Archive:HOW-TO:Play music with background video - Revision history

Karellen at 08:53, 12 July 2020

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	{{~~Karaoke note~~}}
			{{warning\|'''Commencing from v16, the karaoke feature in Kodi has been removed.'''}}


	{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}		{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}
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	\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''{{kodi}}-> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}		\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''{{kodi}}-> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}
	\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video		\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video
	\| Step2= To make it easy to figure out the file path to your video, go ahead and copy the video to your [[userdata folder]]. Note the name of the video for the next step, as you will need to note this in the <code><defaultbackground></code> section of your advancedsettings.xml file.		\| Step2= To make it easy to figure out the file path to your video, go ahead and copy the video to your [[Userdata\|userdata folder]]. Note the name of the video for the next step, as you will need to note this in the <code><defaultbackground></code> section of your advancedsettings.xml file.
	\| Step3-title= Prepare your advancedsettings.xml file		\| Step3-title= Prepare your advancedsettings.xml file
	\| Step3= Create a plan text document called [[advancedsettings.xml]] and save it to your [[userdata folder]]. Copy and paste the following into your advancedsettings.xml file:		\| Step3= Create a plan text document called [[advancedsettings.xml]] and save it to your [[Userdata\|userdata folder]]. Copy and paste the following into your advancedsettings.xml file:

	'''Where it says <code>karaokevideobg.avi</code>, be sure to replace the file name with the name of your actual background video from the previous step.'''		'''Where it says <code>karaokevideobg.avi</code>, be sure to replace the file name with the name of your actual background video from the previous step.'''
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	* The video will restart each time a new song is played, so it won't be "seamless".		* The video will restart each time a new song is played, so it won't be "seamless".
	* Thanks to leechguy from the xbmc.org forums for the original how-to.		* Thanks to leechguy from the xbmc.org forums for the original how-to.

	~~[[Category:Karaoke]]~~

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	'''Where it says <code>karaokevideobg.avi</code>, be sure to replace the file name with the name of your actual background video from the previous step.'''		'''Where it says <code>karaokevideobg.avi</code>, be sure to replace the file name with the name of your actual background video from the previous step.'''

	<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">		<syntaxhighlight lang=xml enclose="div">
	<advancedsettings>		<advancedsettings>
	<karaoke>		<karaoke>

Karellen at 03:38, 17 June 2018

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	{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}		{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}

	<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[~~karaoke~~]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[Archive:Karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />

	;Why would I want to do this?		;Why would I want to do this?
	* Choosing a default background video for [[~~karaoke~~]], which is what this feature was originally added for.		* Choosing a default background video for [[Archive:Karaoke]], which is what this feature was originally added for.
	* An alternative to music visualizations		* An alternative to music visualizations
	* Waterfalls? Waterfalls.		* Waterfalls? Waterfalls.
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	== Steps ==		== Steps ==
	{{how-to		{{how-to
	\| Step1-title= Enable [[~~karaoke~~]] support		\| Step1-title= Enable [[Archive:Karaoke]] support
	\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''{{kodi}}-> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}		\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''{{kodi}}-> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}
	\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video		\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video

Ned Scott at 02:45, 23 May 2016

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Ned Scott: Ned Scott moved page HOW-TO:Play music with background video to Archive:HOW-TO:Play music with background video

2016-05-23T02:44:54Z

Ned Scott moved page HOW-TO:Play music with background video to Archive:HOW-TO:Play music with background video

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Ned Scott at 07:35, 13 November 2015

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			{{Karaoke note}}

	{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}		{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}
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	* Thanks to leechguy from the xbmc.org forums for the original how-to.		* Thanks to leechguy from the xbmc.org forums for the original how-to.

	~~[[Category:How-to]]~~
	~~[[Category:Advanced topics]]~~
	[[Category:Karaoke]]		[[Category:Karaoke]]
	~~{{Helix updated}}~~

Ned Scott at 13:04, 22 May 2015

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	~~<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of~~ {{~~kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the~~ [[~~karaoke~~]] ~~feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />~~		{{mininav\| [[Karaoke]] {{l2\| [[Music]] }} }}

	{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}		{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}

			<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />

	;Why would I want to do this?		;Why would I want to do this?

Ned Scott at 13:03, 22 May 2015

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	<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />

			{{notice\|This is basically a hacky workaround and not a "normal" feature.}}

	;Why would I want to do this?		;Why would I want to do this?

