play the files and do a screencap recording.

Scott

OOps! It was an MP3+G player I was looking for