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Karafun blows

Published on January 4, 2009 in Karaoke Setup and Karaoke Software. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Karafun is one of the most popular karaoke players for Windows. Here’s why it sucks:

  1. It’s slow and bulky
  2. Importing a large library crashes my karaoke laptop
  3. Having more than a certain number of songs in the playlist crashes it too.
  4. The download store uses a proprietary format (.kfn)
  5. Songs cost 3 euro ($4.50 once this funny currency crisis blows over).

The only fun thing about it is that it plays funny video effects behind the karaoke lyrics. But with winamp you can run your favorite visualizations from 1998 around the lyrics, so whatevs.

Best Karaoke software for Mac

Published on January 1, 2009 in Karaoke Setup and Karaoke Software. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

This is an easy post. If you want to run a karaoke night off a Mac, kJams is the best way to do it.

You’ll need to register for $40 to create playlists of more than 3 songs. In a pinch, you could always keep the playlist on slips of paper, I suppose. But the developer is a great guy so it’s money well spent.

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