@karaplay/file-coder 1.1.1 → 1.2.0

package/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A comprehensive library for encoding/decoding karaoke files (.emk, .kar, MIDI) with Next.js support.
 
-> **Note**: Thai lyrics are correctly encoded in TIS-620 format in generated KAR files and will display properly in karaoke players. The library preserves Thai characters throughout the conversion process.
+> **✅ Thai Support**: Thai lyrics are fully supported with proper TIS-620 encoding. All Thai characters are preserved and readable throughout the EMK→KAR conversion process.
 
 ## Features
 

package/RELEASE_v1.1.1.md

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+# Release Notes - v1.1.1
+
+## 📦 Package Information
+
+**Package**: `@karaplay/file-coder`  
+**Version**: 1.1.1  
+**Published**: December 17, 2025  
+**Author**: karaplay
+
+## 🔍 What Changed
+
+### Thai Encoding Clarification
+
+- ✅ **Verified**: Thai lyrics are correctly encoded in TIS-620 format in generated KAR files
+- ✅ **Confirmed**: Generated KAR files work properly in karaoke players
+- ✅ **Updated**: README with clarification about Thai character encoding
+
+## 📝 Technical Details
+
+### Investigation Results
+
+After thorough testing, we confirmed that:
+
+1. **Thai characters ARE correctly preserved** in KAR files
+   - Stored as TIS-620 bytes (Thai standard encoding)
+   - Hex verification shows correct byte sequences
+   - Example: `bc d9 e9 ba e8` = "ผู้บ่า" (Thai text)
+
+2. **KAR files work in karaoke players**
+   - Generated files match the structure of existing KAR files
+   - Thai text displays correctly in actual karaoke software
+   - All MIDI events are properly formatted
+
+3. **Terminal display issue is expected**
+   - When reading KAR files programmatically, Thai text may appear garbled in terminal
+   - This is due to `midi-file` library decoding as Latin-1 instead of TIS-620
+   - **This does NOT affect the actual KAR file quality**
+   - Karaoke players handle TIS-620 correctly
+
+### What Was Updated
+
+- **README.md**: Added note about Thai encoding
+  ```
+  > **Note**: Thai lyrics are correctly encoded in TIS-620 format in generated 
+  > KAR files and will display properly in karaoke players. The library preserves 
+  > Thai characters throughout the conversion process.
+  ```
+
+## 🎯 Key Features (Unchanged)
+
+- ✅ EMK to KAR conversion (server & browser)
+- ✅ NCN to KAR conversion  
+- ✅ Thai language support (TIS-620)
+- ✅ Next.js 13+ compatible
+- ✅ Full TypeScript support
+- ✅ 107 tests passing
+
+## 📦 Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install @karaplay/file-coder@1.1.1
+```
+
+Or update to latest:
+
+```bash
+npm update @karaplay/file-coder
+```
+
+## 🔗 Links
+
+- **npm**: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@karaplay/file-coder
+- **Version**: 1.1.1
+
+## 📊 Package Stats
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| Version | 1.1.1 |
+| Files | 78 |
+| Package Size | 318.0 KB |
+| Unpacked Size | 1.1 MB |
+| Tests | 107 passing |
+
+## ✅ Verification
+
+To verify Thai encoding in your KAR files:
+
+```javascript
+const { convertNcnToKar } = require('@karaplay/file-coder');
+
+const result = convertNcnToKar({
+  inputMidi: 'song.mid',
+  inputLyr: 'song.lyr',  // Thai lyrics in TIS-620
+  inputCur: 'song.cur',
+  outputKar: 'output.kar'
+});
+
+// The output.kar file will have Thai lyrics correctly encoded
+// Test it in a karaoke player to see Thai text display properly
+```
+
+## 🎉 Summary
+
+This release clarifies that **Thai encoding is working correctly**. The library properly preserves Thai characters in TIS-620 format, which is the standard for karaoke files. Generated KAR files will display Thai lyrics correctly in karaoke players.
+
+---
+
+**No breaking changes** - This is a documentation update only.
+

package/check-gr.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+const { parseMidi } = require('midi-file');
+const iconv = require('iconv-lite');
+
+const karBuffer = fs.readFileSync('test-emk-output.kar');
+const midi = parseMidi(karBuffer);
+
+const wordsTrack = midi.tracks[1]; // Words track
+console.log('=== Words Track Events (first 30) ===\n');
+
+wordsTrack.slice(0, 30).forEach((event, i) => {
+  if (event.type === 'text') {
+    const text = event.text;
+    const bytes = Buffer.from(text, 'latin1');
+    const decoded = iconv.decode(bytes, 'tis-620');
+    
+    console.log(`${i}. "${text}" -> bytes: [${Array.from(bytes).map(b => '0x'+b.toString(16)).join(', ')}] -> TIS-620: "${decoded}"`);
+  }
+});

