JPH1173194A - Video karaoke singing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video karaoke device displaying a background video which does not generate an unnatural feeling even when a karaoke music is changed over to an genre other than the genre of an original music. SOLUTION: When a CPU 11 receives a genre changing input from a changeover switch 15a, it reads out corresponding genre data being in karaoke data 13 to transmit them to a moving piture reproducing player 20. A CPU 21 reads out corresponding video data from a disk 27 based on the received data to reproduce them by a video reproducing part 24 and outputs them to a video mixer 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video karaoke apparatus for playing back a background picture together with a karaoke performance, and more particularly, when a genre of a karaoke piece to be played is changed, the background picture is switched accordingly. The present invention relates to a video karaoke apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional karaoke apparatus, tone information constituting karaoke music data is, for example, MIDI (Musical) music information of each part constituting a karaoke song such as a piano part, a guitar part and a drum part.
In general, the information is stored in individual tracks as Instrument Digital Interface (information) and reproduced and output in parallel.

[0003] At this time, since the output of the tone information can be switched on / off for each track, tone information different from the tone information of each part constituting the original music is replaced with the tone information constituting the original music. There has been a karaoke apparatus in which the same karaoke song can be played in a genre different from that of the original song by switching the output track by storing the information in a different track from the information.

Further, there is also provided a karaoke apparatus capable of instantaneously switching the genre of the karaoke song being played by switching the output target of the track in the musical sound information configured as described above during the performance of the karaoke song. there were.

[0005]

However, in a video karaoke apparatus that displays a video corresponding to a karaoke song on the background of the lyrics, even if the genre of the karaoke song is switched, the video is displayed there. There was no automatic switching to the background video.

[0006] Since the background video corresponding to each karaoke song of the genre being played, that is, the background video corresponding to the genre of the original song, is displayed, for example, during the performance, the karaoke song is played in a disco style genre or a playing genre. , The background video still corresponds to the original music, and there was a sense of discomfort there.

[0007] For example, if the genre of the original song is "enka", the image of "woman in Japanese clothes" is projected on the background image. , There was a situation where the background video did not match the music.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. Even when a karaoke song is switched to a genre other than the genre of the original song, a background image that does not cause a sense of incongruity is produced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video karaoke device capable of displaying.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a video karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises:
A karaoke song data storage unit configured to store karaoke song data configured to be switchable to a plurality of genres; a karaoke song data stored in the karaoke song data storage unit; A video data storage means for storing video data to be reproduced together with the performance of a karaoke song by the means, and a video reproduction means for reading the video data stored in the video data storage means and reproducing the video. hand,
The video data stored in the video data storage means is stored in association with the genre of the karaoke song data, and when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched, the video data corresponding to the switched genre Video playback control means for reading out and playing back.

[0010] In the video karaoke apparatus configured as described above, the karaoke song data storage means stores the karaoke song data configured to be switchable to a plurality of genres. Then, the playing means reads out the karaoke music data stored in the karaoke music data storage means and plays the karaoke music. That is, since the karaoke song data is configured to be switchable to a plurality of genres, during the performance by the performance means, by a predetermined operation, for example, from the original song genre, a desired genre that can be switched in the karaoke song (Such as a disco style).

The video data storage means stores the video data to be reproduced together with the performance of the karaoke music by the performance means. Then, the video reproducing means reads out the video data stored in the video data storing means and reproduces the video.

The video karaoke apparatus according to the present invention has the following features.

That is, the video data stored in the video data storage means is stored in association with the genre of the karaoke song data.

When the genre of the karaoke song data is switched, the video reproduction control means reads and reproduces the video data corresponding to the switched genre. Therefore, the background video of the karaoke song is, for example, because the genre of the original song is being played, and when the video corresponding to the genre is being played, the video playback control means changes the genre of the karaoke song. The video is switched to the video corresponding to the switched genre.

Therefore, for the user, when the genre of the karaoke tune data is switched, it is possible to prevent the video corresponding to the karaoke tune from suddenly becoming uncomfortable. . That is, it is possible to always enjoy the video according to the genre of the karaoke tune being played at that time without feeling uncomfortable.

