What's a KFP karaoke preset?
A KFP file (KaraFun Preset) is used to play KAR, KOK, LRC and CDG karaoke files in an appropriate visual environment. It does not contain music, lyrics and syncs, but it is used to "package" your karaoke files. You can also use it as a starting point for KFN file creation.
The KAR, LRC (+MP3), KOK (+MP3) and CDG (+MP3) files contain only the music and the synchronized lyrics. With the KaraFun preset system, you can clearly enhance the playback quality by adding some related materials (backgrounds, video, fonts, trajectories…). KAR/LRC/KOK/CDG and KFP are therefore complementing each other.
To make it simple, we can say that a KFP file is a KFN file without the music and the synchronized lyrics! But there are also an important difference between the KFP and the KFN properties.
A KFP file can not be locked. You can always open it in the KaraFun editor except if it has been made with KaraFun Studio and you just have the free KaraFun version.
Convert a KFP file to KFN file:
Open the KFP file in the karaoke editor,
Save as KFN file,
Open the new KFN file,
Import the MID, KAR, KOK or LRC file, or add manually the music source, lyrics and syncs,
Check and ajust the length of text lines if some of them exceed the screen width,
Complete the properties,
Save. It's ready!
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How to use a KFP karaoke preset?
There are many ways to use a KFP file:
The easiest way: In the Karaoke Library window, right-click on a karaoke file, then select Karaoke background and Set a karaoke preset... Now select the KFP file you've just downloaded and play.
The other ways: When you have downloaded the KFP file, you can save it either in the Presets folder (default directory is C:\Program Files\KaraFun\Data\Presets), in that case it will be randomly played if it’s selected in the options, or in a folder containing some KAR, LRC, KOK or CDG files, and in this second case, it will be used in priority.
There are different ways to select a special preset for one or several karaokes.
Here they are, in order of priority:
1. The KFP file is located in the same folder and has exactly the same name than the karaoke file to read.
Ex: C:\KAR\Disco\YMCA.kfp => C:\KAR\Disco\YMCA.kar
2. The KFP file is located in the same folder.
Ex: C:\KAR\Disco\Disco Fever.kfp => C:\KAR\Disco\YMCA.kar
3. The KFP file in the Presets folder has the same name than the played karaoke file or the same subdirectory name.
Ex: C:\Program Files\KaraFun\Data\Presets\Disco Fever.kfp => C:\KAR\Disco Fever.kar
Or: C:\Program Files\KaraFun\Data\Presets\Disco Fever.kfp => C:\KAR\Disco Fever\YMCA.kar
4. The KFP file is in the Preset folder.
Ex: C:\Program Files\KaraFun\Data\Presets\Disco Fever.kfp => C:\KAR\YMCA.kar
If there is more than one KFP in the same folder, they are selected randomly.
We advise you to sort your karaoke files by musical genre or by artist in specific subdirectories, and to put KFP files in these directories according to the genre or artist.
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