Sound Choice Audio Drop-out

[gduns - with the Lord]

BUT, IF YOU ARE SET FOR AUTOUPDATE, OR AUTO ANYTHING, IT WILL CAUSE DROPS.

Sorry about the caps, but I ain't retyping. I have to work in caps all day.

[dbl_trbl]

Hey JJ,


Man, after reading about all the problems with this audio drop-out so many people have been having, I'm wondering if maybe I should wait before I switch over from using CDG's.

Al

[S. Parks]

Does it drop out at the same moment in the song each time, or is it a random thing? If is a random thing, it more than likely the setting on your computer, and the guidelines given in the Manual for audio drop outs should take care of your problem. What soundchoice disc number is it? The more details you can give about this, the better. dbl_trbl, I wouldn't let the audio drop out post scare you away from the awesome Hoster experience. Admin is working on the PHM thing, and the problem is nearly non-existant on any other brand. Hoster and karaoke are about as good as it gets.

[tymzend]

Hey Al,

By the time you get everything you have converted, it will be fixed. No worries. The problem is mainly PHM stuff, recent stuff.

The other problems are most likely hardware related, and not a big deal. Those can be tweaked.

The PHM thing (to me) was a MAJOR issue. Some people weren't having the problem, though, which confuses me, because the problem is with the Hoster software, and they are working to fix it now. Not sure how those few avoided it, but they are lucky.

You can plan on at least 4-6 weeks to convert everything you need to convert. By then, these drops should be a thing of the past.

JJ

[tymzend]

S. Parks,

It's wierd, because it might happen once on a disc, and never happen again. I'm going to go back and check what gduns said about the autoupdate stuff, and see if something got toggled back to auto by mistake. Most likely, that's the type of issue that it is. I'm certain it's not a software issue.

Thanks!

[rraike]

I have been having these dropouts regularly since I loaded version 2.212.
Most of them are at the beginning of the song. I did a little test and played one particular top tunes song 50 times and the dropout rate was about 30 out of 50. i have since reloaded version 2.127 and did the same test and the dropout rate was zero. I think there is something in the software that is creating the problem. It's all very nice having all the features the new versions offer, however if the show is affected whats the point? I am going to stick to the old software until this is resolved.
PS I followed the Troubleshooting guide to the letter..but it didn't do anything
Still love the the Program
Cheers

[gduns - with the Lord]

I have played probably 20 shows, and used it nightly at home, and have yet to have a drop out with 2.213 at home or at a show. I know of 3 others who are using it in various machines who have absouletely no dropouts, WE all use Phm's Top tunes, and soundchoice.

These computers were all setup by me, and I set them up the same consistently. I can't tell you what I did in the set up that is different than what you guys did.

Mtu will get to the bottom of this soon, and it will end up being a hair pulling experience for them. Hoster is a complex program, and does a lot of different functions at the same time. But the problem is because of the different settings and platforms, and os's avalible, combinations of cards etc..

all computers address code in a different way, INTEL and AMD have their quirks, and then you have the Chipset, and BIOS makers thrown to the mix. MTU has to figure out how to rewrite a UNIVERSAL code that will overcome all odds. You might even expect tradeoffs. maybe even loose a feature or two.

I have all the faith in these guys.