In other words, even when the karaoke song is switched to a genre other than the genre of the original song, a background image that does not cause a sense of incongruity can be displayed.

Further, a video karaoke apparatus according to a second aspect is directed to the video karaoke apparatus according to the first aspect, and in particular, the karaoke music data is provided with a plurality of genre data, and When the genre of the karaoke song data is changed, the control means reads out the genre data corresponding to the changed genre, and controls to reproduce the video from the video data storage means.

In the video karaoke apparatus configured as described above, the karaoke music data stored in the karaoke music data storage means is provided with a plurality of genre data. This is provided with genre data of a selectable number according to each karaoke song. Then, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched by the user's operation, the video reproduction control means reads out the genre data corresponding to the switched genre in the karaoke song data.

Then, the video reproduction control means reads out and reproduces the video data stored in the video data storage means in association with the genre of the karaoke song data, using the read genre data as a clue.

Therefore, it is possible to reliably select and reproduce a video corresponding to a switchable genre according to the type of each karaoke song.

A video karaoke apparatus according to a third aspect is directed to the video karaoke apparatus according to the first or second aspect. In particular, the video playback control means switches the genre of the karaoke music data. When read, video data of the corresponding genre is read out at random and reproduced.

In the video karaoke apparatus configured as described above, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched by a user operation, the video reproduction control means stores the video data corresponding to the genre from the video data storage means. Read and play randomly.

That is, video data is stored in the video data storage means in association with the genre of the karaoke song data. Usually, one genre includes a plurality of video data associated with it. It is configured to be. Then, based on the switched genre data, the video reproduction control means randomly reads predetermined video data from the plurality of video data corresponding thereto from the video data storage means and reproduces the read data.

Therefore, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched, it is possible to prevent the monotonous reproduction of the video corresponding to the genre, and it is possible to determine whether there are many videos corresponding to the respective genres. So that you can play.

[0025]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a video karaoke apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a video karaoke apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the embodiment. The video karaoke apparatus 1 includes a commander 10 and a moving image reproduction player 20.

As shown in FIG. 1, a commander 10 constituting the video karaoke apparatus 1 includes a CPU 11 as a control means.
A modem 12 for communicating with a host computer (not shown) via a communication line 18; a hard disk 13 as karaoke song data storage means for storing karaoke song data 130 of karaoke songs; An input / output unit 14 for exchanging data between the two, an operation panel 15 for the user to select a karaoke song and a performance genre, and a playing means for reproducing musical sound information in the karaoke song data. And a video mixer 17 for outputting lyrics and background video based on the video signal output from the video playback player 20 and the lyric information in the karaoke song data.
And

A mixer amplifier 60 is connected to the tone reproducing section 16, and a speaker 50 is connected to the mixer amplifier 60. A tone signal output from the tone reproducing section 16 is amplified by the mixer amplifier 60 and is output to the general-purpose speaker 50. Output from

A microphone 70 for inputting the singing voice of the user is connected to the mixer amplifier 60, and the audio signal input by the microphone 16 is output from the speaker 50 together with the tone signal from the tone reproduction unit 16. .

A monitor 80 is connected to the video mixer 17, and the lyrics and the background image are displayed on the monitor 80.

Karaoke song data 130 for each karaoke song
Is stored in the hard disk 13 from the host computer via the modem 12.

The karaoke song data 130 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the identification information 130a and the musical sound information 130
b, lyrics information 130c and genre data 130d. And the genre data 130d is
The switchable genres in the karaoke music data are composed of, for example, original music genre data 130e, playing story genre data 130f, and disco genre data 130g. These genre data serve as an identification function for switching the karaoke performance genre, and also serve as an identification function for switching the reproduction of the video data.

As shown in FIG. 3, the tone information 130b is composed of a plurality of pieces of tone information for each part of the karaoke song.

In the video karaoke apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the karaoke music can be played in a plurality of genres by turning on / off the reproduction output in units of musical information of each part, that is, in units of musical information of each track. It is.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, by reproducing and outputting only the tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4, it is possible to perform in the genre of the original music such as enka tone. Also, by reproducing and outputting only the tracks 1, 2, 6, and 7, it is possible to perform in a disco style genre. By reproducing and outputting only the track 5, it is possible to play a karaoke song in a playing and speaking genre. Can be.

