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== Pykaraoke Install ==

Pykaraoke is a python software to play karaoke files (.kar) which encompass midi background music,
lyrics and the actual lyrics progress while the song is playing on the screen.

Pykaraoke official website: http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/

I have tested it personally on the N810 though I assume it would run just as well on the 770/N800,
please update this article if you have verified it works with either/both of them, thanks in advance.

=== Dependencies ===

* python2.5 python2.5-pygame
* timidity
* freepats
* pykaraoke (obviously)

=== Install ===

==== Python ====

Either from the GUI's Application Manager or from a root shell you should install the two packages:
python2.5 and python2.5-pygame (from the root shell: apt-get install python2.5 python2.5-pygame)

==== Timidity ====

From maemo's garage page you should grab the debs and install them on the tablet.
The address is: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=631&release_id=1602
You need to get 2 debian packages: timidity and timidity-data
Once you've downloaded them and transferred to your tablet, install them.

==== Configuration ====

Create the directory /etc/timidity, and create a new file called timidity.conf and add to it:
<code>
source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
</code>

Create a new file called freepats.conf (also in /etc/timidity) and add to it:
<code>
dir /usr/share/midi/freepats

# Automatically generated on Sun Feb 19 19:22:39 EST 2006
# by http://freepats.opensrc.org/mkcfg.sh.txt

drumset 0

25     Drum_000/025_Snare_Roll.pat
 26     Drum_000/026_Snap.pat
 27     Drum_000/027_High_Q.pat
 31     Drum_000/031_Sticks.pat
 32     Drum_000/032_Square_Click.pat
 33     Drum_000/033_Metronome_Click.pat
 34     Drum_000/034_Metronome_Bell.pat
 35     Drum_000/035_Kick_1.pat amp=100
 36     Drum_000/036_Kick_2.pat amp=100
 37     Drum_000/037_Stick_Rim.pat
 38     Drum_000/038_Snare_1.pat
 39     Drum_000/039_Clap_Hand.pat amp=100
 40     Drum_000/040_Snare_2.pat
 41     Drum_000/041_Tom_Low_2.pat amp=100
 42     Drum_000/042_Hi-Hat_Closed.pat
 43     Drum_000/043_Tom_Low_1.pat amp=100
 44     Drum_000/044_Hi-Hat_Pedal.pat
 45     Drum_000/045_Tom_Mid_2.pat amp=100
 46     Drum_000/046_Hi-Hat_Open.pat
 47     Drum_000/047_Tom_Mid_1.pat amp=100
 48     Drum_000/048_Tom_High_2.pat amp=100
 49     Drum_000/049_Cymbal_Crash_1.pat
 50     Drum_000/050_Tom_High_1.pat amp=100
 51     Drum_000/051_Cymbal_Ride_1.pat
 52     Drum_000/052_Cymbal_Chinese.pat
 53     Drum_000/053_Cymbal_Ride_Bell.pat amp=100
 54     Drum_000/054_Tombourine.pat
 55     Drum_000/055_Cymbal_Splash.pat
 56     Drum_000/056_Cow_Bell.pat
 57     Drum_000/057_Cymbal_Crash_2.pat
 58     Drum_000/058_Vibra-Slap.pat
 59     Drum_000/059_Cymbal_Ride_2.pat
 60     Drum_000/060_Bongo_High.pat
 61     Drum_000/061_Bongo_Low.pat
 62     Drum_000/062_Conga_High_1_Mute.pat
 63     Drum_000/063_Conga_High_2_Open.pat
 64     Drum_000/064_Conga_Low.pat
 65     Drum_000/065_Timbale_High.pat
 66     Drum_000/066_Timbale_Low.pat
 67     Drum_000/067_Agogo_High.pat
 68     Drum_000/068_Agogo_Low.pat
 69     Drum_000/069_Cabasa.pat amp=100
 70     Drum_000/070_Maracas.pat
 71     Drum_000/071_Whistle_1_High_Short.pat
 72     Drum_000/072_Whistle_2_Low_Long.pat

