# Adding songs

<span class="HMHeading1"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="HMNormal">When you run Karaoke DVD Burner for the first time you will see </span><span class="HMNormal">**Create Disc Wizard**</span><span class="HMNormal">. You may also invoke the wizard using </span><span class="HMNormal">**Create Disc Wizard**</span><span class="HMNormal"> toolbar button or command from </span><span class="HMNormal">**File**</span><span class="HMNormal"> menu (</span><span class="HMNormal">![](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/embedded-image-pdqx5iet.png)).</span></span></span>

##### <span class="HMHeading1"><span lang="EN-US">Adding songs</span></span>

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<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The first step is to add songs to your disc. Karaoke DVD Burner allows you to add songs directly from CD+G disc or may use karaoke files from your hard drive.</span></span>

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<span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">To add songs from CD+G disc:</span>**</span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1. Click </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Read CD+G disc</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> button.</span></span>

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<span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Add CD+G Disc Track</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> dialog box will be displayed. If you have a CD+G disc inserted in your drive you will see the list of tracks. Karaoke DVD Burner uses FreeDB internet database to display track names. If no internet connection is available only track numbers will be displayed.</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you have more than one CD/DVD drive select the proper one from </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Device</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> list.</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2. Check the songs you would like to add to DVD disc and select the way folders will be created. Following modes are available:</span></span>

- - - <span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">songs will be added to the current folder</span></span>
        - <span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a new folder will be created and songs will be added there (this is best if you would like to organize your DVD by CD+G disc names)</span></span>
        - <span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a new folder will be created for every artist (this works only for discs for which track list has been downloaded)</span></span>
        - <span lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a folder with the first letter of the artist name will be created (this is best for creating alphabetically ordered DVD); this mode also works only when track list is available</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3. Click </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">OK</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> when ready. Karaoke DVD Burner will save the files to the hard disc. Please note that this process may take some time, as video encoding is a complex task.</span></span>

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<span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">To add multiple songs from the hard drive using Smart Add:</span>**</span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1. Click </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Smart Add</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> button.</span></span>

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<span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Smart Add</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> dialog box will be displayed. It allows to scan the hard drive for karaoke songs and add them to DVD structure.</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2. Select the disc folder on the hard drive that contains the songs. If you would like to include subfolders make sure to check </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Include subfolders</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> option. Also pick the type of the files you would like to add.</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3. Karaoke DVD Burner can use ID3 from MP3 files or can parse the filenames to determine artist name and song title. If you have ripped the songs with the software that writes ID3 tags to MP3 files (Power CD+G Burner does this), then check </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Read title/artist data from ID3 tags in MP3 files</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">. If you ID3 tag is available Karaoke DVD Burner may use the filename to extract the names. Choose the correct naming template from the list below.</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">4. Select the way folders will be created. Following modes are available:</span></span>

- <span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">songs will be added to the current folder</span></span>
- <span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a new folder will be created and songs will be added there (this is best if you would like to organize your DVD by CD+G disc names)</span></span>
- <span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a new folder will be created for every artist (this works only for discs for which track list has been downloaded)</span></span>
- <span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">a folder with the first letter of the artist name will be created (this is best for creating alphabetically ordered DVD); this mode also works only when track list is available</span></span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">4. Click OK. Karaoke DVD Burner will scan your disc and will add the files to DVD structure.</span></span>

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<span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">To add files from a single folder:</span>**</span>

<span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Click </span></span><span class="HMNormal">**<span lang="EN-US">Add Files</span>**</span><span class="HMNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> button and choose the files to add. The files will be added to the current folder.</span></span>