playing .wma file, but not showing in playlist.

[G-Force]

I had a goofy thing happen during my first Hoster show tonight. I was playing a .wma file, and I noticed that the file that was playing was not showing in the play list...it was gone, yet it was still playing. I had actually just looked up to see how much time was left in the song and it wasn't there. Has anyone else experienced this?

[Wallymeister]

G-Force
Are you sure you didn't double-click the file when you were browsing your folder for it. That might just open your default player (WMP or ?) and start playing the song without adding it to Hoster's playlist. Just a thought.
Wallymeister

[G-Force]

I am positive that did not happen. I had the song queued up in hoster. It was in manual mode so I had to click play to start the song.

[MTUSUPPORT]

This is odd, we have not had anyone ever mention this problem before. I would say that it probably was a one time thing that happened for now, but let us know if you see it happen again.

[G-Force]

No problem! It wasn't a big deal. I just thought I would let you know. I love my hoster! It was a huge hit last night and will probably be even bigger tonight. My Thursday show is my biggest of the week, and they have their own sound system. Boy are they going to be surprised when all I walk in with tonight is my laptop bag, tv and lights.

[Wallymeister]

G-Force
wallymeister here again
I thought that was probably a long shot but just thought it was a possibility.

Also, and I'm not sure if this is even possible but could the wma have been deleted from playlist while playing (accidentally of course) but the song keeps playing. Again, I'm just trying to come up with possibilities. Maybe admin could answer if that could have been a possibility.

Wallymeister

[MTUSUPPORT]

Hey beavis,
It would be interesting to know. I have a feeling that it is something on their end locking the drive, so no other program will use it, but we will find out.

[Beavis]

ok bryan,

when i open FX first, hoster doesnot recognize the cd-rom. when i open hoster first, everything works ok. i didnt try and play a cd in FX though.

[nreel]

This is one reason why Songs Titles will not appear in the Playlist.

If there are more than 62 Characters in the name of a song, the song may be added to the Playlist and Played, but you will not see it in the Playlist.

Same with Mp3 and Mp+G Trks.

You will not see this with KMA Trks because there is a Character limitation during Import and Kma Tracks don't have, both, Artist and SongTitle info combined as viewed in the "Song Name" column as, usually, with WMA, Mp3, and Mp3+G Tracks.

Norm

[MTUSUPPORT]

Thanks for the Test Beavis. I was hoping that you would say something like this.

[Beavis]

do you think i should get a hold of fx and report it ? or will i be wasting my time ?

[MTUSUPPORT]

Not sure if it is worth it to them to fix this or not. It might not beable to be fixed, just depends on how their software talks to and controls the drive.

[Beavis]

thats cool bryan.

i just wanted everyone to know that if your running software other than hoster, make sure you start hoster first then any other program.

[G-Force]

nreel, The most recent occurance of this was a little different than the first. The first time it happened, The song was playing but was not showing anywhere on the playlist. I couldn't do anything until the song was done. The second and third time this happened, the songs remained in the playlist but show as "played" while still playing and I could do nothing to stop the song.

[G-Force]

Ok I figured out what was going on with my singer name list. It works fine when in Auto mode, but does not work at all in manual mode. In manual mode, it shows the first 3 songs for the shows playlist, and doesn't do anything after that...it won't refresh. So I just have to leave it in auto mode if I want to use the SNL.