Hoster shuts down after 35-40 seconds.

[Kobesdad]

I was excited to see the new version come out and downloaded it yesterday.
Install went fine program opened fine.But just a few moments into playing songs Hoster had to shutdown.I then re-opened and cleared playlist by selecting new and it still shut down.Did an un-install and re-installed and still shuts down.Even if I open it and don't touch a thing afterwards within 35-40 seconds it just give me the error window saying Hoster has to close and whether I want to send or not send error report to windows.

I don't know why this is happening but it sure is dissapointing as have been several of the upgrades in the past.??

Hoster 4.10
Windows XP Pro
AMD 1.8 GHZ
1.2 GB RAM
320 External HDD
80 GB internal HDD

[ddouglass]

When was the last time you did the Custom Updates from Microsoft?
Also make sure you have done all the steps on this link
http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster/xp-changes.htm

[dancagle]

I am having the same problem with the program shutting down, except I don't get any error message, it just shuts down and then I can reopen the progrom and within a minute it shuts down again. I have done all the recommended updates before I upgraded.

[sleflar]

I just updated to 4.10 and have the same problem. Hoster shuts down

[ddouglass]

What operating system guys?
We need the same information that Kobesdad post about his computer so we can try to isolate the problem.

[laddie]

I had the problem. I just reloaded hoster but this time during install I checked the box that clears the registers and all was good. May not work for you, but worth a try.

[dancagle]

Hoster 4.10
Dell Insperon 1200
1 gig memory
1.3 dual core processor
80 gig internal hard drive
320 external hard drive

I have tried different things such as deleting and reloading 4.10, it seems to work for a long period of time on auto mode with several songs selected, then will suddenly drop off. When I re-open it, it will play for about a minute before crashing. I get no error messages. I do not get a visulization on the 2nd monitor when I am in intermission. It drops off wheather i'm playing a song or not. I had to go back to 4.9d could not use 4.10 at all.
thanks

[billyo]

heres my other laptop's info ( Dell E1505 ) wanna make sure upgrade will work..

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BILLY-ED3EFA0ED
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model MM061
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1595 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1595 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A17, 6/13/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2705 (xpsp.050622-1524)"
User Name BILLY-ED3EFA0ED\bill
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.37 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.85 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by billyo

heres my other laptop's info ( Dell E1505 ) wanna make sure upgrade will work..

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.85 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

You may want to up your virtual memory according to the latest manuel, it states 4096:
Copied from the new manuel.
Change Virtual Memory Settings



This Windows setting determines how much hard drive space is fixed-allocated to swap RAM contents (i.e. running programs) when Windows needs to free up RAM for its own background tasks. If VM is set too low, you can see 5 to 20 second delays frequently in Hoster. Thus, you want to insure your VM is set correctly. The recommended amount is double your system RAM. More than this can actually slow WIndows performance.

1. Click the Start button.
2. Double-click Control Panel.
3. In the window that appears, double-click System.
4. Click the Advanced tab at the top.
5. Click the Performance Group - Settings button.
6. In the Performance Options dialog that appears, click the Advanced tab.
7. In the Virtual Memory group at the bottom, click the Change button.
8. In the Virtual Memory dialog that appears, click the Custom Size radio button.
9. Ignore the Minimum size: value. Enter the Recommended size: value.
10. Click into the Initial size: field and enter the value (3055 MB recommended if you have 2GB RAM).
11. Click into the Maximum size: field and enter 4096 or up to 2x your installed RAM (MB).
12. Click the Set button and then the OK button to close the Virtual Memory dialog.
13. Click the OK button to close the Performance Options dialog.
14. Click the OK button to close the System Properties dialog.
15. Restart your computer now or shortly.

Roy.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

You may want to up your virtual memory according to the latest manuel, it states 4096:
Copied from the new manuel.
Change Virtual Memory Settings

This Windows setting determines how much hard drive space is fixed-allocated to swap RAM contents (i.e. running programs) when Windows needs to free up RAM for its own background tasks. If VM is set too low, you can see 5 to 20 second delays frequently in Hoster. Thus, you want to insure your VM is set correctly. The recommended amount is double your system RAM. More than this can actually slow WIndows performance.

1. Click the Start button.
2. Double-click Control Panel.
3. In the window that appears, double-click System.
4. Click the Advanced tab at the top.
5. Click the Performance Group - Settings button.
6. In the Performance Options dialog that appears, click the Advanced tab.
7. In the Virtual Memory group at the bottom, click the Change button.
8. In the Virtual Memory dialog that appears, click the Custom Size radio button.
9. Ignore the Minimum size: value. Enter the Recommended size: value.
10. Click into the Initial size: field and enter the value (3055 MB recommended if you have 2GB RAM).
11. Click into the Maximum size: field and enter 4096 or up to 2x your installed RAM (MB).
12. Click the Set button and then the OK button to close the Virtual Memory dialog.
13. Click the OK button to close the Performance Options dialog.
14. Click the OK button to close the System Properties dialog.
15. Restart your computer now or shortly.

Roy.

i have never had any problems with any hoster v4.xxx or any of the old version and i just took a chance and upgraded to 4.10 without doing any changes on my E1505 ,i'm doing a mocked-up show right now and just put in about an almost 2 hrs. worth of songs diff. brands in the playlist and i also added some vcd file the only thing it did was a mil. of a second glitched when adding vcd( dbl clicking ) while a song is playing.which is not very noticesable, and i've been switching it from man. to auto.i 've been adding songs while playing, songs are in sync, skipped silence is perfect and i don't see anything going wrong so far..i have never tried any of the other features yet , but i will, crossing my fingers

[sleflar]

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name STARSOUNDS-PC
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 1420
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz, 1467 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A02, 8/15/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name StarSounds-PC\Star Sounds
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.99 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.97 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.18 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.18 GB
Page File Space 3.28 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

I upgraded to 4.10 on this laptop and I had no problem. It seems to work fine unlike my desktop reported earlier.

[billyo]

well so far everything is working great, just couldn't figure out how to set up the background audio, i know how to use the audio and adding it to the playlist, and the talkover switch wont turn green when i click on it