Mp3+g.zip Problem

[Brian Corr]

I was having an issue with this too, all started to work once I had made a single book entry.

Is the source of your Zips on your C drive ?

[Jim Brown]

I am not sure what you mean by making a book entry I had several songs in the playlist
My source drive for all hoster kma and mp3 files is the H Drive
h:\mtu\hoster\songs for kma files

h:\mp3 for the mp3+g and mp3 +g.zip files

the actual hoster program resides on Drive E

I also noticed that after upgrading to the new version the display is a little slow to redraw after selecting a normal mp3+g file it seems to take a few seconds for the file to be place and redraw screen. Another problem that occured after upgrading to 3005 is that I had to reinstall the audio card software. once the upgrade was compete I lost my audio drivers. I am using sound blaster live for audio card . I also had to disable mtu's ide support I lost my scsi driver once disabled the scsci driver returned. I did not have these troubles with the version 3000 I hope this additional info will help you track my troubles down

[fairway01]

Hi All,

If you are having trouble playing zip files it is most likely due to the compression set when the zip file was made. Hoster seems to have an issue when a zip file has been compressed at anything other than "normal." If you move your mouse over the zip file and it doesn't say bad span or bad zip then the file is most likely is ok. Unzip the contents and rezip using "normal" compression. Once the new zip is created, try playing in Hoster. It should work. This zip playing error was discovered after much investigation. Let me know what the results of your test produce.

Thanks,
T

[Jim Brown]

Ok I unzipped the files and recompressed I also used a program called mp3tools which will compress the 2 files after recompressing I tried to play again and again the hoster program appeared to lock up on me, I had to use task manager to end the program. After selecting the zip file and pressing open I waited for about 10minutes but nothing happened

[fairway01]

Hi Jim,

That program you used is not the best for file compression in my opinion and Hoster cannot unzip files compressed with mp3+g toolz. Use winzip 9 or pkzip 8, either have trial versions. Make sure compression is set to "normal." I have used mp3+g toolz for compression and in my case could never get it to work with Hoster regardless of what compression level I set.

Thanks,
T