hic-cupped and out of sync

[Roy Dennis]

Have you done a Check disk ?
From Start/Run Type Chkdsk.exe.
Check also that all your installed ram is registering, in system properties.

Other than that do as Dale suggested but uninstall first.

[billyo]

i've tried both of your suggestions, i installed/ re-installed Hoster and did a checked disc/ looked for bad sector, system restored back to feb. 11, did all manufactures updates, ( drivers, Bios etc. ) microsoft updates, and non of them helped, i've tried all the playback off-set ( -+ ) i just got tired,i've worked on this all weekend, don't know what else to check..

[Roy Dennis]

Like you I'm stumped. All I can think of at the moment is there something else running in the background like something scanning your hard drive ?

Try running Hoster with the task manager open, under processes is there anything using an unusual amount of cpu?
Apart from Hoster most things showing should only be from 00 to 05. if anything jumps up to 20 or above I should think it suspect apart from the system Idol which would be showing something around 90.

[Roy Dennis]

Just another thought, try some adjustments in the audio properties.
Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices/ from the Audio or Voice tab click advanced then performance.
You should see hardware acceleration and sample quality, on my xp machine these are set to full & best but see if altering these has any effect.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Just another thought, try some adjustments in the audio properties.
Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices/ from the Audio or Voice tab click advanced then performance.
You should see hardware acceleration and sample quality, on my xp machine these are set to full & best but see if altering these has any effect.

i tried that too mine is set at " full & best " still the same..

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Like you I'm stumped. All I can think of at the moment is there something else running in the background like something scanning your hard drive ?

Try running Hoster with the task manager open, under processes is there anything using an unusual amount of cpu?
Apart from Hoster most things showing should only be from 00 to 05. if anything jumps up to 20 or above I should think it suspect apart from the system Idol which would be showing something around 90.

i've looked into that and if i remember correctly i dont see anything jumping to around 90..the most i've seen was 00..but i'll look again as soon as i get home..thanks for the suggestion..i've thought about upgrading to 4.32.thinking that there might be a fix for this,but i am having second thoughts, i read one of the users in forum ( Darenpery March 12. ) who upgraded to 4.32.and is now having the same problem, upgrading might not fixed this problem...

[billyo]

Try running Hoster with the task manager open, under processes is there anything using an unusual amount of cpu?
Apart from Hoster most things showing should only be from 00 to 05. if anything jumps up to 20 or above I should think it suspect apart from the system Idol which would be showing something around 90.[/quote]

i just did what you suggested and nothing is running above 20, mostly 00.hoster runs 00-03 and the systen idle process goes to 90-99..the only thing i can see going up is..ccsvchst.exe---flactuates to 0-50 memory usage 4k -14,096 ( +/- )

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by billyo

i just did what you suggested and nothing is running above 20, mostly 00.hoster runs 00-03 and the systen idle process goes to 90-99..the only thing i can see going up is..ccsvchst.exe---flactuates to 0-50 memory usage 4k -14,096 ( +/- )

Billy this Norton Security. Here is a link to Norton forum on the same issue:
http://community.norton.com/t5/Norto...ssue/td-p/2888

Read through it and see if there is anything useful to get this down as I think this may be your problem, specially since you are also using a laptop and external hard drive.

[Roy Dennis]

Yes I have just been searching for info on ccsvchst.exe and it seems this could be contributing to your problem. it is a Systematic file so try as Dale has said.

Also here is a link I found:http://www.instant-registry-fixes.or...texe-problems/

[billyo]

i've tried disabling my anti virus and enabling didnt do any good. i just did a deep scan on my registry found 9 problems which has been fixed ( reg. mech. ) i am now in the process of defragmenting my regisrty..no good, i thought i got it fixed but a 1:42sec. left on the song it started to get audio drop-outs again, it used to get the dropouts on almost at the beginning of the song this time it started almost at the ends of a song..

[billyo]

i removed my anti virus and i'm still getting the audio dropouts , this time it's at the outmost end of a song ( 50sec. ) i kinda noticed something at the bottom right corner of my laptop that's kinda flickering.( index, looks like a magnifying glass icon )) i clicked on it and clicked on snooze, and i am playing the 2nd song right now and no dropouts so far..i a going to re-install norton anti virus and i'll see what happens..

[Musicman51]

When or if anyone finds a solution to this problem, can you post your finding's on the forum here please? I read the forum everyday, although it's been ages since i've had a problem with hoster. The very early challenges that hoster had in it's early developing stages, makes fantastic reading. You can actually see how the software develops, and the advances it has made. But i actually keep an ongoing note book of the major problems users have had..just in case i ever run into something like this. Keep up the great work, i for one appreciate your hard work, and efforts. George

[billyo]

i got it fixed,( i hoped ) it's some kind of indexing that's doing all this audio dropouts, i can't dis-able it i just click on snooze, played the same songs that was giving me problems over and over and i didnt get any dropouts, i re-installed my anti virus and played the same songs and no problems..just had to wait till tomorrow to try it again..right now i have to fix a friends laptop, hhd crashed, and they have a show to do thurs..

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by billyo

the only thing i can see going up is..ccsvchst.exe---flactuates to 0-50 memory usage 4k -14,096 ( +/- )

I think this ccsvchst.exe has something to do with your problem.

When you say you disabled it, try disabling it again and check the task manager and see if ccsvchst.exe is still there fluctuating from 0-50 while Hoster is running.
If it is see if you can highlight it and press disable. It might not allow you to but try it. then run a song in Hoster and see if it still hic-cupped.