Stopping song just stops graphics, music continues on for a while

[dizzydee]

Has anybody had this one. When I stop (usually the first song I play) the song, the graphics disappear, but the audio continues, sometimes for a fews seconds and sometimes to the end. The program is effectively frozen till it quits playing the audio. The only way I have been able to get out of this is by ctrl-alt-del and shutting program down.

This is an intermittant occurance. I have explorer 7 and sp3 and media 11. My computer is a dell inspiron with a 1.7 mghz processor with 2 gigs or ram running on xp home. I just use the onboard video and audio cards so not totally sure what they are. Have not yet attempted using second monitor. Will try that at next show. Haven't yet done a show because trying out new program first to make sure I won't have issues at a show.

[Beavis]

did you upgrade to 4.01 ?

[ddouglass]

Check Dell support to see if there are any updates for your video and audio.

[kedmison]

Had this happen also last night.

Kelly

[madjim- with the Lord]

MTU has been addressing the issues with starting and stopping in every beta and it's getting better. The next beta will be available for us to test this evening. It seems to be related to the newer versions of Windows Media Player.

I've been running my shows with Hoster 4.XX ever since the program was released and then some (last night with 4.02 beta 2), overall it's doing a great job. What I do that seems to help is play the first song at a very low volume (or with no volume at all) to check and see if it's running in sync and to give the program a chance to reset itself.

Next to getting Hoster Vista ready, this is a top priority issue. They'll get it here soon, please be patient.

Jim

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by madjim

It seems to be related to the newer versions of Windows Media Player.

I have had this problem with WMP since ver10 on my desktop at home. Ocasionally I have to alt-ctrl-del and force close to quit playing a video before it ends. It doesn't happen enough for me to have nailed it down yet, but I do think it is WMP and not Hoster that is hanging.