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File Naming Tips
We recommend using the .KZ file extension with Karaoke Zip files. VDJ will view a .KZ file exactly the same as it sees a .ZIP file.

Note that VDJ can only read files zipped using the Deflate compression method. Most ZIP utilities use this method as the default, but if VDJ fails to read your ZIP files make sure your ZIP utility is using the Deflate method only.

We also recommend naming the files as Artist Name - Song Name.kz. This will ensure that your songs are easy to find. You can then easily use our exclusive and free ngSearch tool (now included with the Virtual DJ Studio download) to locate songs quickly by keyword.

In addition to placing your MP3 and CDG files into a single ZIP file for each song, you can also rename the ZIP file to have a .KZ extension. VDJ will recognize this as a ZIP file, and doing this prevents Windows from trying to analyze each file when you load a directory of Karaoke files. The disadvantage to renaming your ZIP files is that it will be more difficult to open them in, for example, WinZip, if you need to modify the contents.

If you have a folder that already contains .ZIP files, and you want to rename them all to .KZ, you can do this easily by following these instructions:
Click Start, then choose Run
Type CMD.EXE and click OK
Change to your Karaoke directory
For example, if your Karaoke .ZIP files are in C:\Karaoke, type:
C: [ENTER]
cd Karaoke [ENTER]
(Do not type [ENTER] - this means to press the Enter key). Substitute C: with the drive letter your Karaoke files are on.

Then type the following to rename your .ZIP files to .KZ:
ren *.zip *.kz [ENTER]
If you have a lot of ZIP files in that directory, this process may take a few minutes. Do not interrupt it, simply allow the command to finish working before you close the window.

Yes, if you search for abba it will find all files with the word abba in it.

If you search for abba*queen it will find ABBA - Dancing Queen

NOTE: Your songs must be added to your search database for them to be found by VirtualDJ when searching. Browse to folder(s) where your music is located, right-click on the folder and choose Add to search DB.

You should not need to rename the extension of your karaoke files - They will be found and will work providing that they have been added to your search database. If they are zipped, they will work providing a non-standard compression method has not been used.

If a file does not load, simply unzip it using the built-in .ZIP support in Windows XP and above, make sure that the CDG and MP3 have exactly the same name, then zip them back up again using the .ZIP support built into Windows (Right-click -> Send to compressed folder)

Can we please hava a screenshot with the File Infos Window showing that Dancing Queen ?

Click on the options button (Magnifying glass in v7) and make sure that FileName is ticked in the list.

Now (Assuming that your files are named in the order Artist - Title) a search for abba*queen should return the expected results.

Otheriwse, try queen*abba if your files are in the format Title - Artist