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There’s no problem purchasing karaoke music from other websites or downloading free music files. The main issue will be the meta data that’s included with the songs. You may find that you have Song Name and nothing else.
There’s no problem purchasing karaoke music from other websites or downloading free music files. However, when you download from other websites, you do not download directly into the kJams library. Rather, you download to your hard drive (usually the "Downloads" folder.


When you download from other websites, you do not automatically download into the kJams library. Rather, you download to your hard drive, and then index those music files into kJams.  I recommend that you create a folder under kJams (but NOT under the ‘kJams Music” folder) for music that you download from other sites.  
Once you've downloaded the files, use the [[Add To Library]] function, then when kJams asks to "Move" or "Reference", pick "Move".


:My Music folder
==Downloading Sample Songs==
::KJams folder
Sample songs that you download during installation are handled similarly. You first download them, and then you do "Add to Library" them into kJams (again, picking "move").
:::kJams Music folder (do NOT use this folder)
:::Music Downloads folder


 
==Meta Data==
The section on Adding to the Library will show you how to index music that you’ve downloaded to your computer.
When you download music files from outside of kJams, you might find that your meta data is incomplete or messed up. If this is the case, click here for help. [[Fixing Tags Temps]]

Latest revision as of 00:06, 12 December 2014

There’s no problem purchasing karaoke music from other websites or downloading free music files. However, when you download from other websites, you do not download directly into the kJams library. Rather, you download to your hard drive (usually the "Downloads" folder.

Once you've downloaded the files, use the Add To Library function, then when kJams asks to "Move" or "Reference", pick "Move".

Downloading Sample Songs

Sample songs that you download during installation are handled similarly. You first download them, and then you do "Add to Library" them into kJams (again, picking "move").

Meta Data

When you download music files from outside of kJams, you might find that your meta data is incomplete or messed up. If this is the case, click here for help. Fixing Tags Temps

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