The operation panel 15 is provided with a performance genre changeover switch 15a. Each time the user presses the changeover switch 15a, the genres that can be performed are sequentially switched.

For example, in this embodiment, every time the changeover switch 15a is pressed, the original music genre → the disco style genre → the playing genre → the original music genre →
... and so on. In this sense, the changeover switch 15a corresponds to an instruction input unit. That is, as will be described later, by pressing the changeover switch 15a as the instruction input means, the CPU 11 selects the video data corresponding to the reading of the genre data, and outputs the output change instruction data for reproducing and outputting. It is sent to the video playback player 20.

On the other hand, a moving picture reproducing player 20 constituting the video karaoke apparatus 1 has a CPU 21 as a control means.
And an input / output unit 22 for exchanging data with the commander 10, and a storage for temporarily storing genre data 130 d in the karaoke song data 130 transmitted from the commander 10 via the input / output unit 22. Part 23,
A disk 27 serving as a video data storage unit storing a plurality of edited video information; a reading unit 26 for reading the video information stored on the disk 27; and reproducing and outputting the video information read by the reading unit 26 Video playback unit 2
4 is provided.

As described above, when the CPU 11 of the commander 10 reads out the karaoke song data 130 in the hard disk 13, the genre data 130d attached to the karaoke song data 130 is sent to the movie playback player 20, and CPU of playback player 20
The data is expanded in the storage unit 23 by 21. In the present embodiment, among the genre data 130d, first, the original music genre data 130e is transmitted to the moving image reproduction player 20. The moving image reproducing player 20 reads and reproduces video data corresponding to the original music genre (pops) based on the data 130e.

Thereafter, each time the user switches the genre by the changeover switch 15a on the operation panel 15, the corresponding genre data, for example, in this embodiment, the playing genre data 130f or the disco genre data 130g is reproduced as a moving image. It is sent to play or 20. Then, the moving image reproduction player 20 reads out the video data corresponding to the transmitted playing genre data 130f and the disco genre data 130g from the disk 27 and reproduces them.

That is, when the genre of the karaoke song data 130 is changed by the user pressing the changeover switch 15a on the operation panel 15, the data corresponding to the changed genre is used as the output change instruction data as the CPU 11. Is transmitted to the moving image reproduction player 20 via the input / output unit 14.

Then, the CPU 21 of the moving picture reproducing player 20 reads out the output change instruction data from the storage unit 23, reads out the video data corresponding to the data from the disk 27, and reproduces and outputs.

The following configuration may be adopted.

At the time of reading the karaoke song data 130 in response to a request from the user, all genre data 130d attached to the karaoke song data 130 in advance, for example, original song information 130e, playing genre data 130f, disco All of the genre data 130g is transmitted to the moving image reproduction player 20.

Then, the commander 10 sends a switching instruction signal from the changeover switch 15a on the operation panel 15 to the moving picture reproducing player 20. The CPU 21 in the moving picture reproduction player 20 executes the video switching control by referring to the genre data stored in the storage unit 23 and selecting the corresponding genre data based on the instruction signal.

In this sense, the CPU 11 of the commander 10 and the CPU 21 of the moving image reproduction player 20 correspond to a video reproduction control unit.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG.
7 is karaoke song data 130
Is associated with the genre identification data 270a corresponding to the genre data 130d in the video data group 27.
0b. For example, a plurality of pieces of video data corresponding to a situation where karaoke is performed in the playing genre and associated with the genre identification data of the playing narration are collected and stored as a video data group A. A plurality of pieces of video data corresponding to a disco-style performance are stored in association with genre identification data called disco. Similarly, a plurality of video data corresponding to the techno genre are stored as a video data group C. A plurality of video data according to the bossa nova genre are stored as a video data group D.

Each video data group includes, for example, A1, A2, A3
A plurality of video data such as... An are stored with identification numbers attached thereto. The same applies to the disco genre, techno genre, bossa nova genre, and pops genre. The unit time of each video data may vary, for example, video data of 30 seconds.

