CAVS

CAVS is a manufacturer of standalone karaoke disc players, jukeboxes, and streaming audio servers.

Their hardware line includes the widely-used DVD-203G series which can play traditional CD+G discs, Video CDs, "Super-CDG" discs (actually DVD-ROMs), and files stored in PC format on an external storage device, such as a hard drive or USB "key" drive, connected to its USB port.

Songs are stored in a series of folders, one for every disc 'ripped' into the system:

 SC08\  <- Folder with "Disc/Album" Name
   00001.MCG   <- graphics file for song #1
   00001.MP3   <-    audio file for song #1
 
   00002.MCG   <- graphics file for song #2
   00002.MP3   <-    audio file for song #2
   ...
   ENGLISH.INX <- encoded text for on-screen navigation menus
   list.txt    <- Text file containing song and artist info for each track

The "list.txt" file provides Artist and Title meta data for all songs inside that folder. It is formatted like so:

00001|My Best Friend's Girl|Cars, The 00002|These Boots Are Made For Walking|Nancy Sinatra 00003|She's A Lady|Tom Jones

Converting

To convert your existing CAVS library for use with kJams, you can either

1) Use kJams to re-rip your original CD+G discs (but not "Super CDG" discs, which are proprietary; see note below), or

2) Convert your existing CAVS files to kJams format.

A suite of PC utilities included with most CAVS hardware enables 'ripping' CD audio to MP3 format, saving graphics data in CAVS' proprietary .MCG and .NCG formats, and converting to other formats, such as kJams' native CDG.