Lyrics and graphics showing up on top of each other

[kiwisinger]

I am running a tv as the singers display and all .kma and .dat files show lyrics/graphics/video perfectly

Every time I play a .cdg file everything just shows up on top of each other on the tv screen yet its showing perfectly on my computer???

PLEASE HELP

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by kiwisinger

I am running a tv as the singers display and all .kma and .dat files show lyrics/graphics/video perfectly

Every time I play a .cdg file everything just shows up on top of each other on the tv screen yet its showing perfectly on my computer???

PLEASE HELP

I am guessing you are talking about importing from a singer's disc thus the song is deleted after they sing it. And by "shows up on top of each other" you mean the graphics aren't clearing when the next screen full of lyrics is supposed to show?

First thing to understand is the import function for singer's discs and the import you use to add discs to your songs database are the same. The only difference is when importing from a singer's disc is the file created is in a temporary location and deleted after it has been played. Both create a kma file.

Is this a constant occurance or just occasionally? Have you tried duplicating this with your own disc? Since you don't use your discs for your shows I would think they would be in fairly new condition so graphics should be clean. If yours works ok then I would suspect the singer's disc.

I always inspect a singer's disc very carefully before I put it in my drive and on occasion I have set up my disc cleaner and run their disc through it before using it. I have even rejected a disc or two because they were badly scratched and I knew they would either take forever to decode or wouldn't work at all.

[admin]

What version of Hoster are you running?

What CD/DVD drive are you using: Model # and Firmware (you can see this in the Tools menu > Default Drives command dialog)?

[kiwisinger]

Hi guys,

Hoster version Im running is 3.316

no Im not importing from discs. I have cdg files on my hard drive that Iv paid for and downloaded from a web sight.

When I play all 3 types of files: .kma /.cdg / .dat they play perfectly on both primary and secondary screens on hoster.

When I play the .dat & .kma files they play perfectly on the tv screen.

As soon as I play a .cdg file and move the screen over to the extended tv screen, it looks like a mess

Yes you are right as far as the graphics aren't clearing when the lyrics show up....then those lyrics aren't clearing either and so on.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by kiwisinger

When I play all 3 types of files: .kma /.cdg / .dat they play perfectly on both primary and secondary screens on hoster.

What do you mean by primary and secondary screens on Hoster? Is this without a TV hooked up? So you mean with the singers display showing on top of the main Hoster window?

Originally Posted by kiwisinger

When I play the .dat & .kma files they play perfectly on the tv screen.

As soon as I play a .cdg file and move the screen over to the extended tv screen, it looks like a mess

How are you playing those CDG files? Are using the Import Tracks from HDD? If so they are converted to .kma files when you do that, so shouldn't be any problem unless the files you are downloading are bad or not to standard format.

[kiwisinger]

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[What do you mean by primary and secondary screens on Hoster? Is this without a TV hooked up? So you mean with the singers display showing on top of the main Hoster window?]

Sorry, yes I meant the little screen and the singers display screen.

Quote:
[Is this without a TV hooked up?]

No. I do have a tv hooked up.

When I play all 3 types of files: .kma /.cdg / .dat they play perfectly on both the primary(little screen) and secondary(singers display) screen on hoster.

When I play the .dat & .kma files they play perfectly on the tv screen.


As soon as I play a.cdg file it plays perfect on both the (little screen) and the (singers display) screen but not on the tv.

Quote:
[...the files you are downloading are bad or not to standard format.]

I dont believe the cdg files I download are bad. If they were, they wouldnt be playing perfectly on both hosters little screen and the singers display screen?

They come in a zip form. I use a prog called MP3+G Tool4 to unzip the files into 2 seperate files: .cdg & .mp3.

Eg: A zip file looks like this:

sc8554-07_-_benson,_george_-_give_me_the_night.zip

Once unzipped they look like this:

sc8554-07_-_benson,_george_-_give_me_the_night.cdg
sc8554-07_-_benson,_george_-_give_me_the_night.mp3


I have imported a few and converted them to .kma just to see if that would solve the problem but when I play them as .kma files they're still a mess on the tv yet perfect on both the little screen and singers display screen?

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[How are you playing those CDG files?]

I click MP3G under "Add Track", pick a song and play it.

I hope Iv explained it better this time. I really hope we can resolve this coz I have 1000's of these files

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by kiwisinger

no Im not importing from discs. I have cdg files on my hard drive that Iv paid for and downloaded from a web sight.

When I play all 3 types of files: .kma /.cdg / .dat they play perfectly on both primary and secondary screens on hoster.

When I play the .dat & .kma files they play perfectly on the tv screen.

As soon as I play a .cdg file and move the screen over to the extended tv screen, it looks like a mess

Yes you are right as far as the graphics aren't clearing when the lyrics show up....then those lyrics aren't clearing either and so on.

Judging by the first paragraph I'm assuming that when you say ".cdg" you actually are referring to mp3g's that you are loading into the playlist using the MP3G tab at the top of the playlist, correct?

When you say that you move the screen over to the TV are you moving it by double clicking the screen or are you using your mouse to slide it over?
Which begets the question of why are you moving it at all instead of just having it set to open on the TV in the first place?

I've tried recreating your scenario with kma's (all 5 types) and mp3g's, zips and CDG imported from singer disk and with all of them the screen messes up in the process of moving them with the mouse. Brands such as Soundchoice clear right up after the first screen. Chartbuster doesn't refresh their screen between lyric changes so they stay messed up.
Unless I'm totally missing something the answer to this of is don't move the screen, double click it to get it on your TV.