Every time a karaoke performance is performed, video data corresponding to the time is read out as video data for one tune.

Returning to FIG. 1, the reading section 26 and the video reproducing section 24 store the genre data 130 stored in the storage section 23.
Based on d, it operates in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 21. Further, the video signal output from the video reproduction unit 24 is, as described above, the video mixer 17 of the commander 10.
And is synthesized with the lyric information and output to the background of the lyric.

Therefore, the reading section 26, the video reproducing section 24 of the moving picture reproducing player 20, and the video mixer 1 of the commander 10
Reference numeral 7 corresponds to a video reproducing unit.

Next, the operation of the video karaoke apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 are processes executed by the CPU 11 of the commander 10, and the flowchart of FIG. 7 is a process executed by the CPU 21 of the video playback player 20.

First, in the first step 1, the CPU 11 in the commander 10 determines whether or not there is a reserved song (step 1. Hereinafter, the steps are referred to as S). When a user selects a desired karaoke song by operating the operation panel 15 of the commander 10, a predetermined number of karaoke songs are stored in the commander 10 as reserved songs. Here, it is determined whether or not the reserved music is stored in the commander 10.

When there is a reserved music (S1: YE
S), proceed to S3. On the other hand, when there is no reserved music (S
1: NO), that is, if there is no reserved music to be played, the determination processing of S1 is repeated.

In S3, the CPU 11 reads out the karaoke music data 130 corresponding to the reserved music from the hard disk 13. That is, the karaoke music data 130 is distributed in advance from the host computer and stored in the hard disk 13 in the commander 10. Therefore, here, the karaoke song data 130 of the reserved song to be played next is stored.
From the hard disk 13. At this time, as described above, the genre data 130d relating to a plurality of performance genres in which the music information 130b of the karaoke music data 130 can be played is also read.

At S5, the original music genre data 130e is read from among the genre data 130d attached to the karaoke music data 130 read at S3.

Subsequently, in S7, the CPU 11 sends the original music genre data 130e to the moving picture reproducing player 20 via the input / output unit 14 of the commander 10. The original music genre data 130e is received by the input / output unit 22 of the moving image reproduction player 20 as described later,
The data is developed in the storage unit 23.

Subsequently, in S9, the CPU 11 issues a reproduction start instruction to the moving image reproduction player 20. As a result, the moving image reproducing player 20 also starts reproducing and outputting the video data as described later.

Then, in S11, the CPU 11
The musical sound information 130b in the karaoke music data 130 is sent to the musical sound reproducing unit 16 and amplified by the mixer amplifier 60.
The karaoke music is output from the speaker 50. At this time,
The music information 130b is played in the original music genre.

In S13, the CPU 11 sends the lyric information 130c in the karaoke song data 130 to the video mixer 17 and causes the monitor 80 to display the lyric telop.

In the following S15, it is determined whether or not there is a performance genre switching instruction.

That is, the user is performing a karaoke song, that is, the music information 13 of the karaoke song data 130.
By pressing the changeover switch 15a on the operation panel 15 of the commander 10 during the playback output of 0b, it is determined whether or not an instruction to change the genre of the karaoke music has been given.

Here, if there is an instruction to switch the performance genre (S15: YES), the flow shifts to S19 (FIG. 6).
reference). On the other hand, if there is no instruction to switch the performance genre (S15: NO), the process proceeds to S17.

In S19 of FIG. 6, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not the switching instruction from the changeover switch 15a is a playing genre.

As a result, if the genre is the playing genre (S19: YES), the flow shifts to S21.

That is, in S21, the CPU 11
Gives an output change instruction for the playing genre (S
21). That is, the musical sound reproducing unit 16 of the commander 10 instantaneously changes the output track, using the corresponding data in the genre data 130d of the karaoke song data 130 as a clue. In this case, only the track 5 is output, and the karaoke tune played in the pop style as the genre of the original tune is instantly played in the genre of playing and talking.

Then, in S23, the CPU 11
Genre data 130 in karaoke song data 130
In particular, the playing story data 130f of d is read. And
In S25, the read-out narration data 130
f as the output change instruction data
To send to.