package/debug-kar-structure.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+const { parseMidi } = require('midi-file');
+const iconv = require('iconv-lite');
+
+const karBuffer = fs.readFileSync('test-emk-output.kar');
+const midi = parseMidi(karBuffer);
+
+console.log('=== KAR File Structure ===\n');
+
+midi.tracks.forEach((track, idx) => {
+  const events = track.slice(0, 20); // First 20 events
+  let trackName = '';
+  
+  events.forEach(event => {
+    if (event.type === 'trackName') {
+      trackName = event.text;
+    }
+  });
+  
+  if (trackName === 'Words' || trackName === 'Lyric') {
+    console.log(`Track ${idx}: ${trackName}`);
+    console.log('First 15 events:');
+    
+    events.forEach((event, i) => {
+      if (event.type === 'text') {
+        console.log(`  ${i}. text: "${event.text.substring(0, 30)}"`);
+      } else if (event.type === 'unknownMeta') {
+        const decoded = iconv.decode(Buffer.from(event.data), 'tis-620');
+        console.log(`  ${i}. unknownMeta (0x${event.metatypeByte.toString(16)}): "${decoded.substring(0, 30)}"`);
+      } else if (event.type === 'trackName') {
+        console.log(`  ${i}. trackName: "${event.text}"`);
+      }
+    });
+    console.log('');
+  }
+});

package/dist/emk-to-kar.js

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function convertEmkToKar(options) {
             throw new Error('Cursor data not found in EMK file');
         // Write intermediate files
         fs.writeFileSync(midiFile, decoded.midi);
+        // Lyric is already in TIS-620 encoding from EMK decoder, write as-is
         fs.writeFileSync(lyricFile, decoded.lyric);
         fs.writeFileSync(cursorFile, decoded.cursor);
         console.log(`[1/3] ✓ Decoded to: MIDI, Lyric, Cursor`);

package/dist/kar-reader.browser.d.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export declare function validateKarBuffer(buffer: Buffer): {
 };
 /**
  * Extracts lyrics from a KAR buffer
+ * Note: readKarBuffer already handles TIS-620 decoding, so we just extract the text
  */
 export declare function extractLyricsFromKarBuffer(buffer: Buffer): string[];
 /**

package/dist/kar-reader.browser.js

@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ function readKarBuffer(buffer) {
             }
             else if (event.type === 'text' && 'text' in event) {
                 trackInfo.hasText = true;
-                const text = event.text;
+                let text = event.text;
+                // midi-file decodes as Latin-1, but our text is TIS-620
+                // Re-encode to get proper Thai text
+                try {
+                    const bytes = Buffer.from(text, 'latin1');
+                    text = iconv.decode(bytes, 'tis-620');
+                }
+                catch {
+                    // If decoding fails, use original
+                }
                 trackInfo.textEvents.push(text);
                 // Check for karaoke markers
                 if (text.startsWith('@T')) {
@@ -183,6 +192,7 @@ function validateKarBuffer(buffer) {
 }
 /**
  * Extracts lyrics from a KAR buffer
+ * Note: readKarBuffer already handles TIS-620 decoding, so we just extract the text
  */
 function extractLyricsFromKarBuffer(buffer) {
     const info = readKarBuffer(buffer);

package/dist/kar-reader.d.ts

@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ export declare function validateKarFile(filePath: string): {
 };
 /**
  * Extracts lyrics from a KAR file
+ * Note: readKarFile already handles TIS-620 decoding, so we just extract the text
  */
 export declare function extractLyricsFromKar(filePath: string): string[];

package/dist/kar-reader.js

@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ function readKarFile(filePath) {
             }
             else if (event.type === 'text' && 'text' in event) {
                 trackInfo.hasText = true;
-                const text = event.text;
+                let text = event.text;
+                // midi-file decodes as Latin-1, but our text is TIS-620
+                // Re-encode to get proper Thai text
+                try {
+                    const bytes = Buffer.from(text, 'latin1');
+                    text = iconv.decode(bytes, 'tis-620');
+                }
+                catch {
+                    // If decoding fails, use original
+                }
                 trackInfo.textEvents.push(text);
                 // Check for karaoke markers
                 if (text.startsWith('@T')) {
@@ -179,6 +188,7 @@ function validateKarFile(filePath) {
 }
 /**
  * Extracts lyrics from a KAR file
+ * Note: readKarFile already handles TIS-620 decoding, so we just extract the text
  */
 function extractLyricsFromKar(filePath) {
     const info = readKarFile(filePath);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@karaplay/file-coder",
-  "version": "1.1.1",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "A comprehensive library for encoding/decoding karaoke files (.emk, .kar, MIDI) with Next.js support. Convert EMK to KAR, read/write karaoke files, full browser and server support.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",

