Hoster crash
 

Using new MTU laptop with 3.300. Hoster is crashing randomly when trying to import patrons discs. Sometimes it will import fine; other times it says it's looking for disc and to reinsert. It has crash Hoster the last 2 nights out. Read the previous posts where this was happening with older versions. Wondering if anyone is still having this problem. The new laptop has the internal Philips CDRW/DVD. I have an older MTU laptop that has an Internal Plextor. I am wondering if I should swap the plextor drive to my new laptop. Thoughts or suggestions.

Kelly

its happend to me 4 or 5 times now and i have new plextor 716a dvd so it dosent matter which drive you have its a problem in hoster, just give em a little time and they will find and fix the problem. Bob

Thanks Bob. I sorta figured it was in Hoster but sometimes you never know.

Kelly

Clarification questions
 

Kelly,

Please answer these questions:

1. Which import method are you using in this case? Are you pressing the "CDG" button on the Hoster playlist screen? Or are you selecting "Import CD Tracks" from the "Import Tracks" menubar?

2. Also, what track number from the disc is causing you problems? Or is this problem caused by importing any track?

3. By "crash", do you mean that Hoster aborts and you get the Windows message asking if you want to report a problem? Or does Hoster lock up, forcing you to use the Task Manager to terminate Hoster?

this sounds like a bug to me. its happening to more the a few people here.


i am going to test it to see if mine locks up.


dclark, those are some good questions :)

admin & MTUSUPPORT

ok here is what i have come up with:

when i try and import a cdg into the database using my scsi Plextor CD-Rom PX-32TS it fails and gives me the windows error and allows me to send error or not..


when i use my plextor (i have 2 cd-roms) CD-R PX-W124TS i can import cdg into my collection, when i play a song from the database and add a singers cdg it goes through the process correctly and when i close the import screen then it fails and gives me the option to close and send error.


i bet this has soemthing to do with the new thing they added to read more cd-roms.

dclark,

1. CDG button.

2. Doesn't make any difference which number.

3. By crash I mean Hoster crashes. It turns it self off. Not Windows.

And there seems to be no rhyme or reason. It make work twice and then the next few times it won't. So until I find the solution, I don't play patrons discs. Which for me isn't that big of a problem. Most sing what I have in my system.

kelly

As per other previous post, this problem definitely occurs when using Non-Plextor drives. Part of the upgrade in 3.3 was to support other drives.
So far I haven't heard anyone report being able to use a non-plextor drive now that did not work prior to the upgrade. This part of the upgrade clearly has some bugs to work out of it. :f

I found this in another post. admin writes:
We will be working on it next week along with 2 other reported crash bugs. We hope to beta test the fixes by next Friday, hoping to release the following Monday. However... this is NOT a commitment, only what we are scheduled to do. If the problems take longer than expected to fix, it will take longer to release them.

T :) hanks for giving this attention.

The Sony DVD RW DRU 710A now works every bit as well as my Plextors, and never did before 3.300. Just got through importing, playing, and adding a CDG track while playing with no glitches what so ever.

The USE SOFTWARE DECODING block must be checked however, and unchecked for the Plextors.

George

Thanks for the input George. however, I've tried with software decoding checked and unchecked, and I get the same result, Hoster crashes while converting the file to KMA, and then I have to restart. Guess I'll just stick with my hand plextor until it gets sorted out. i was looking forward to not having to depend on an external rive and just use my laptop. :r