73     Drum_000/073_Guiro_1_Short.pat
 74     Drum_000/074_Guiro_2_Long.pat
 75     Drum_000/075_Claves.pat amp=100
 76     Drum_000/076_Wood_Block_1_High.pat
 77     Drum_000/077_Wood_Block_2_Low.pat
 78     Drum_000/078_Cuica_1_Mute.pat amp=100
 79     Drum_000/079_Cuica_2_Open.pat amp=100
 80     Drum_000/080_Triangle_1_Mute.pat
 81     Drum_000/081_Triangle_2_Open.pat
 82     Drum_000/082_Shaker.pat
 84     Drum_000/084_Belltree.pat

bank 0

0      Tone_000/000_Acoustic_Grand_Piano.pat amp=120 pan=center
 1      Tone_000/001_Acoustic_Brite_Piano.pat
 2      Tone_000/002_Electric_Grand_Piano.pat
 4      Tone_000/004_Electric_Piano_1_Rhodes.pat
 5      Tone_000/005_Electric_Piano_2_Chorused_Yamaha_DX.pat
 6      Tone_000/006_Harpsichord.pat
 7      Tone_000/007_Clavinet.pat
 8      Tone_000/008_Celesta.pat
 9      Tone_000/009_Glockenspiel.pat
 13     Tone_000/013_Xylophone.pat
 14     Tone_000/014_Tubular_Bells.pat
 15     Tone_000/015_Dulcimer.pat
 16     Tone_000/016_Hammond_Organ.pat
 19     Tone_000/019_Church_Organ.pat
 21     Tone_000/021_Accordion.pat
 23     Tone_000/023_Tango_Accordion.pat
 24     Tone_000/024_Nylon_Guitar.pat
 25     Tone_000/025_Steel_Guitar.pat
 26     Tone_000/026_Jazz_Guitar.pat
 27     Tone_000/027_Clean_Electric_Guitar.pat
 28     Tone_000/028_Muted_Electric_Guitar.pat
 29     Tone_000/029_Overdriven_Guitar.pat
 30     Tone_000/030_Distortion_Guitar.pat
 32     Tone_000/032_Acoustic_Bass.pat
 33     Tone_000/033_Finger_Bass.pat
 34     Tone_000/034_Pick_Bass.pat
 35     Tone_000/035_Fretless_Bass.pat
 36     Tone_000/036_Slap_Bass_1.pat
 37     Tone_000/037_Slap_Bass_2.pat
 38     Tone_000/038_Synth_Bass_1.pat
 40     Tone_000/040_Violin.pat
 42     Tone_000/042_Cello.pat
 44     Tone_000/044_Tremolo_Strings.pat
 45     Tone_000/045_Pizzicato_Strings.pat
 46     Tone_000/046_Harp.pat
 47     Tone_000/047_Timpani.pat
 48     Tone_000/048_String_Ensemble_1_Marcato.pat
 53     Tone_000/053_Voice_Oohs.pat
 56     Tone_000/056_Trumpet.pat
 57     Tone_000/057_Trombone.pat
 58     Tone_000/058_Tuba.pat
 59     Tone_000/059_Muted_Trumpet.pat
 60     Tone_000/060_French_Horn.pat
 61     Tone_000/061_Brass_Section.pat
 64     Tone_000/064_Soprano_Sax.pat
 65     Tone_000/065_Alto_Sax.pat
 66     Tone_000/066_Tenor_Sax.pat
 67     Tone_000/067_Baritone_Sax.pat
 68     Tone_000/068_Oboe.pat
 69     Tone_000/069_English_Horn.pat
 70     Tone_000/070_Bassoon.pat
 71     Tone_000/071_Clarinet.pat
 72     Tone_000/072_Piccolo.pat
 73     Tone_000/073_Flute.pat
 74     Tone_000/074_Recorder.pat
 75     Tone_000/075_Pan_Flute.pat
 76     Tone_000/076_Bottle_Blow.pat
 79     Tone_000/079_Ocarina.pat
 80     Tone_000/080_Square_Wave.pat
 84     Tone_000/084_Charang.pat
 88     Tone_000/088_New_Age.pat
 94     Tone_000/094_Halo_Pad.pat
 95     Tone_000/095_Sweep_Pad.pat
 98     Tone_000/098_Crystal.pat
 101    Tone_000/101_Goblins--Unicorn.pat
 102    Tone_000/102_Echo_Voice.pat
 104    Tone_000/104_Sitar.pat
 114    Tone_000/114_Steel_Drums.pat
 115    Tone_000/115_Wood_Block.pat
 120    Tone_000/120_Guitar_Fret_Noise.pat
 122    Tone_000/122_Seashore.pat
 125    Tone_000/125_Helicopter.pat

