odd video problem

[songpony]

I just purchased a new laptop and it's been working just fine with Hoster but for one intermittent problem. On occasion, the video of BOTH the preview window and the singer's display will freeze, then slowly fade out, while the audio continues on as normal. Then maybe 20 or 30 seconds later, the words will start appearing again (from the excat point it left off - now well behind the audio), and they will get highlighted and scrolled through really quickly until eventually the video catches up with where the audio is and things then start working correctly. This seems to happen early on in a show, maybe for a couple of songs (not all in succession, necessarily), then seems to be OK for the duration. The other oddity is that it (so far) seems to only be appearing when there's an instrumental break or at the end of a verse - it's never happened right in the middle of highlighting a line, or in the middle of displaying a new set of lines. Note that this is not just the second display - it's the preview windows on the hosting display as well. I'm running Hoster 4.06 and the laptop is as follows:

Compaq CQ60-212US
Windows Vista Premium 32-bit
2.00 GHz AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core Processor
1MB L2 Processor Cache
4 GB memory
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M graphics
1919 MB video memory

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[bryant]

The first thing to do is upgrade to Hoster 4.09D, and see if the problem persists. Also, this does sound like a video card issue, but not 100% sure. Make sure you have the most recent video card driver for the 8200. Check the nVidea upgrade site for that.

[songpony]

I'll do these as suggested and report back if resolved or still issues. Thanks.

[Roy Dennis]

I take it you have followed all the vista recommendations as shown here:
http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster/v...de-hoster4.htm

Especially the Uac and visual effects.

[songpony]

Yes, I did (prior to installation). The only ones that threw me a bit were:

9. In the “Visual Effects” tab, left click Adjust for best performance
10. Scroll the very last item on the List, and put a check beside Use visual styles on windows and buttons

If I did item #10, it "undid" item #9; I could either select "Adjust for best performance", or it would select the next radio button down if I clicked anything in the list (such as "use visual styles on windows and buttons"). One other "issue" was that I couldn't find any "enable transparency" checkbox in order to uncheck it (for aero themes). According to the list, my OS is one of those that should have this setting, but I never saw it anywhere. Other than these 2 things, all instructions were followed to the letter. If you know how to "correct" either of these 2 issues, I would be happy to do so. Thanks.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by songpony

Yes, I did (prior to installation). The only ones that threw me a bit were:

9. In the “Visual Effects” tab, left click Adjust for best performance
10. Scroll the very last item on the List, and put a check beside Use visual styles on windows and buttons

If I did item #10, it "undid" item #9; I could either select "Adjust for best performance", or it would select the next radio button down if I clicked anything in the list (such as "use visual styles on windows and buttons"). One other "issue" was that I couldn't find any "enable transparency" checkbox in order to uncheck it (for aero themes). According to the list, my OS is one of those that should have this setting, but I never saw it anywhere. Other than these 2 things, all instructions were followed to the letter. If you know how to "correct" either of these 2 issues, I would be happy to do so. Thanks.

When you set for best performance (#9) it makes all the settings below change for best performance. Then when you do the next step it will change only that function and leave the rest set for best performance. This will also change the upper setting to custom, but doesn't change any of the other settings below. So follow the steps exactly and it will be right.
I don't have any Vista so I don't know about the "Aero" themes. Maybe someone else can help with that.

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by songpony

"). One other "issue" was that I couldn't find any "enable transparency" checkbox in order to uncheck it (for aero themes). According to the list, my OS is one of those that should have this setting, but I never saw it anywhere. Other than these 2 things, all instructions were followed to the letter. If you know how to "correct" either of these 2 issues, I would be happy to do so. Thanks.

I never found transparency checkbox on my Vista home premium computer so that shouldn't be an issue.

Afraid I haven't come up with a solution yet

If your problem persists keep us posted someone may have the answer.