So I noticed that JAPANDATA.tv suddenly disappeared off the face of
the earth a few days ago and the site now automatically redirects
to another site (which is fairly good, but not as good as the original
japandata.tv IMHO).

I haven't figured out how to register an account on jpop.cn.
I have a problem with their signup form (which is in Chinese).

Can anyone explain what the last 2 fields are in the bottom of
the registration form?

I know the Chinese word translates to Authenticate, but I don't know
what they're asking for.

It seems like no matter what I put in the first field, it's invalid.
The second field is a simple reCAPTCHA form and that works fine.

Anyone help would be great.
Thanks.

google translate doesn't help?

jettyke Wrote:google translate doesn't help?

Yes, I translated the words in the form.
It's the standard name, password, re-enter password, and email.

It's the last line that gives me a problem.

The word translates to "Authenticate".
The second field is a reCAPTHCA, which is not a problem.

But I have no idea what they're asking for in the first field.

you type in:
http://www.j-pop.cc

and it works

although: I just downloaded トイレの神様 because it's #1, and it's a 45mb rar file. There's the song and the karaoke version, and that's it. 45 megabytes for that...?

It's a CD single. Most singles in Japan come with karaoke arrangements.

Often Japanese CD singles consist of:
Main song
Another song
Main song (karaoke version)
Another song (karaoke version)

Also, I know that enka CD singles usually come with sheet
music (piano). You often find it in PDF format in those rar files.

Enka is very simple, since all of the verses in enka songs usually
follow the same rhythmic pattern. Only the words are different.

It's great for me since I'm now taking voice lessons in Japanese.
AFAIK, CD albums never come with sheet music.

Also, note that, in Japan, the CD singles come BEFORE the album (America
does it the other way around). So singles are literally songs from the upcoming
album (but other songs on the CD single may or may not be on the album).

Finally, Japan has "digital singles", which are songs that are only released
on iTunes/Amazon MP3/etc. They are not sold as CDs.

But 45 mb for 2 mp3 files??

It's a very convenient site, and I thank you for showing me...but I'm going to have to batch re-encode the songs I get. I'm the type that listens to Youtube because I'm too lazy to go find an mp3 file...quality doesn't matter too much for me. 23mb is too much for 1 song.

edit: The song's 10 minutes long, so that probably has something to do with why it's about twice the size of a normal song (mentioned in the next post)

I think it's a special case. Most CD singles are roughly 10MB per song.
So it really should be half that size.

45MB is a little high for 2 mp3 files.