</code>

What's that freepats thing you ask? well it's a bunch of midi patch set.
It is available as a debian package to get on an i386 under the name 'freepats' although
it hasn't been packaged to the tablets so 2 things you can do (one or the other):
1. get the .pat files from the original website: http://freepats.opensrc.org/freepats/
if you do that, you need to create a directory called /usr/share/midi/freepats on the tablet and
download from that website address the 2 directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 into /usr/share/midi

2. get the freepats debian package and unpack it to get the directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 and
make sure both of them are in /usr/share/midi/freepats

==== Pykaraoke ====

Get the pykaraoke zip archive from the official website: http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/downloads.php
(current version is pykaraoke-0.6.zip) and unzip it to whatever directory you'd like in your tablet,
inside the pykaraoke directory create the link:
<code>
ln -s /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg timidity.cfg
</code>

=== Usage ===

We will be using the pykaraoke_mini.py program.
It is a .kar player which stores your kar files entries in a database of it's own so the first
time we start it we need to tell it to scan the directory where you keep your .kar files so:
<code>
./pykaraoke_mini.py --scan --add-scan-dir=/whereever/you/keep/your/kar/files
</code>

It will then start and scan that directory for available .kar files and display them in a list.
In the next time you can start the pykaraoke_mini.py program by itself without appending
any arguments.

Notice, I have tested this with the N810 and using the N810 you need to use the keyboard to
navigate through the karaoke files. Navigation is done using the hardware keyboard left menu
button (up/down) and choosing to play a karaoke file is done using the middle button of the
left menu.

