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Originally Posted by SteveWalker
Roy,
This is a good idea and I think there are programs that handle both mp3 & cdg file renaming. Too bad Hoster doesn't handle ID3 tags. All my files have worked perfectly with ID3 tags with WinAmp karaoke.
Dale,
I have followed MTU since the beginning of Hoster in the 90's. I have successfully used WinAmp flawlessly but I am now considering purchasing Video Hoster. Why?
1. MTU has done an excellent job of improving the Hoster software with each new release. The latest version has features I would like to have.
2. It appears that Hoster importer can handle my ZIP files and can handle several filename styles and can customize to match my filenames . The ZIP files I have vary with several different filename styles.
I could not import my ZIP file using the following procedure:
-> Select menu "Import Songs"
-> "Import Hard Drive Files"
-> Select type ZIP (this means it will create a KMH file?)
-> Select file "AH8018-03 - Diamond, Neil - Cracklin' Rosie.zip"
-> select advanced button -> select "DiskID-Track - Artist - Title" (which matched the above song)
-> Uncheck "Hide Imported Tracks"
-> Select brand as "All Hits"
-> Select "Single" (not batch)
-> Hit "Add Files" button (this puts the file in the box below)
-> Check the box to the left of the filename and the status says READY
-> Hit "Import Files" button (a popup says "This DEMO version only supports a 20-song database. Hit OK.
At this point I expect the KMH file to appear in the directory of the source or somewhere. What am I doing wrong?
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I expect you do have a Songs.mdb in your C:/Program Files/Micro Technology Unlimited/Hoster/databases folder with at least 20 songs in it. If not, you should be seeing some error message as to why the Neil Diamond song isn't importing.
Yes, in the current 4.32 demo a ZIP file would import/index as a KMH file. In 5.00, which we are now working on, you can select to import as a KMA or KMH as many of our existing users want to have ALL imported files as KMA. That's already implemented in 5.00 Beta.
We do have it in our spec to open the ID3 header and use the fields to fill in the Songs Database fields. We would not rename your filenames, but just use the header contents in the database. If you select KMA for the type to create, we would use the field contents to write the .kma filename.
Currently, I can't say when the ID3 code would be added. We have it, but it's a lower priority than new "bells and whistles" we are actively adding, such as Tempo, live lyrics Sync adjust while playing the song, setting Transparent background on CDG songs so a graphic or video can play in the background, play direct from Singers Discs (we now import to a temp file then auto-delete after playing), add Find & Replace in Edit Songs dialog, we already have new dialogs for Search and Singers but we'll make them "dockable" with the Hoster screen, Show Rotation mode (we now have Playlist mode), and more.
Steve, we'll look forward to finally having you as a customer.
