Post Hoster 5.08 Problems here

[MTUSUPPORT]

Version 5.08 released November 20, 2012.

Click here to read the changes, and download the new code.

[mmanthie]

Audio Skips when searching for songs, Reverted back to Prior Version and everything ok again

[Roy Dennis]

Just to help us understand why you should exsperience this can you tell us a bit more about your system.

How many songs in your database?

Which operating system are you using, XP, Vista, Windows 7, or 8 ?

How much Ram ?

Do you have any other programs running at the same time ?

Anything else you think could be helpfull.

[davepryceents]

I have just upgraded from 5.7 to 5.8 only to find that it has now quarantined over 200 tracks which were working fine under 5.7 and will not allow me to re-add them with rebuilding the database? any ideas how to get them back without having to reload all 200 tracks or should I just go back to 5.7 that was working fine?
Dave

[jaycrick]

Anyone else having problems with a few milliseconds being cut off of mp3 files in 5.08? I noticed that some of my sound clips in instabuttons are being clipped at the end. I loaded the files in the playlist and played them and they were also clipped. It may be that all files are being clipped. I have not yet found one with an ending where I can tell. When I load the mp3 files in another player they play fine all the way to the end. I tried changing the add silence between songs settings but no improvement. Also changed the fade in/out settings to "0" with no improvement.

[mmanthie]

I run Xp Pro with 4gb ram, I Only run PCDJ and No other programs. It's only when searching for song. if i leave that part alone everything is fine, I don't have any issues with 5.07 so will be using that until either someone else has that same problem or another version comes out

[DiggerWertz]

Originally Posted by davepryceents

I have just upgraded from 5.7 to 5.8 only to find that it has now quarantined over 200 tracks which were working fine under 5.7 and will not allow me to re-add them with rebuilding the database? any ideas how to get them back without having to reload all 200 tracks or should I just go back to 5.7 that was working fine?
Dave

Same problem here but only about 45 tracks. If you use the K-oke option you can play them from the quarantined folder. Weird. I re-ripped those discs and all was fine. BTW, it kicked out the same files on 4 different computers. Also, I had one different file that errored out when I tried to play it. After that, every file I tried to play errored out until I rebooted, then everything played fine, including the original file that wouldn't run.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by DiggerWertz

Also, I had one different file that errored out when I tried to play it. After that, every file I tried to play errored out until I rebooted, then everything played fine, including the original file that wouldn't run.

That's happened to me a couple of times, too. I had to system restore a few days back iin time and all was fine. I did a Bios update and a registry clean and it hasn't happened since. One weird thing that still does happen though is when I play a bunch of videos on Vdj, it causes, for some reason unknown to man, every song in Hoster to error out. Nothing cures this except a restore. It is repeatable too.

[bowfishn]

I had 111 songs that it said files corrupted, so I imported 4 of the discs again, rebuilt the data base to check before I spent the time finding the other 6 discs and reloading them as well. It only took 1 of the discs the other files were quarantined again. Switched back to 5.07 it will accept and play all the files.

[bryant]

I had a hoster must close error last night after hitting two consecutive instabuttons w/o hitting the stop button in between. Wasn't sure if this was fixed in 5.08 or not. I had done this before without issue so I am assuming it is just a random event that just crops up from time to time. Anyone else experience this yet?

[bryant]

Saturday night, about three hours into the show, I heard a crackle from the speakers, then some stuttering in the audio, then the words were out of sync till the rest of the song, at the end of the song, hoster crashed and had to restart. I was using the onboard sound card, not my usb to mixer interface. This is apparaentl the "classic audio dropout", which iis the very first time I have experienced this. Usually I simply get an "audio stops", then "song goes to played status".

[MTUSUPPORT]

Ok,
Quick 5.08 Update has been done to fix the Quarantined files. Please make sure that you download it from here http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster.htm

The only way to find out if it is the correct version or not, is you must install it, then Open Hoster. Once you are in Hoster, go to the Help Menu\About Hoster here you should see 5.08. Notice the Period after the 8. This is the only place, that it will show if you have the fixed version or not.

[MTUSUPPORT]

Anyone having any issues with Audio, please download the K-Lite Mega codec pack from here http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_me...k_download.htm

[bryant]

Originally Posted by MTUSUPPORT

Anyone having any issues with Audio, please download the K-Lite Mega codec pack from here http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_me...k_download.htm

What's really weird in my case, though, is, that I never had that kind of audio issue where the crackling and out of sync appear, and I never had any knid of audio issue using the on board sound card, as far as I can remember, until after
I installed the megapack codecs. Maybe coincidence, but wanted to mention it.

[big daddy]

Having same audio drop problem I had when 5.06 came out and think it was 5.07 that fixed it. Get confused with the fixes when the only way you can tell is it has an extra decimal point. Going back to 5.05. Maybe jamming too many features into program that I will never use, but some people may. I was good with older reliable versions. Customers are loosing confidence in our shows.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by big daddy

Having same audio drop problem I had when 5.06 came out and think it was 5.07 that fixed it. Get confused with the fixes when the only way you can tell is it has an extra decimal point. Going back to 5.05. Maybe jamming too many features into program that I will never use, but some people may. I was good with older reliable versions. Customers are loosing confidence in our shows.

Actually, I like all the features they have, however, I waited till about 5.07.05 came out with the basic fixes I thought were necessary and tempo added and working. Now it appears the only way I feel comfortable at a show is if I have all these features off, no internet, no vdj like I used to for video and effects and slideshows. At first I thought it had to be my computer, but my wife purchased a very top of the line P.C. with 16 gB ram with top of the line video card, and she gets some of the "crashy" stuff I get, although not as often, (I play out three times as much and use an 8 gB laptop). I really liked version 4.09D, still do, but I don't think it takes Windows 7, and the two singers databases are not compatible.

[big daddy]

I am still using Windows Xp just because of personal preference, but have always purchased upgrades for the past 9 years. I think it was version 2.0 and always wanted to support the purchase of upgrades for the study of new technology. Maybe Hoster can come out with a toned down version that has the new coding for windows 7 but without all the bells and whistles that may be nice for some but not for others. When I do a Karaoke show I just need something reliable which they have been until lately.

[aznetbear]

I also notice that my .kma files are cutting short. The song just abruptly stops.

FYI, I run in AUTO, TEMPO and REMOVE Silence modes.

Thanks

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by aznetbear

I also notice that my .kma files are cutting short. The song just abruptly stops.

FYI, I run in AUTO, TEMPO and REMOVE Silence modes.

Thanks

You also posted this in the Beta Forum. Did you upgrade to the 5.08 release version in this post? I'm asking because I'm wondering if your issues are related to this version or the beta version. I haven't upgraded yet simply because of issues being reported here that I am not experiencing with Beta 14.

[bowfishn]

The new fix has taken care of the Quarantined files.
Thanks
Shane