Problems Importing CDs in Hoster

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Wrahn

I’ve just installed Hoster 4.32.12 and I’m having problems importing CD+G tracks.
The first problem is with the databases identifying the CD. It identified a DKKaroke USA-4, “60’S Hits Vol. 1” as House Party Karaoke XYZ 0009. Both databases did not recognize any of my Maestro Music Club Pack CD’s. This means I’ll have to manually type in the information, if I want the songbook to be correct. I also tried to import Chartbuster 40201 and the title for the songs had the artist’s name included in the title block.

Which database are you using? The On-line or the Local?
The On-line database is not an MTU product. This database is maintained by an organization called FreeDB. It is only added as an additional source for information. However they use a First Name Last name format for artists where Hoster uses the reverse.
For the Local Database MTU does not get lists of CDG disks from the producers. All entries in the database come from users entering the information. That means not everything available is yet in the database. There is a database update put out normally on a monthly basis in which new entries by users are added. This also means there may be some mistakes that do get listed.
For the DK Karaoke disc did you enter the brand and diskid before doing the search? The reason I asked is a diskid of XYZ0009 would be a custom assembly and those are not added in the bucket database.

Originally Posted by Wrahn

The second problem involves the speed of the import process. I tried to import DKKaroke DMK3080 and it took 50 minutes to import the first track. I cancelled the rest of the import process. I then opened MicroStudio 4.23 and it recognized the DMK3080 and imported the entire CD in less than 10 minutes. Of course, I then had to import the .bin tracks into Hoster and they were then converted to the Hoster files. It seems MircoStudio has a better import function than Hoster.

Originally Posted by Wrahn

What do I have to do to get it to work?

Hoster 4.32.12
HP Compaq Presario C302NR Notebook PC, Celeron M Processor 420 (1.6Ghz, 1MB cache, 533MHz FSB) the RAM was upgraded to 1GB and the HD is 50GB.

Thanks,
Wes

What version of Microstudio? Actually Hoster uses the same import code as Microstudio, but in my opinion does a better error checking and correction tha Microstudio does. Thus it can be slower. It sounds like there was something in the first track on that CD that was causing an error that Hoster was having problems with.

[Wrahn]

ddouglass,

Thanks for your quick response.

I used both databases. The online one gave me misinformation. Both didn't work for Music Maestro Club Pack (1998)

Microstudio is ver. 4.234

The DKKaraoke disc is labled CMGUSA-4 I entered the brand and USA-4

I used three different CDs in Hoster that took more than 1/2 hour to import a single track. I also picked different tracks with the same result. When I used the same CDs with Microstudio the entire CD was imported in less than 10 minutes.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Wrahn

ddouglass,

Thanks for your quick response.

I used both databases. The online one gave me misinformation. Both didn't work for Music Maestro Club Pack (1998)

Microstudio is ver. 4.234

The DKKaraoke disc is labled CMGUSA-4 I entered the brand and USA-4

I used three different CDs in Hoster that took more than 1/2 hour to import a single track. I also picked different tracks with the same result. When I used the same CDs with Microstudio the entire CD was imported in less than 10 minutes.

Your import time is a bit confusing. I have never noticed any time difference using the same CDR with both programs. Like I said both use the same import code. Maybe try reselecting the drive in tools and see if that helps.
As far as the DK disc, I don't think USA-4 would be unique enough. There should be a disk number on it somewhere or try the whole CMGUSA-4.
And as far as the Music Maestro I guess no one has entered that one. Once you get it entered then no one else will have that problem.