Power Karaoke software

3.0.4.0 (2025-01-02)
* Video: Fixed issue with audio not added to AVI files

3.0.3 (2024-12-20)
+ AI Karaoke CD+G Creator / Pro
+ AI Features, User interface, Synchronization, General: see AI Karaoke Video Creator for details
+ CD+G:
- Improved CD+G rendering
- Smart page breaks
- Updated styles

+ Added 'Reset' button in style editor to reset a field
+ Added option to set time for Edit -> Insert 'Clear Screen' at optimal positions...

3.0.2.2 (2024-12-18)
* VIDEO: Disabling soundtrack when creating video now works

3.0.2.1 (2024-12-13)
* VIDEO: Fixed problems with events not following resolution changes
* PNGs now should load correctly
* Fixed incorrect license detection

3.0.2.0 (2024-12-05)
+ AI Karaoke Video Creator
+ AI Features:
AI Synchronization
AI Vocal Remover
+ User Interface
New design
Light/dark mode selection
Updated lyrics preview
Updated lyrics editor
Updated soundtrack view
+ Video features
Up to 4K resolution
Improved half-by-half display mode
h264 / h265 MP3 encoders
Line introductions
Smart page breaks
Improved line positioning
Automatic UPPERCASE conversion
Solid block feature
+ Synchronization / playback
Multiple soundtracks (primary, vocal-removed and vocal-only)
AI Synchronization from current line
Loop playback when dragging labels
+ General
PK3 file format
Project folders
File properties
Configuration via Tools / Settings
Improved styles
Text tools (remove empty lines, remove punctuation)
Improved performance

2.6.4.6 (2024-04-24)
* Minor fix in CD+G generator

2.6.4.5 (2024-04-22)
* Fixed issue that caused error when too many events were used

2.6.4.4 (2024-04-08)
+ Mouse scroll now works in waveform view (CTRL + mouse scroll to zoom, without CTRL to move)
* Fixed issue with waveform not displaying correctly for some songs

2.6.4.3 (2024-03-25)
* VIDEO: Fixed problem with letter placement for some fonts

2.6.4.2 (2024-03-19)
* VIDEO: Fixed Text Area problem
* VIDEO: Fixed incorrect placing of text with umlauts
* VIDEO: Fixed issue with background image inverted

2.6.4.1 (2024-03-12)
* Preview is now resizeable

2.6.4.1 (2024-03-10)
* Toolbar should now size correctly
* VIDEO: Preview update speed is much better now

2.6.3.9 (2024-02-22)
*CDG: Set Text Area event now has an option to keep the text area for the rest of the song

2.6.3.8 (2024-02-06)
* Improved CD+G import

2.6.3.7
+ Added LRC export

2.6.3.6 (2023-04-05)

* Improved undo (cursor stays in place now)
* Fixed problem with label dragging
+ VIDEO: Updated MP4 encoding (x265 available)

2.6.3.4

+ Added PgUp and PgDn to editor

2.6.3.2

* VIDEO: Added 'Half by half' display mode
* Fixed problems with low bitrate audio

2.6.3.1

* VIDEO: Added 'Half by half' display mode
* VIDEO: Fixed issue with lines per screen not being set correctly by text event
* VIDEO: SetTextArea event is now available

2.6.2.1

* Fixed problem with some duet songs in Video Creator

2.6.2

* Minor bugfixes

2.6.1

* Improved compatibility with high resolution displays

2.5.7.2

* Fixed text alignment issues in styles

2.5.7.1

+ Video: Added videos with transparent alpha channel

2.5.6.3

* Fixed problems with loading files from older versions

2.5.6.2

* CDG Pro: Fixed problem with duet songs when using Both mode

2.5.6.1

+ Improved text file import (UTF-8 files are detected correctly)

2.5.5.9

* Fixed international character import in MIDI

2.5.5.8

* VIDEO: Fixed problem with italic 'f' character display

2.5.5.7

* Fixed a problem with looping background video

2.5.5.6

* VIDEO: Fixed background image problem in some songs

2.5.5.5

* Updated LRC import

2.5.5.4

* Fixed problem with CDG import with languages pack installed

2.5.5.3

* Fixed international character import from LRC files

2.5.5.2

* VIDEO: Fixed problem with some background videos

2.5.5.1

* Improved CD+G import
* Fixed issue with lyrics not following the playback
* Fixed issue with loading songs from older versions

2.5.4.3

+ CDG Pro: Added option to set exact time for bitmaps until paint starts/until fully painted

2.5.4.2

* CDG: Exact time setting of title image is now obeyed

2.5.4.1

* CDG: Minor fix of image reading

2.5.4

* Fixed: Color reduction in some images

2.5.3

* Fixed problems with current line sync
* VIDEO: 'Additional spacing' now can be negative
* VIDEO: Fixed problem with title image in full duet mode

2.5.2

+ Video and Pro versions allow to change colors in lyrics editor via File / Preferences / Color scheme

2.5.1.1

* Updated image scaling/color reduction

2.5.1.