Regards,
Liran Tal <liran dot tal at gmail dot com>

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-[http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/ Pykaraoke] is a Python application to play karaoke files (.kar) which encompass midi background music,
+== Pykaraoke Install ==
+Pykaraoke is a python software to play karaoke files (.kar) which encompass midi background music,
 lyrics and the actual lyrics progress while the song is playing on the screen.
-I have tested it personally on the [[Nokia N810|N810]] though I assume it would run just as well on the [[Nokia 770|770]]/[[Nokia N800|N800]], please update this article if you have verified it works with either/both of them, thanks in advance.
+Pykaraoke official website: http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/
-== Dependencies ==
+I have tested it personally on the N810 though I assume it would run just as well on the 770/N800,
+please update this article if you have verified it works with either/both of them, thanks in advance.
+=== Dependencies ===
 * python2.5 python2.5-pygame
@@ Line 11: / Line 19: @@
 * pykaraoke (obviously)
-== Installation ==
-=== Python ===
+=== Install ===
+==== Python ====
 Either from the GUI's Application Manager or from a root shell you should install the two packages:
 python2.5 and python2.5-pygame (from the root shell: apt-get install python2.5 python2.5-pygame)
-=== Timidity ===
-You should grab the <code>timidity</code> and <code>timidity-data</code> debs from the [https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=631&release_id=1602 Garage page] and install them on your tablet.
+==== Timidity ====
-=== Configuration ===
+From maemo's garage page you should grab the debs and install them on the tablet.
+The address is: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=631&release_id=1602
+You need to get 2 debian packages: timidity and timidity-data
+Once you've downloaded them and transferred to your tablet, install them.
-Create the directory /etc/timidity, create a new file called timidity.conf and add:
- source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
-Create a new file called freepats.conf (also in /etc/timidity) and add:
+==== Configuration ====
+Create the directory /etc/timidity, and create a new file called timidity.conf and add to it:
 <code>
- dir /usr/share/midi/freepats
+source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg
+</code>
- # Automatically generated on Sun Feb 19 19:22:39 EST 2006
+Create a new file called freepats.conf (also in /etc/timidity) and add to it:
- # by http://freepats.opensrc.org/mkcfg.sh.txt
+<code>
+dir /usr/share/midi/freepats
- drumset 0
+# Automatically generated on Sun Feb 19 19:22:39 EST 2006
+# by http://freepats.opensrc.org/mkcfg.sh.txt
+drumset 0
      Drum_000/025_Snare_Roll.pat
@@ Line 94: / Line 110: @@
      Drum_000/084_Belltree.pat
- bank 0
+bank 0
       Tone_000/000_Acoustic_Grand_Piano.pat amp=120 pan=center
@@ Line 168: / Line 184: @@
     Tone_000/122_Seashore.pat
     Tone_000/125_Helicopter.pat
 </code>
-What's that freepats thing you ask? Well it's a bunch of MIDI patch sets. It is available as a debian package to get on an i386 under the name 'freepats' although it hasn't been packaged to the tablets so 2 things you can do (one or the other):
-# Get the .pat files from the original website: http://freepats.opensrc.org/freepats/ if you do that, you need to create a directory called /usr/share/midi/freepats on the tablet and download from that website address the 2 directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 into /usr/share/midi
-# Get the freepats debian package and unpack it to get the directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 and make sure both of them are in /usr/share/midi/freepats
-=== PyKaraoke ===
+What's that freepats thing you ask? well it's a bunch of midi patch set.
+It is available as a debian package to get on an i386 under the name 'freepats' although
+it hasn't been packaged to the tablets so 2 things you can do (one or the other):
+. get the .pat files from the original website: http://freepats.opensrc.org/freepats/
+if you do that, you need to create a directory called /usr/share/midi/freepats on the tablet and
+download from that website address the 2 directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 into /usr/share/midi
-Get the [http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/downloads.php PyVaraoke zip archive] (current version is pykaraoke-0.6.zip) and unzip it to whatever directory you'd like in your tablet, then inside the pykaraoke directory create the link:
+. get the freepats debian package and unpack it to get the directories Drum_000 and Tone_000 and
+make sure both of them are in /usr/share/midi/freepats
- ln -s /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg timidity.cfg
-== Usage ==
-We will be using the pykaraoke_mini.py program. It is a .kar player which stores your kar files entries in a database of it's own so the first
+==== Pykaraoke ====
+Get the pykaraoke zip archive from the official website: http://www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke/downloads.php
+(current version is pykaraoke-0.6.zip) and unzip it to whatever directory you'd like in your tablet,
+inside the pykaraoke directory create the link:
+<code>
+ln -s /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg timidity.cfg
+</code>
+=== Usage ===
+We will be using the pykaraoke_mini.py program.
+It is a .kar player which stores your kar files entries in a database of it's own so the first
 time we start it we need to tell it to scan the directory where you keep your .kar files so:
+<code>
+./pykaraoke_mini.py --scan --add-scan-dir=/whereever/you/keep/your/kar/files
+</code>
+It will then start and scan that directory for available .kar files and display them in a list.
+In the next time you can start the pykaraoke_mini.py program by itself without appending
+any arguments.
+Notice, I have tested this with the N810 and using the N810 you need to use the keyboard to
+navigate through the karaoke files. Navigation is done using the hardware keyboard left menu
+button (up/down) and choosing to play a karaoke file is done using the middle button of the
+left menu.
- ./pykaraoke_mini.py --scan --add-scan-dir=/whereever/you/keep/your/kar/files
-It will then start and scan that directory for available .kar files and display them in a list. In the next time you can start the pykaraoke_mini.py program by itself without appending any arguments.
-[[Category:Media]]
+Regards,
-[[Category:Power users]]
+Liran Tal <liran dot tal at gmail dot com>