Kap

Kap is a karaoke audio-video player designed with the needs of a KJ in mind. The aim is to have a simple, streamlined interface that is easy and powerful to use at a show. To get announcements and have questions answered join the users mailing list .

Stable Release

Each stable release is supported with bug fixes until the release of the next stable version.
Kap has been tested and developed on Mandriva 2010 using:

Python v2.6.4
wxPython v2.8.9.2
mplayer v1.0
kaa-metadata v0.7.5
Metakit v2.4.9.7

Stable Features — 0.7.0

You can download the current version from here . The release branch for the stable version is release_0_7.

General media player options (play, stop, volume and track control)
Search-able media database
Play-list control, with an auto-remove
Continuous and random play-list abilities.
Ability to restart a track from the beginning
Full-screen video play back.
View large search results.
Option to mute and unmute players
Ability to count each time a song is played.
View any and all information known about a media file.
Drag-and-drop song selection.
Database back-end selection.
Mark frequently used songs at shows as Favourites.

Development Release

Bug reporting, patch submission, news, mailing-list, and more can be found in our development area. If you would like to join the project, we are always open to new contributors. Process is simple: register, get the development code, create patch, submit, join team.

Features — 0.8

The next target release for Kap is Spring 2011.
The following are the features slated for the next release.

Add next song button
Add multiple song name format support
Allow all settings to know if a setting actually changed.
Finalise the settings location