Oh, do I agree with you! It would be nice to RELEASE Hoster 2.105 (or 6, 7, 8) before Christmas! We are investing HEAVILY right now to try and get there.
We probably will add
playing CD audio songs imported as WMA files in 2.106 before we release. We know how valuable that will be to many of our Hosts/DJs! We are expecting to add these compressed, imported files on your hard drive into your Songs Database, but give you the option to not print them in your Song Books. Thus, your Add HD Track dialog will show two buttons - Karaoke and Audio - to limit your selection by a single button click.
We have found some bugs that have haunted the code for over a year! One that is nearly removed could cause a random crash, most recently reported with Auto-Play, Key change, and unexplanable reasons! It is in the player code that everything plays through, which explains why it was so pervasive to reproduce and find.
We are very excited over Hoster 2.1. As soon as we can in January, we also expect to add playing of VCD and DVD discs, but not import them into system or the the Songs Database. If asked to do this by enough users, we will consider it. That's not trivial to do.
Thanks for your comments. I felt they deserved a lengthy answer to properly explain.
PS: In rereading my answer above, I left it unclear about the Add HD Track upgrade. It turns out, this is about the worst code to untangle that we have in Hoster.
It will take us a lot longer than anticipated to do it right. We have a clear image of what to do, and have the programmer ready to do it. However, it won't be in 2.106 (if that is the first 2.1xx release). I do expect it in the next release.
