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I'm ex military also JR, and that "mission" mindset is one of the things I took from my experience. I worked on jets in the Air Force, and it doesn't matter if its -13 degrees outside... you still have to get out on the flight line and replace that oil pump so that bird can get back in the air!!

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Yes and there are those that say search the forum for answers. A search for laptop backup would result in this thread which is totally useless. Once again it has turned into a digital versus discs thread which is probably about 2003 so far.

I am going to start flying the skull and crossbones and then I would be the most hated here.

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When I post on my forums, I try to state whatever it is that I may feel like adding to a topic. I try to make it a positive addition - lord knows, there's enough negativity going on around us. I don't look for opportunities to attack. I try and read each post thoroughly and not just skim for key words. I'm glad the laptop situation got worked out expeditiously. For those of you who continue to run with CDGs, you won't face this problem; however, finding a "new" CDG player may present issues in the not too distant future if it doesn't already. Whereas technology continues to advance automation (computers), nobody is working on making a new and better CDG player. Makes sense in my mind to continue forward movement.

I have my CDGs in cases. I have a 3-tray player in my home, set up to review songs prior to using them at a show, but to remove that from the system would be a royal pain. It makes far more sense to me to take my backup external drive and run my show from another computer. I have several laptops that I use for various music-related activities and would have no problem doing that.

I guess what this comes down to to me, and this is something I believe in strongly - there are problem creators and there are problem solvers. I choose to be a problem solver. I applaud the OP for getting through all the headaches created by a crapping lappy. No worse a feeling. It's what you do to fix the problem that benefits all readers of this forum. Thanks for sharing your experience. Hopefully you'll have smooth sailing for a while now. I also applaud you for going full time in these times -I have just accepted another night and handed off another show. It is possible to do it, and I am also in the midst of some pretty nasty illegal multiriggers in this area. I don't worry about their success. I worry about their impact but at this point that is not much of an issue either, obviously.

Let's not belabor the CDG versus computer anymore - we all have our views about it. Nobody's mind is getting changed here. Can we leave it at that?

You can see mine on the pic on my home page. The jewel cases are being replaced with the slimline jewel cases so I can get 2 discs in the spot of one.

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Well said!

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Everyone here pretty much knows I don't have a player. Doesn't make me illegal. In fact I just got my backup laptop set so the lyrics screen is up and running on the monitor via VGA.

You know what they say about when you assume! My glass is ALWAYS half full!

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I know most of you don't care very much for the cavs player, too slow etc., but this is a perfect example of where they come in handy. I am computerized, but if my laptop goes down, I just connect my external harddrive to my cavs player that I use for customer discs, connect my monitor (that I usually use for audience) to it, and I'm back in business. The only thing I would be losing is my hosting program. I still use books, and songslips, so that would keep my rotation straight. Probably 5 to 10 minutes to do full conversion. Just food for thought.

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for koyote I think who said he doesn't use disc numbers in the computer... dude... sorry bout your luck, but it's not that hard.

When I buy my cdgs, I'ts a standard number from a standard manufactuer.

When I buy my tracks, even as downloads, I consider them part of my "CUSTOM" discs, and I have a set of numbers strictly for that. Originally started with the physical discs, and now it's migrated to the customs. I keep about ten or fifteen per "disc"...

I sometimes leave the download track number as part of the name... just for my records. Usually when either I REALLY like it or hate it! !

The point being, my tracks are the same as if the discs were physically there with me. It's easy to train hosts that way, it's easy to go from book to tracks and to disc if you absolutely had to!

Directory of H:\discs\k customs\

h:\discs\k customs\k01sc - 04sc
h:\discs\k customs\k05sw - 07sw
h:\discs\k customs\k08sc - 09sc
h:\discs\k customs\k10sw - 12sw
h:\discs\k customs\k13sb - 14sc - 15sw
h:\discs\k customs\k16sc - 17sw
h:\discs\k customs\k18sc - 19sb
h:\discs\k customs\k20sc - 21sw
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw01 - anybody listening - queensryche
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw02 - daytime friends - kenny rogers
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw03 - songbird - fleetwood mac
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw04 - cry - godley & creme
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw05 - funkytown - pseudoecho
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k22sw06 - you keep me hanging on - kim wilde
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-01 38 special - back where you belong sb18248-
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-02 bangles - walking down your street sb20099-
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-03 rick springfield - human touch sf06843-
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-04 loverboy - notorious sf07028-
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-05 kid rock - all summer long
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-06 robert tepper - no easy way out
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-07 lindsay buckingham - trouble
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-08 def leppard - animal
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-09 - rascal flatts - life is a highway - ax11256
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-10 - duran duran -ordinary world sb02151
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-11 - rascal flatts - every day - sb17836\sat_files
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-12 - duran duran -new moon on monday - sf03588
h:\discs\k customs\k22sw - 23sel\k23sel-13 - david lee roth - califormia girls wk00258

Well, I've done something similar:

kv000-11 - Lewis, Leona - Here I Am
KV001-09 - Spears, Britney - Womanizer
KV001-12 - Beyonce - Halo
sbi001-02 - Seether - Careless Whisper
KV = karaoke version SBI = SBI (duh!)

In the order I download... keeping the "tracks per discs" at 15 so that if I ever did need to convert to disc I could. In this particular case, with an appointment in the middle of the day of my show... getting ready to run a disc show just wasn't an option.

I know I have started numbering sleeves again, and reorganizing my discs. I've also got a program to look up songs to get the disc number so I don't have to redo the books. Now I can go either way... I am so spoiled by my hosting program that the very thought of running the show by discs makes my stomach churn. Did I mention I'm doing this 6 times a week now? If it was once or twice a week I wouldn't mind... As a full time job I'm just not digging it.... ya know?

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As charged!

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If anyone has a problem with a new laptop not having an s-video out put there is a peice of hardware that can solve this problem. It is called PC to TV made by K World.

It converts the VGA output on your laptop to a S-video, RCA video and RGB outputs.

I used it because my new lappy does not have a s-video and it works great.

Hope this can be usefull to someone.