hoster 3.120

[gianluigi]

just installed hoster older version in new laptop with vista operating system
everything works except the audio is it perhaps a conflict? PLEASE HELP

[gianluigi]

New Laptop With Older Hoster Version Running On Vista Cant Get Audio To Work Any Help Would Be Appreciated

[admin]

Your only choice is to upgrade Hoster. Your version 3.120 does not work with Vista. Click this to order it for $39.99: http://www.mtu.com/catalog/shopping_...el=Hoster33UpG

For the record, MTU does NOT recommend using Vista at this time. There are too many problems that Microsoft hasn't fixed yet. If you do choose to go with Vista, please read our FAQs related to it so you can avoid some of the already known and identified work-arounds.

[gianluigi]

thank you for the help...i installed the upgrade but still no audio everything else seems to work fine..any ideas?

[ddouglass]

By everything else, do you mean you get audio with Media Player or other programs?
Have you checked your sound card settings? Is anything (output wise) muted or turned way down?
Also check Microsoft for any updates. Use the custom update button instead of the express. Express update only gets those updates deemed as critical by Microsoft.

[gianluigi]

thanks for replying everything else works, window sounds cd,s windows media etc.all works fine except for hoster. There is a slider dedicated to hoster in the volume once i turn hoster on and it is maxed but still nothing everything else works fine so far.

[ddouglass]

Older Hoster version than 3.315 will not work for Vista. You will need to upgrade.

[ddouglass]

Admin - does Hoster use the WaveOutWrite command? Reason I ask is there is a fix in the Microsoft Knowledge base for problems with this.


gianluigi - There are two hot fixes from Microsoft for audio problems that I have found so far. The first deals with a default format setting. It is here.
The second deals with audio problems with a 32 bit program (Hoster is) running on a 64 bit version of Vista. This would depend on the version of Vista you have and the laptop you have. You haven't told us either so I don't know if this one would work or not. It is here.

[gianluigi]

i am using vista home premium 32 bit operating system on toshiba satellite 200 laptop 1014mb memory ram genuine intel T2080@1.73ghz i hope this helps i have to run a show on saturday and had to cancell last weekend... all your help is so appreciated

[ddouglass]

Then the second hotfix won't help but the first might.

[gianluigi]

still no luck any other ideas? what about a external soundcard? its gotta be something i am overlooking as no one else has had this problem...thanks for the help ddouglas thus far

[hwheeler43]

Try right clicking on the sound icon at the bottom right and look for mixer settings. I think it says mixer settings. There also may be a virtual surround sound settings area. It could be one of these. My toshiba has some settings where you can choose external speakers, headphones, internal etc.... Maybe it is one of these settings. Good luck!!

[michaeld1038]

I don't have Vista but I am having the same problem. I am using windows xp. Not having the need to use hoster for the past 2 years on real job - I never realized that my sound does not work out to my speakers. Once it's hooked up to my m-audio 410 firewire audio card I have no audio. I spoke to m-audio last night - they said to go into prefrences - which there isn't any - and see what sound card it's going out to. Since that's not possible - what do I do?

[hwheeler43]

I would check to make sure that the card you mentioned is the default sound device in audio properties.

[michaeld1038]

I called Hp tech support but no luck so far - i'm still tring. I can't even get the computers sound card working.

When I'm using my external sound card I have no sound out of hoster. How do I tell hoster what sound card to use if possible?

Help!

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by michaeld1038

I called Hp tech support but no luck so far - i'm still tring. I can't even get the computers sound card working.

When I'm using my external sound card I have no sound out of hoster. How do I tell hoster what sound card to use if possible?

Help!

Hoster uses the default soundcard. If you want to change the card Hoster uses (assuming XP) you'll need to go into control panel select audio/sounds, click the audio tab. Under "sound playback" use the drop down box to select your preferred sound card and then click apply. If you selected an external card it (and Hoster) should from here on in default to that card whenever you boot up with it connected. If you boot up without it the computer (and Hoster) will use whatever other card is available.

After you select the new card be sure and click the volume button under the drop down box (not the tab on the top left) on that same screen to make sure all the slider levels are where you want them (and that anything important is not muted). Each card will have their own set of settings.

Sam

[michaeld1038]

On The phone again last night with HP and I got Sound Coming Out to my external sound card.. I had to - for whatever reason - install updates and reinstall soundmax driver. Why It worked - I haven't a clue.

Once I updated and reinstalled the drivers - M-audio appeared as one of my output options finally!! YEAH - thanks alot for your help guys.

Michael

[billyo]

i'm not sure..but you can try ..going to your control panel click on sound, speech and audio devices..then click on sound and audio devices see if the mute box is checked..if it is unchecked it, if not click on audio on top, right next to sound on the sound playback click on volume see if any of the mute boxes are checked if it is unchecked it, if not click on the down arrow and see if your soundcard is listed if its listed just clicked on it..maybe that will work..

[ddouglass]

Try plugging your speakers into the internal sound card and see if the sound is there. If it is then you may need to go to the BIOS and disable it.

[mindonstrike]

If you go to the same spot billyo suggested you can also check to see if the card you want is the default or change defaults to experiment with.