Thus, as will be described later, the moving picture reproducing player 20 can read the corresponding video data from the disk 27 based on the data received in S25 and output the background video corresponding to the performance genre. . In other words, the moving image reproduction player 20 can output a background image according to the genre of the playing narration. Then, the process proceeds to S17.

On the other hand, in S19, if the switching instruction from the changeover switch 15a is not the playing genre (S19: NO), the CPU 11 determines that the genre has been switched to the disco style genre, and issues an output change instruction for the disco genre. Is performed (S27). Based on this change instruction, the tone reproduction section 16 of the commander 10 changes the output track instantaneously. In this case, track 1,
2, 6, 7 are output, and the karaoke tune that was played in the pop style as the genre of the original music is instantly played in the disco style genre.

Then, in S29, the CPU 11
Genre data 130 in karaoke song data 130
In particular, the disco tone data 130g of d is read. Then, in S31, the read disco-style data 130g is transmitted to the moving image reproduction player 20 as output change instruction data.

Thus, as will be described later, the moving picture reproducing player 20 stores the corresponding video data on the disc 2 based on the data received in S25 or S29.
7 and output a background video corresponding to the switched performance genre. In other words, it is possible to output a background video according to the playing genre or the disco style genre. Then, the process proceeds to S17.

At S17, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the performance of the karaoke tune has ended. If the end of the music is determined (S17: YES), the present process in the commander 10 is ended. On the other hand, when the end of the music is not determined (S17: NO), the processing from S11 is repeated.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The processing of the moving image playback player 20 corresponding to the processing of the commander 10 described above will be described.

First, in step S51, which is the first step, the genre data 130d of the karaoke song data 130 is received from the commander 10. This is a process corresponding to the process shown in S7 in FIG. In this case, the original music genre data is received.

In the following S53, a process for generating a random number is executed. This is a process for randomly selecting video data to be output as a background video from a plurality of video data groups stored corresponding to the genre identification data.

More specifically, data corresponding to the identification data attached to each of the video data groups is stored in the storage unit 23, and each time the genre data 130d is received, the data is selected from the data. What is necessary is just to read out predetermined data at random and determine the reproduction order.

In this case, since the pop genre is received as the original music genre 130e, the identification data of the video to be reproduced is developed at random from the video data group "X" corresponding to the pop genre. Will play. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, video data groups corresponding to the pop genre, X1, X2, X3, X4,
X5... Xn is not always read out and played back in a fixed order, but rather every time it is received, for example, X5
1, X3, X5,... Or X2, X4,. As the reproduction order data, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, as a result of random number generation, identification numbers may be sequentially arranged and developed in the storage unit 23. The video data is read from the disk 27 with reference to this and the genre data.

Subsequently, in S55, the CPU 21
It is determined whether or not the reproduction start instruction data has been received from the commander 10. This is a process corresponding to the process shown in S9 in FIG.

As a result, if the reproduction start instruction data has been received from the commander 10 (S55: YES), the process proceeds to S57.
Move to. On the other hand, when the reproduction start instruction data is not received (S55: NO), the moving image reproduction player 20
The process in is temporarily terminated.

In S57, the CPU 21 stores
S5 in the genre data 130d stored in No. 3
The reproduction order data created at random in step 3 is read out, and the reading unit 26 is controlled based on the data to read out the corresponding video data from the disk 27 (S57).

Then, in S59, the read video data is sent to the video reproduction section 24 of the moving image reproduction player 20, reproduced and output to the video mixer 17 of the commander 10.

As a result, in the video mixer 17, the lyrics information 130 c of the karaoke song data read and reproduced by the CPU 11 of the commander 10 and the NTSC video signal output from the video reproduction unit 24 of the video reproduction player 20 are output. It is synthesized (superimposed) and the monitor 80
For example, as shown in FIG. 9, lyrics and a background image are displayed.

Then, in S61, the CPU 21
It is determined whether new genre data 130d has been received from commander 10 as output change instruction data.

This processing corresponds to the processing in S25 or S31 in FIG.