Ned Scott at 21:34, 25 December 2014

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	<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of ~~XBMC~~, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with ~~XBMC's~~ [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of {{kodi}}, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with the [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />

	;Why would I want to do this?		;Why would I want to do this?
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	\| Step1-title= Enable [[karaoke]] support		\| Step1-title= Enable [[karaoke]] support
	\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''~~XBMC~~ -> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}		\| Step1= Go to {{highlight\|bordered=yes\|'''{{kodi}}-> Settings -> Music -> Karaoke -> enable karaoke support.'''}}
	\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video		\| Step2-title= Prepare a background video
	\| Step2= To make it easy to figure out the file path to your video, go ahead and copy the video to your [[userdata folder]]. Note the name of the video for the next step, as you will need to note this in the <code><defaultbackground></code> section of your advancedsettings.xml file.		\| Step2= To make it easy to figure out the file path to your video, go ahead and copy the video to your [[userdata folder]]. Note the name of the video for the next step, as you will need to note this in the <code><defaultbackground></code> section of your advancedsettings.xml file.
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	{{note\|Be sure to restart ~~XBMC~~ if it is running, so that it loads the new advancedsettings.xml file.}}		{{note\|Be sure to restart {{kodi}}if it is running, so that it loads the new advancedsettings.xml file.}}

	\| Step4-title= Create dummy lyrics files		\| Step4-title= Create dummy lyrics files
	\| Step4= In order to use the karaoke feature in ~~XBMC~~ there must be lyric files along side the music files. Since we don't actually need to see the lyrics, and we're just tricking ~~XBMC~~ into using the karaoke feature, we can just make dummy files instead.		\| Step4= In order to use the karaoke feature in {{kodi}}there must be lyric files along side the music files. Since we don't actually need to see the lyrics, and we're just tricking {{kodi}}into using the karaoke feature, we can just make dummy files instead.

	These files can be simple plain text files that are named after the song file, but with the <code>.lrc</code> file extension. For example, <code>whatever.mp3</code> would have <code>whatever.lrc</code> in the same folder. The file needs to be more than 0bytes, so you might need to put some spaces in there.		These files can be simple plain text files that are named after the song file, but with the <code>.lrc</code> file extension. For example, <code>whatever.mp3</code> would have <code>whatever.lrc</code> in the same folder. The file needs to be more than 0bytes, so you might need to put some spaces in there.
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	;Linux users		;Linux users
	If you are running linux and don't want to manually create these files, you can use the following command in the terminal to generate dummy lrc files for all songs in your current directory: <pre>for f in *.mp3; do echo "$f.lrc" \| echo " " >> "`sed -e 's/.mp3//g'`"; done</pre>		If you are running linux and don't want to manually create these files, you can use the following command in the terminal to generate dummy lrc files for all songs in your current directory: <pre>for f in *.mp3; do echo "$f.lrc" \| echo " " >> "`sed -e 's/.mp3//g'`"; done</pre>
	\| Step5-title= Add songs into ~~XBMC's~~ music library		\| Step5-title= Add songs into the music library
	\| Step5= Now you just need to scan the music into ~~XBMC's~~ library. If you haven't done this before, see '''[[adding music to the library]]'''. The short version: ~~XBMC~~ -> Music -> Files -> select the folder that contains the music you want to add and bring up the context menu ({{keypress\|c}} on a keyboard or {{button\|Guide}} on a remote) and select "Scan items to library".		\| Step5= Now you just need to scan the music into the library. If you haven't done this before, see '''[[adding music to the library]]'''. The short version: {{kodi}}-> Music -> Files -> select the folder that contains the music you want to add and bring up the context menu ({{keypress\|c}} on a keyboard or {{button\|Guide}} on a remote) and select "Scan items to library".

	The songs with lyric files will automatically be seen as karaoke songs.		The songs with lyric files will automatically be seen as karaoke songs.
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	[[Category:Karaoke]]		[[Category:Karaoke]]
	{{~~frodo~~ updated}}		{{Helix updated}}

Ned Scott at 19:07, 27 November 2013

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	~~:'''''not to be confused with [[music videos]]'''''~~

	<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of XBMC, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with XBMC's [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />Due to the nature of XBMC, there currently isn't an easy way in the interface to play a muted video and have a different music file play at on top of that. However, a clever trick with XBMC's [[karaoke]] feature has given one possible way to do this to hold us over, as described on this page.<section end="intro" />