Hoster 5.02 Computer screen words jumbled

[mrmacjr]

Hi I have a dell 2400 desktop with P4 2.8 ghz with 1gb ram running windows xp with Hoster 5.02. When running a show the TV for the singers and audience is fine however on the main computer screen the words are jumbled and do not refresh properly on most songs. when there is an instrumental break in a song the 1st screen back with words is usually fine but after that start jumbling again. I have double checked to make sure all the things for xp were done so that it ran right. Also when I select a song from the search for a singer and hit the enter button or add the song name and singer name remain in the search box. I have three shows and this is the only one that does this. any help appreciated.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mrmacjr

Hi I have a dell 2400 desktop with P4 2.8 ghz with 1gb ram running windows xp with Hoster 5.02. When running a show the TV for the singers and audience is fine however on the main computer screen the words are jumbled and do not refresh properly on most songs. when there is an instrumental break in a song the 1st screen back with words is usually fine but after that start jumbling again. I have double checked to make sure all the things for xp were done so that it ran right. Also when I select a song from the search for a singer and hit the enter button or add the song name and singer name remain in the search box. I have three shows and this is the only one that does this. any help appreciated.

1 gB ram seems really too low to run Hoster, especially Hoster 5 version. Are your other shows' computers also 1 gB ram. I am one of the Hoster Beta Testers and remember testing several years ago with 1.0 and 1.5 Gb ram, and found I was reporting many errors that others with 2 gB weren't seeing. To continue testing properly, I had to increase the ram to 2 gB.

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by mrmacjr

Also when I select a song from the search for a singer and hit the enter button or add the song name and singer name remain in the search box. I have three shows and this is the only one that does this. any help appreciated.

This is normal, they stay there until you click in that box to enter fresh search text or change the name, is this a problem ?

As to your jumbled letters could be as bryant wrote, also does your graphic card have it's own dedicated memory.
Also how much free space on your C/ drive as that is used when extra memory is needed.

[mrmacjr]

The other two desktops have 1gb and 1.5gb respectively. the c drive is an 80gb and has 25.9gb free. the d drive is a 1.5tb with 916gb free. I checked on one of the other machines and you are correct the song name does not clear after hitting enter. I must be remembering an older version. but on the other machines once you click on the search box the song name or artist all goes blue and you can delete it or just hit any key and it disappears. this is not ocurring on the machine in question. I can highlight the song name or artist name and delete that way but it does not automatically highlight the box. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the quick response. I am going to be upgrading the machines in the future but wanted to fix while am using.

[mrmacjr]

I will have to have my son check on the video card question. not sure on it. I know that it did not use to have a problem. again thanks

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by mrmacjr

I will have to have my son check on the video card question. not sure on it. I know that it did not use to have a problem. again thanks

Didn't have as many features added either in the older versions. Are these laptops or desktops?

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Didn't have as many features added either in the older versions. Are these laptops or desktops?

Most off the shelf laptops these days should be enough to support Hoster without any mods - the cheaper ones MAY be the exception.