+ Added Text Snippets

2.4.21

+ VIDEO: Added setting to control how early will lines appear in overwrite mode

2.4.19

* Various bug fixes and compatibility upgrade

2.4.18

* Fixed international character support in Styles dialog

2.4.17

* Fixed countdowns in no sweep mode

2.4.16
* Minor bug fixes

2.4.15
* Improved text recognition in CD+G import

2.4.14

* Fixed current line synchronization problems

2.4.13

+ VIDEO: Added MP4 encoding with FFmpeg (H-264 support, better compatibility, faster processing)
* Updated Style dialog
+ Fixed crash with some MIDI file import

2.4.12

+ Added Unicode support to LRC import
+ Improved CD+G import in some rare cases (eg. for lyrics with shadow)

2.4.11

+ Added software MIDI converter (increases speed and quality and makes it independed of the soundcard)

2.4.10

* Fixed problem with importing songs when scrolling was used

2.4.9

* Fixed additional languages pack for CD+G Import download

2.4.8

* CD+G Import: Added title and credits images detection
+ CD+G Import: Added additional languages support

2.4.7

* Video: Background videos now loop correctly
* CD+G: Fixed error with 'Insert silence at the beginning' with BIN files

2.4.6

* Improved 'Insert Clear screen at optimal positions'
* Improevd line breaking
* Improved performance
* Minor bug fixes

2.4.5

* Fixed international accented characters positioning in video creator
* Fixed browse button for background files in video creator

2.4.4

* Added Karaoke Builder file format import (File menu)

2.4.3

* (Video) Fixed title and credit images for high resolutions

2.4.2
+ (Video) Added gradient effect
+ (Video) Added separate color for shadow
+ (Video) Added 'Apply' to Video Settings window
* (Video) Video Settings window remembers last selected tab
+ (Video) Added common resolutions
+ (Video) Added panning video backgrounds
+ (Video) Added default settings controls to Video File Setting / Presets

* Video files can now be used as soundtracks
+ Added 'Load from current song' to style editor
* Improved text recognition in Import CD+G File
- Removed convertion functions from Toolbox menu of CD+G Creator (they are obsolete, better convertion is in Power CD+G Burner)

2.4.1

+ Added CD+G Import
* Disabled FPR file creation, they are not needed
+ Added text case converting commands in Edit menu
+ Added 'Remove all events' command in Edit menu and in context menu of the lyrics editor
* Changed default font to 'Calibri'
+ Added 'Insert 'Clear Screen' at optimal positions' command to Edit menu
+ Added overwrite warning when creating CDG files

2.3.5

* Fixed problem with line positioning for songs with umlaut characters
* Soundfile zoom is now being saved in PK2 file

2.3.4

* Fixed problem that occured when applying styles

2.3.3

* Fixed overwrite problem in some duet songs
* Fixed wrong highlighting in scrolling mode
* Fixed MP3 soundtrack misalignment for some files
* Fixed problem with outline larger than 3
* (Video) Fixed line spacing mismatch in some files

2.3.2

+ Added Pause button to Wizard/Synchronize
+ Song title and artist name are read automatically from ID3 tags in MP3 files
* 'Search the web for lyrics' now reads tags from MP3 file
* Song title and artist name now are reset for new documents
* Fixed problem with song playback speed not reverting to 1x

2.3.1

* Modified playback and synchronization routines. Program should be much more stable and responsive
+ Added volume control

2.2.19

* Fixed initial bitmap length calculation
* Fixed file extensions mask for MPG and FLV formats
+ Added 'Play from start' button
+ Added 'Apply blur' to display settings in Video Creator to stay compatible with old Power Video Karaoke

2.2.18

* Fixed duet display for simple duet mode

2.2.17

* Fixed problem with crashes on video rendering
* Modified balance in vocal remover

2.2.16

* Fixed vocal remover crash
* Fixed slowdown for WAV files
+ Added Erase delay in video settings (it delays erasing of the line that has been sung)

2.2.14

* Video Creator: Allowed resolutions larger than 1024x1024

2.2.13

* Fixed bug that caused crashing on some soundfiles

2.2.12

* CD+G: Modified text rendering for low size fonts

2.2.11

+ Added on-the-fly converting to WAV for MP3 files. Use this is you are experiencing playback problems (to enable it go to File/Preferences)
+ (CD+G Only) Added 'Support complex scripts' setting -- disable it if you are not using multi-character scripts like Thai or Arabic

2.2.10

* CD+G: Fixed problem with text parameters being changed if Text Settings events were used

2.2.9

* Fixed crash when moving mutliple labels
* Fixed incorrect credits image display in full stereo mode

2.2.8

* Fixed crashing when editing lyrics

2.2.6

* Small fix in LRC import
* Fixed line positioning in Video Creator

2.2.5

Video & CD+G:
+ Added LRC import

Video:
+ Added 'Disable word sweep'

2.2.4
Karaoke Video Creator:
* Fixed problem with credit image display in full duet mode

2.2.3

Karaoke Video Creator:
+ Added MPEG and FLV encoding
* Fixed countdown event save/load problem
* Fixed Unicode font display problems

2.2.2

* Fixed 'Load Soundtrack' problems

2.2.1

* Karaoke Video Creator initial release

2.1.9

! Improved foreign scripts support.