playing midi files with lyrics

[mcovey]

I'm trying to get some midi files with embedded lyrics to play with visual lyrics but I can't figure out how. Could anyone tell me where to find a player that can do this, like karaoke style? It needs to be freeware. Thank you.

[ourthing2]

Winamp displays lyrics in midi's
it will do it with mp3's as well with the lyricshead (http://www.lyricshead.com/winamp_plugin.php) plugin (if avalable)

[mcovey]

I got winamp and played a midi. It's actually a nicer media player than I expected, but I can't figure out how to get the midis to play with lyrics.

could you please tell me how? :D

The midi begins with:
*%Angels We Have~3[ Heard On High\\Ang=els we have heard on high,\Sweet=ly sing=ing o'er the plains,\And the moun=tains in rep=ly\Ech=o back their joy=ous strains.\@(@g(Glo=~4_=_=~4_=_=~4_=_=ri=a in ex=cel=sis D@g)e=o,\@)@a(@g1][e][o.\\@a)Shep=herd, why this jub=i=lee?\Why your joy=ous strains pro=long?\Say what may the tid=ings be,\Which in=spire your heav'n=ly song?\@1@a1Come to Beth=le=hem and see\Him whose birth the ang=els sing;\Come a=dore, on bend=ed knee,\Christ, the Lord, the new-born king.\@1@a1*%The[ End\*Copr.Pcopr. 1988

so I'm assuming that that is an instance of lyrics embedded in a midi ... I just can't figure out how to play them and have them display.

[ourthing2]

in winamp press Ctrl-P then go to plugins>input>midi and hit the configure button, then under the display tab make sure you have "show lyrics window while playing" enabled

you may need to reload your midi for the changes to take effect

[infringer]

Common McCovey sing us all some good ole kareoke and post it on the forums that'd be some good entertainment hehe.

-infringer-

[mcovey]

I had had that enabled it seems, so where should they be showing up? here's what it looks like right now:

[ourthing2]

it will have it's own little window, try the midi i attached above

@infringer: Karaoke TV (http://205.188.234.33:8070/;stream.nsv)

[mcovey]

I think maybe the ones I got were for some sort of special karaoke player becasue the one you attached did work, but mine dont.

[ourthing2]

when searching keep in mind midi's with lyrics often have the extention: .KAR

6000_files_midi_karaoke_multilanguage.zip (http://bitzi.com/lookup/TARM7DRQBLM7O7GGXVX6653OL2NIFVAT#applinks)

[ferrarimodena360]

winamp plays it, without any plugin needed, tried it

[ferrarimodena360]

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