Automated Background Audio Player work ¡?

gchavesf · #1 September 26th, 2009, 01:50 AM

Hi.

This new option is great. But when have some singers and don´t play the show Automated Background Audio Player run. If init the show and asign auto play delay for singers, no play music. This is the normal function?

Thanks....

ddouglass · #2 September 26th, 2009, 02:55 AM

Background Audio will not work in Auto mode because there is not a long enough stop for it to kick in. This will only work in Manual mode, where the karaoke song ends and you have to click Play to start the next one..

billyo · #3 September 27th, 2009, 01:15 PM

it must be me, i have tried to follow the direction on how to add songs on the background audio since 10am , i created a few folders, clicked on browse to where i have it stored ( the songs ) selected one of the folders, it opens up , i just can't add it to the playlist, i have tried to put it on: my music, mtu songs, even selected my itunes playlist" wmp..still to no avail...

RIKKI TIKKI · #4 September 27th, 2009, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by billyo

it must be me, i have tried to follow the direction on how to add songs on the background audio since 10am , i created a few folders, clicked on browse to where i have it stored ( the songs ) selected one of the folders, it opens up , i just can't add it to the playlist, i have tried to put it on: my music, mtu songs, even selected my itunes playlist" wmp..still to no avail...

BillyO,
I may be missing what you are doing (or trying to do), but the folder that you select to use as background audio (BA) does not go to the main preview Hoster screen, it just hides until BA feature is implemented then the order of the songs that is played ( or portion thereof ) when a song in your show playlist is stopped or finishes playing, takes over, and you will hear the first song in the order that you dictate by adding the folder of songs to use, and instruct BA to follow, each time a playlist song is finished, or stopped during a show...

Roy Dennis · #5 September 27th, 2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by billyo

it must be me, i have tried to follow the direction on how to add songs on the background audio since 10am , i created a few folders, clicked on browse to where i have it stored ( the songs ) selected one of the folders, it opens up , i just can't add it to the playlist, i have tried to put it on: my music, mtu songs, even selected my itunes playlist" wmp..still to no avail...

Any songs have to go into 1 folder only. Then click the BKgrnd Audio button, from the window that opens use the browse button to find the folder and select, this should fill the window with all the files in that folder. Set the fade in & out to your preferences,then press the on button the music should start playing. Then you can close that window and the music should keep playing until you select a Playlist song when it should fade out until you stop a Playlist song when it should fade back in. This only works in manual mode,

billyo · #6 September 27th, 2009, 02:23 PM

i think i just got it..songs are on the BA player, all my songs are converted from aac to mp3 , it's working, the only thing was whatever song i hilighted on the BA is not what comes on after a song was done playing in hoster playlist..but it's working

Roy Dennis · #7 September 27th, 2009, 02:47 PM

I think you'll find it plays the one after the highlighted song.

Roy.

ddouglass · #8 September 27th, 2009, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by billyo

i think i just got it..songs are on the BA player, all my songs are converted from aac to mp3 , it's working, the only thing was whatever song i hilighted on the BA is not what comes on after a song was done playing in hoster playlist..but it's working

That part of it isn't perfected yet. As the manual says:

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In THIS Version 4.10 once you close the Player, if you moved songs their order is lost. Expected in Version 4.20, you will be able to create Playlists you can manage with New, Open, Save and Save As commands. The order you click-n-drag songs in these new lists remains after closing. These are Hoster .HST Playlist and can even be appended to the open Hoster Playlist to play that list of songs within Hoster to show their Title and Times in the Singers Names Display.

For now it only plays in the order given in the folder listing, there is more to be done on it in version 4.20 to make this a much better addition to your show.

ddouglass · #9 September 27th, 2009, 02:17 PM

It will only play MP3 or WMA song files. However one other drawback (not Hoster but WMP) is that it cannot play song files imported through WMP. These get set with the DRM and are only allow to be played in WMP. No other program has access to them. I imported all of mine through Microstudio and then converted them to WMA with Songverter. The MP3 audio songs I have were done through MusicMatch. So I have some of each.
After you select a folder it should list all (down to 200) of the above type of song. When you turn BA on it should start playing the songs from the top of the list down to the bottom, playing only when nothing is playing from the main Hoster playlist. It does not use sub-folders.
You don't add them to the main playlist if that is what you are trying to do. This is a totally separate player.

Skybird74 · #10 September 28th, 2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ddouglass

It will only play MP3 or WMA song files. However one other drawback (not Hoster but WMP) is that it cannot play song files imported through WMP. These get set with the DRM and are only allow to be played in WMP. No other program has access to them. I imported all of mine through Microstudio and then converted them to WMA with Songverter. The MP3 audio songs I have were done through MusicMatch. So I have some of each.

All my songs were imported using WMP and Hoster does play them for me. Even B/A - all I did was point to one of the folders in My Music & BA plays them fine. Guess I should mention that I'm still using 4.1 Beta 28.

billyo · #11 September 28th, 2009, 02:24 PM

thanks Dale, i ifnally got it i think i'll leave it alone for now...

ddouglass · #12 September 28th, 2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird74

All my songs were imported using WMP and Hoster does play them for me. Even B/A - all I did was point to one of the folders in My Music & BA plays them fine. Guess I should mention that I'm still using 4.1 Beta 28.

I haven't tried them in a while but I know Hoster would not play them because of the DRM. It could be because the songs were "imported" on one computer and transferred to another. I don't remember as that was a while back and I have slept since then.

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