Post Hoster 5.08 Problems here

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by rickyrey

Right now I am in the middle of a show. I upgraded Hoster to latest release last week. Tonight, it has crashed twice. The problem is that when I restart Hoster doesn't have the playlist and I have to call all my patrons to request the songs again. Very embarrasing situation after 4 years in a row at the same bar. Please all, suggest what I may be doing wrong

To add to bryants reply, when you check "What is the exact version number?"

Do you see . after the 5.08 (5.08.) ? Check it from the Help/About Hoster.

Also when you say there is no playlist, do you see a list of playlist from the menu File/open ?

Did you upgrade from 5.07 or some other version ?

[rickyrey]

Version 5.08 installed last week. Since then Hoster has crashed continually. My set up is the same and I upgraded from 4.32 (I'm not 100% sure) didn't have any problems till the upgrade. It has happened while I'm searching, while I'm moving songs on the playlist or simply while it is playing and nobody is touching the computer. Hoster simply stops playing and its windows turns white then another window warns about the crash.

I am not complaining about the crashes, well maybe a little since it has crashed more this last week than in two years but my complain is that the requested songs disappear when I reopen Hoster (without shutting down the computer). It crashes with all the requested songs, I reopen it and then I have to call the customer to request the songs again because it reopens empty. Now, I am writing down everyone's songs just like when I used CD's to do my show. I feel that I walked backwards with the upgrade.

My computer is an ASUS dedicated for Hoster Windows 7 64 bits, all is updated and clean. Never had this problem before.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by rickyrey

Version 5.08 installed last week. Since then Hoster has crashed continually. My set up is the same and I upgraded from 4.32 (I'm not 100% sure) didn't have any problems till the upgrade. It has happened while I'm searching, while I'm moving songs on the playlist or simply while it is playing and nobody is touching the computer. Hoster simply stops playing and its windows turns white then another window warns about the crash.

I am not complaining about the crashes, well maybe a little since it has crashed more this last week than in two years but my complain is that the requested songs disappear when I reopen Hoster (without shutting down the computer). It crashes with all the requested songs, I reopen it and then I have to call the customer to request the songs again because it reopens empty. Now, I am writing down everyone's songs just like when I used CD's to do my show. I feel that I walked backwards with the upgrade.

My computer is an ASUS dedicated for Hoster Windows 7 64 bits, all is updated and clean. Never had this problem before.

Did you update your Codecs? There is lot of new things added since 4.32 that require all the updates for Hoster to work properly.

[Roy Dennis]

You didn't answer all the questions as asked in my previous reply?

If you shut Hoster down with songs in the playlist, do those songs reappear the next time you open Hoster or is the playlist blank ?

If it reopens blank It is probably because your registry has got corrupted.
Place a couple of files in the playlist, then go to the top menu and select File/Save As when the dialog opens brows to C\MTU\Hoster folder name the file in the file name field something like test 1 then press save.
This may reset the registry to remember the file path.

Then try again closing Hoster And reopening and see if it remembers the playlist.

As far as your keep crashing there are a number of extra settings in 5.08 that were not in 4.32
Also have you updated your windows and media player recently to the latest versions.

[Skybird74]

Thanks, Roy. I didn't respond to the Playlist problem. Obviously, codecs won't solve that problem.

[rickyrey]

Thanks for all the recommendations. I will be trying them this weekend. Really appreciate it!!!. I will keep you updated if the problems persist or on my progress.