That is, when the user instructs to change the genre of the karaoke tune by operating the changeover switch 15 a on the operation panel 15 of the commander 10, the commander 10 outputs the genre data 130 d in the karaoke tune data 130. The corresponding genre data is read out and sent to the moving picture reproducing player 20.

In S61, when the CPU 21 receives new genre data (S61: YES), S65.
Move to

That is, in S65, a process of generating a random number is executed as in S53. Thereafter, the flow shifts to S67.

In S67, the CPU 21 stores
S65 in the genre data 130d stored in No.3
The read-out order data created at random in step (1) is read out, and the reading unit 26 is controlled based on the read-out data to read out the video data corresponding to the switched genre from the disc 27. Then, the process proceeds to S63.

In S63, it is determined whether or not the reproduction of the karaoke tune has ended.

As a result, if the reproduction of the karaoke music has been completed (S63: YES), the processing is terminated. On the other hand, if the processing has not been completed yet (S63: NO), the processing from S59 is repeated.

As described above, each time the genre of the karaoke song is switched, the video data corresponding to the genre is read out at random and reproduced, so that the video data of the same pattern is always reproduced although it corresponds to each genre. Can be prevented. That is, for the user, as if a lot of video data,
You can make them feel that they are prepared according to each genre.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Various applications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The video data stored on the disk 27 may be of the MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) 1 standard or the MPEG 2 standard.

[0094]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the video karaoke apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention,
The background image of the karaoke song is, for example, when the genre of the original song is being played, and when the video corresponding to the genre is being played, the video playback control means switches the genre of the karaoke song in accordance with the switching. You can switch to a video that corresponds to the genre. Therefore, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched during the performance, the video corresponding to the karaoke song until then suddenly causes the user to feel uncomfortable with the switched karaoke genre. Can be prevented.

That is, even when the karaoke song is switched to a genre other than the genre of the original song, it is possible to display a background image that does not cause discomfort. According to the video karaoke apparatus of the second aspect, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched by the user's operation, the video playback control means responds to the switched genre in the karaoke song data. Genre data to be read. Then, the video playback control means uses the read genre data as a clue,
The video data stored in the video data storage means in association with the genre of the karaoke song data is read and reproduced, so that the video corresponding to the genre that can be switched according to the type of each karaoke song is converted to the karaoke song. Reproduction can be reliably performed according to data switching.

Further, according to the video karaoke apparatus of the third aspect, when the genre of the karaoke music data is switched by the operation of the user, the video reproduction control means is provided.
The video data corresponding to the genre is read out at random from the video data storage means and reproduced.

Therefore, when the genre of the karaoke song data is switched, it is possible to prevent the monotonous reproduction of the video corresponding to the genre, and whether there is a large amount of video data corresponding to each genre. You can play like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video karaoke apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of karaoke music data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of musical sound information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage configuration of video data in a disk.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a commander.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of a commander.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the moving image reproduction player.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing contents of reproduction order data in a storage unit in the moving image reproduction player.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 13 Hard Disk 15 Operation Panel 15a Changeover Switch 21 CPU 23 Storage Unit 27 Disk

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke song data storage unit for storing karaoke song data configured to be switchable to a plurality of genres, and a karaoke song performance by reading the karaoke song data stored in the karaoke song data storage unit. Means, video data storage means for storing video data to be reproduced together with the performance of the karaoke song by the performance means, and video reproduction means for reading the video data stored in the video data storage means and reproducing the video. In the video karaoke apparatus, the video data stored in the video data storage means is stored in association with the genre of the karaoke song data. When the genre of the karaoke song data is switched, the switched genre Video reproduction control means for reading and reproducing video data corresponding to Video karaoke apparatus according to claim. 2. The karaoke music data is provided with a plurality of genre data, and when the genre of the karaoke music data is changed, the video reproduction control means sets the genre data corresponding to the changed genre. 2. The video karaoke apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video karaoke apparatus is controlled so that the video data is read from the video data storage means. 3. The video playback control means according to claim 1, wherein when the genre of the karaoke music data is switched, video data of the corresponding genre is read out and played back at random. The video karaoke apparatus according to claim 1.