Import CDG from Laptop
 

On 3.301, when I try to import a track on a CDG while a singer is singing, Hoster doesn't crash or close. It acts like it imports it. I can add to playlist and everything. When I go to play, it just dounds like a the same drum beat over and over. I know the Teac I have might not work with the new software, but when I saw it convert I was really happy for a moment until I went to play it. Oh well, I still have my Plextor.

Good work MTU!!!

Mark

When you tried the TEAC, was the USE SOFTWARE DECODING box on the CD/DVD DRIVES DEFAULTS page checked. That needs to be checked for everything EXCEPT the Plextors.

George

Yes, it was checked. I just don't think it was on thier list to make work. It's a shame because they use the Teac in so many laptops.

Mark

There was no "list to make work". It either worked to varying degrees for non-Plextor drives or it didn't. Admin would have loved to make all drives work, but if the drive was not engineered to read cdg subcode the best you can do is the best you can do. Now the programmers are constantly looking for ways to make improvements to all aspects of Hoster so at some point that drive may be made to work - who knows, but in the meantime, rest assured your drive was not shunned. Honest

Sam

I didn’t mean to imply they had a list. I meant it figuratively. There are drives that can and can’t decode MMC. Does anyone have a Laptop that the new software made work? I know it made my Sony DVD/CD R/W on my test pc work.
Is there a slim line Laptop DVD/CD R/W drive that does work?

Mark

I have not had any luck with Testing any of the Teac Drives. They don't seem to work with the MMC format, that Hoster now uses to make more drives work.

There is a Slimline drive that I have in my laptop that is working. Here is the Model: Pioneer DVR-K05. This drive works pretty good. I have not had any problems with mine.

Laptop Drive That WORKS
 

NEC DVD+RW nd-6650a This Drive works great. no spots no dots. Bob :g

$79.00 on ebay

Are slimline drives interchangeable?

Mark

Computex,
Yes the drives are interchangeable.

Since the last upgrade I can say that I have not had anymore crashes with Hoster. However I noticed that even with a brand new disc from a singer, that I was still getting small dots and spots in the graphics. So, I decided to take the drive out of my old MTU laptop (which was a Plextor) and switch it with the Phillips. It works fantastic!

Good Job MTU!

Kelly :)

I hate to ask questions like this when I have been a computer guy forever, but I don't want to mess up my laptop just to load CDG's. I have an HP NC6000 and it has worked great. Every since Hoster 3.30 came out I was hoping that my Teac drive would work. OK, it won't, so I have been looking at the ones recommended. The Pioneer DVR-K05 and NEC 6650a. The question is that my Teac has a bezel or frame around it that puts the connector in a different place. It looks like with a small phillips head ***** driver I can take it off. I was wondering if anyone else has gone through this before?

Thanks,

Mark

Just to finish...
 

I ended up buying an HP DG189B on ebay that plugged right into my HP NC6000. With the new software, it imported great!!! MicroStudio does not recognize it as a Karaoke CD+G, but I got it for shows and people that bring in their own disks with Hoster.

Again, GREAT PROGRAM!!!!


Mark