# Selected Program Windows # Video Settings **Input/Output** [![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/scaled-1680-/Xl0image.png)](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/Xl0image.png) ***Input*** Here you can define the audio track that will be used in the video and choose the background image or video. There are three possible options for background. You may use a video or image file of your choice, you may use one of the predefined scrolling backgrounds (they are located in `%APPDATA%/Doblon/Karaoke Video Creator/Backgrounds` folder), or you may use a solid background. ***Output*** This defines the location of video file that will be created. You may choose the format of the video:
**AVI** Windows video file format. Use to play on computer or on DivX-capable players
**MPEG** Universal video format. Use for DVD creation and iPod and iPhone files
**MP4** General purpose video format, use for playing and sharing
**WebM ** Advanced format that allows features like transparent background
If **Run default video player when done** Karaoke Video Creator will open the newly created file and play it using system's default player for AVI files.. **Compression** [![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/scaled-1680-/I5qimage.png)](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/I5qimage.png) ***Video*** This section defines video compression and frame rate. **Compression** button allows to choose from video encoders that are installed in the system. With MP4 and MPEG encoding selected you may choose one of the predefined encoding presets or choose custom format and adjust all encoding parameters. [![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/scaled-1680-/DYyimage.png)](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/DYyimage.png) ***Audio*** Choosing **MP3** will result in audio channel encoded to MP3. You may change MP3 encoding parameters with **Settings** button. Choosing ACM allows to choose from Audio Compression Manager codecs installed on your computer. Use **Settings** button to select the encoder and adjust the parameters. **Display** [![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/1A2image.png)](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/1A2image.png) ***Width/Height*** Defines the resolution of the created video. **Set text area** button allows to define which part of the video should be used to display lyrics. You may use **Common sizes** list to quickly select one of common resolutions. ***Display mode*** You may also select the text display mode. Choosing ***Page by page*** will result in the standard paged display. ***Overwrite*** will disable the screen erasing and the new words will overwrite the already sang. And ***Scrolled*** mode will generate the long flow of text that will move upwards with the highlighted line always in the middle. **Half by half** will cause lyrics to appear in turns at the top and at the bottom half of the screen. Mode information on display modes can be found in [Display modes](#Display_modes) section. ***Squeeze text and do not break lines*** When this option is selected Karaoke Video Creator will not break lines -- it will resize it horizontally so every line fits the screen. This may help placing the text in the song, but if the lines are too long may decrease the readability of the text. ***Vertical alignment*** Allows to change the placement of the lines of the text. You may select Center, Top, or Bottom which would place the text at the appropriate part of the screen, or choose Space evenly, which makes sure that the first line is at the top, the last at the bottom, and all the spaces between the lines are equal. ***Additional line spacing*** The number of pixels to insert between the lines. ***Horizontal alignment*** This setting controls the way the individual lines of text are placed. You have the choice of Center, Left, and Right. ***Additional letter spacing*** The number of pixels to insert between every letter in words. ***Font*** This setting specifies which font will be used for the lyrics and how large the letters should be. If you are trading you PK2 files make sure that you use fonts that are installed on the destination computer. ***Colors*** Allows to change the background, border and text color. Simply choose the appropriate color from the list or use More button to select the custom color. ***Lines per screen*** Allows to specify the maximum number of lines to be shown. Note that if the font size is too large, the actual number of lines may be lower. ***Number of highlighted lines to keep*** If using scrolling or overwrite display mode this parameter controls the number of lines that have already been sung but are not erased yet. ***Outline/Shadow*** This values control the effect added to the text. Setting them to zero disables the effect. The color of the text effects can be set in Colors dialog box. ***Word fade time*** To make the video look better words are faded in when displaying and faded out when erasing. This value controls the time fade takes. ***Line scroll time*** This value defines the time used to scroll the lyrics in scrolling display mode. ***Highlight mode*** Here you can select whether word should be simply swept with the color or somewhat nicer 'fade' effect should be used. ***Gradient*** To make the lyrics look better %APPNAME% applies gradient effect to the text it displays. This setting allows to control the intensity of the effect. ***Apply blur*** If you would like to blur the final image, you may define the level of blur to apply. ***Pan background images with aspect ratio above X*** If an image selected for the background is at least twice as wide as it is tall, %APPNAME% will scroll it from left to right and back. This creates a very nice visual effect. You may define the speed of the animation. We have provided a set of wide images to use as backgrounds, they are installed with the program. ***Line introductions *** When enabled, a moving element will appear before the line should be sung and will advance from the edge of the screen to the first word in the line ***Smart page breaks*** Pages will be changed during the longest pauses between the lines ***Make lyrics uppercase*** Lyrics will be converted to the uppercase letters, but they will not be modified in the editor **Title/Credits** This group of options allows to select the pictures that are to appear before the song and after the song. By default these pictures are disabled. To learn more about using images in Karaoke Video Creator see [Images](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/ai-karaoke-video-creator-user-manual/page/images "Images") section. **Presets** You may save a current set of options and use it later for different song using the Save button. To invoke the preset select if from a pop-down list. To delete the existing preset use Delete button. If you would like to use current settings every time you start the program, click **Use current as default** button. You may also revert to this saved default settings using **Reset to default** button. It is also possible to revert settings to factory defaults. # Import CD+G One of the most exciting features of Karaoke Creator is the ability to import existing CD+G songs. This allows you to re-edit commercial editions of karaoke songs with endless possibilities — change fonts and images, fix broken characters, modify lyrics, or create parodies. Karaoke Creator imports both lyrics and synchronization, so the most cumbersome part of song creation is already done, leaving you to focus on the fun. To import a CD+G song, select the **Import CD+G File** command from the **File** menu or click the **Import CD+G File** button on the toolbar. [![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/scaled-1680-/falimage.png)](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/falimage.png) First, you need to select a file containing CD+G songs. Two file formats are supported: **CDG** and **BIN**. If you use a **CDG** file, Karaoke Creator will automatically look for an **MP3** file of the same name and use it as a soundtrack. If the **Insert 'Clear Screen' events automatically** option is checked, Karaoke Creator will detect when the entire screen is erased in the CD+G song and will insert 'Clear Screen' events at the same places in the imported song. This helps maintain text flow for page-by-page songs. The import process may take a while (up to half a minute on a slower computer). Once completed, you will see the imported lyrics in the lyrics editor. Please check for spelling mistakes, as some characters may be recognized incorrectly. --- **NOTE**: 1. Not every song can be imported. Duets are not supported, and songs using scrolling will not import. 2. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is not perfect and may occasionally make errors. Please check the lyrics for spelling mistakes.