when running 2 hoster shows at once some files show corrupted

[kip777]

I have always ran 2 shows simultaneously, one for me and one for them and never had an issue ever until version 510.02. I used 5.08 I believe, with no problem for over a year. before that 4.32 and never had a problem. the reason I upgraded was for tempo and karaoke song purchase. anyway it only happens in my show which I have carried for many years and versions and computers. I know the files are good because I can search and play them on the new show. It is never the same songs, I can close my show and reopen it and the song will work. sometimes it will condemn a few songs in a row and then start playing the first good one it finds. now I did before the last show rebuild the database, didn't change a thing. my computer is up to date and has no operating system file issues. let me know what you think.
using version 520.02 now

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by kip777

I have always ran 2 shows simultaneously, one for me and one for them and never had an issue ever until version 510.02. I used 5.08 I believe, with no problem for over a year. before that 4.32 and never had a problem. the reason I upgraded was for tempo and karaoke song purchase. anyway it only happens in my show which I have carried for many years and versions and computers. I know the files are good because I can search and play them on the new show. It is never the same songs, I can close my show and reopen it and the song will work. sometimes it will condemn a few songs in a row and then start playing the first good one it finds. now I did before the last show rebuild the database, didn't change a thing. my computer is up to date and has no operating system file issues. let me know what you think.
using version 520.02 now

When you say two shows do you mean you open Hoster twice on the same computer?

Walt

[kip777]

that would be correct Walt. have been doing this since version 3.1 in 2005. my show has about 400 songs listed so you can see why I don't want a drop down menu. I know that there were versions that would not let you run 2, if you brought up the other show to the foreground on the computer the lyrics would disappear from the TV's. only used that version at 1 show, then it was probably back to version 4.32...not sure.

[WaltR]

Originally Posted by kip777

that would be correct Walt. have been doing this since version 3.1 in 2005. my show has about 400 songs listed so you can see why I don't want a drop down menu. I know that there were versions that would not let you run 2, if you brought up the other show to the foreground on the computer the lyrics would disappear from the TV's. only used that version at 1 show, then it was probably back to version 4.32...not sure.

I have to ask this. Have you done all the changes that MTU recommends for your version of Windows? These changes are important to have a smooth running operation.

Walt

[kip777]

going over everything again I reinstalled the codec pack just in case it is a newer version

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer and Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer...ok never have but just for you I'll open this security flaw.

Disable Windows Search Indexer...again never have, use it a lot to find music the first 20 minutes while WMP is trying to update / locate all my music. but for the next show I'll try it.... it was set to manual by the way

everything else is set

thank you Walt

[WaltR]

I just tried to run 2 versions of Hoster on my laptop and it worked without any issues. I don't normally do this and I am running a Beta version right now but it should workd with 520.02. I even tried playing a song from each version at the same time just for giggles and both played. I am at a loss as to why it won't work for you. Is this a new computer or I guess I should ask, have you ever been able to run 2 instances of Hoster on this particular computer before or did this problem just start with this computer? Your computer seems to have more than enough power and resources by the specs you listed. The only thing I see is the video card make that some users had reported problems when updating the driver. When they went back to the previous driver their problems went away. I am obviously grasping at straws right now. When you say the songs are corrupted do you mean that they show "error" under the status title instead of "ready"?

Walt