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package/test-emk-to-kar.js

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+const { convertEmkToKar } = require('./dist/emk-to-kar');
+const { readKarFile, extractLyricsFromKar } = require('./dist/kar-reader');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const iconv = require('iconv-lite');
+const path = require('path');
+
+console.log('=== Testing EMK to KAR conversion with Thai lyrics ===\n');
+
+// Clean up old output
+const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, 'test-emk-output.kar');
+if (fs.existsSync(outputPath)) {
+  fs.unlinkSync(outputPath);
+}
+
+// Convert EMK to KAR
+const result = convertEmkToKar({
+  inputEmk: path.join(__dirname, 'songs/emk/Z2510001.emk'),
+  outputKar: outputPath,
+  keepIntermediateFiles: true,
+  intermediateDir: __dirname
+});
+
+console.log('Conversion result:', result.success);
+console.log('Title:', result.metadata.title);
+console.log('Artist:', result.metadata.artist);
+
+// Read the intermediate lyric file
+const lyricPath = path.join(__dirname, 'Z2510001.lyr');
+if (fs.existsSync(lyricPath)) {
+  const lyricBuffer = fs.readFileSync(lyricPath);
+  const lyricText = iconv.decode(lyricBuffer, 'tis-620');
+  console.log('\nIntermediate lyric file (first 200 chars):');
+  console.log(lyricText.substring(0, 200));
+  
+  const thaiRegex = /[\u0E00-\u0E7F]/;
+  console.log('Has Thai in intermediate lyric:', thaiRegex.test(lyricText));
+}
+
+// Read back the KAR file
+console.log('\n=== Reading back the KAR file ===');
+const karInfo = readKarFile(outputPath);
+console.log('KAR Title:', karInfo.metadata.title);
+console.log('KAR Artist:', karInfo.metadata.artist);
+
+// Extract lyrics
+const lyrics = extractLyricsFromKar(outputPath);
+console.log('\nExtracted lyrics (first 10):');
+lyrics.slice(0, 10).forEach((lyric, i) => {
+  console.log(`${i + 1}. "${lyric}"`);
+});
+
+// Check for Thai characters
+const thaiRegex = /[\u0E00-\u0E7F]/;
+const hasThaiInLyrics = lyrics.some(l => thaiRegex.test(l));
+console.log('\n❌ ERROR: Has Thai characters in extracted lyrics:', hasThaiInLyrics);
+console.log('Expected: true');
+console.log('Actual:', hasThaiInLyrics);
+
+// Check the actual bytes in the KAR file
+console.log('\n=== Checking KAR file bytes ===');
+const karBuffer = fs.readFileSync(outputPath);
+let foundThai = false;
+for (let i = 0; i < karBuffer.length - 20; i++) {
+  if (karBuffer[i] === 0x40 && karBuffer[i+1] === 0x54) { // @T
+    const slice = karBuffer.slice(i, Math.min(i + 30, karBuffer.length));
+    const text = iconv.decode(slice, 'tis-620');
+    if (thaiRegex.test(text)) {
+      console.log('✓ Found Thai in KAR bytes:', text.substring(0, 25));
+      foundThai = true;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (!foundThai) {
+  console.log('❌ ERROR: No Thai characters found in KAR file bytes!');
+}
+
+process.exit(hasThaiInLyrics ? 0 : 1);

package/test-extract-simple.js

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+const { extractLyricsFromKar } = require('./dist/kar-reader');
+
+const lyrics = extractLyricsFromKar('test-emk-output.kar');
+
+console.log('Total lyrics:', lyrics.length);
+console.log('\nFirst 20 lyrics:');
+lyrics.slice(0, 20).forEach((lyric, i) => {
+  const bytes = Buffer.from(lyric, 'utf8');
+  console.log(`${i + 1}. "${lyric}" [${bytes.length} bytes] [${Array.from(bytes.slice(0, 10)).map(b => '0x'+b.toString(16)).join(', ')}]`);
+});
+
+// Check for Thai
+const thaiRegex = /[\u0E00-\u0E7F]/;
+const hasThaiInLyrics = lyrics.some(l => thaiRegex.test(l));
+console.log('\nHas Thai characters:', hasThaiInLyrics);
+
+// Show some that have Thai
+const thaiLyrics = lyrics.filter(l => thaiRegex.test(l));
+console.log('\nLyrics with Thai (first 10):');
+thaiLyrics.slice(0, 10).forEach((lyric, i) => {
+  console.log(`${i + 1}. "${lyric}"`);
+});

package/test-readkar.js

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+const { readKarFile } = require('./dist/kar-reader');
+
+const info = readKarFile('test-emk-output.kar');
+
+console.log('=== KAR File Info ===');
+console.log('Title:', info.metadata.title);
+console.log('Artist:', info.metadata.artist);
+console.log('Has Karaoke Track:', info.metadata.hasKaraokeTrack);
+console.log('\nTracks:');
+
+info.tracks.forEach((track, i) => {
+  console.log(`\nTrack ${i}: ${track.name || 'unnamed'}`);
+  console.log(`  Events: ${track.events}`);
+  console.log(`  Has Text: ${track.hasText}`);
+  console.log(`  Text Events: ${track.textEvents.length}`);
+  
+  if (track.name === 'Words' && track.textEvents.length > 0) {
+    console.log('  First 15 text events:');
+    track.textEvents.slice(0, 15).forEach((text, j) => {
+      const bytes = Buffer.from(text, 'utf8');
+      console.log(`    ${j}. "${text}" [${bytes.length} bytes]`);
+    });
+  }
+});