Hoster 3.108 solves crashing when adding a CDG track from a Singer's disc

[admin]

Originally Posted by vitoa

Am I the only one that thinks this is a real problem?
I think this is unacceptable. Even if the cause is a scratched or dirty disc, it SHOULD NOT cause Hoster to crash. I have had this happen to me numerous times and each time the program crashes while a patron is singing.
MTU Admin, please try to do something about this problem.
This is such a problem for me that I may stop using Hoster for my karaoke events. It's a shame because the rest of the program works so well. However, I can not run a show in which the program crashes on a regular basis.

I concur that any crash is unacceptable. The problem here is that some are NOT expericing the crash as you are. Thus, it appears to be "system dependent", versus a hard bug in Hoster. This is VERY DIFFICULT to track down.

Until we can re-create the crash, we probably can't solve the problem. We will take a look at what is reported here and see if we see anything wrong in the code.

I have made this Thread "sticky" so it remains visible at the top of the Threads in this Forum. I'll change the Thread title to "ask" for more feedback... either having or not having the problem. Obviously we are looking for those who HAVE the problem. It may be Windows OS version dependent.

Post as much as you can about what is happening to help us diagnose the problem.

What version of Windows are you running? Windows 2000 or XP?

What Service Release version has your Windows been upgraded to? 2000 SR4? XP Home/Pro SR2?

What type of file you are playing when adding a CDG track from a Singers's disc will crash Hoster? Does it matter?

What version of Direct-X is installed (check it in Control Panel - System dialog?

[vitoa]

Originally Posted by admin

I concur that any crash is unacceptable. The problem here is that some are NOT expericing the crash as you are. Thus, it appears to be "system dependent", versus a hard bug in Hoster. This is VERY DIFFICULT to track down.

Until we can re-create the crash, we probably can't solve the problem. We will take a look at what is reported here and see if we see anything wrong in the code.

I have made this Thread "sticky" so it remains visible at the top of the Threads in this Forum. I'll change the Thread title to "ask" for more feedback... either having or not having the problem. Obviously we are looking for those who HAVE the problem. It may be Windows OS version dependent.

Post as much as you can about what is happening to help us diagnose the problem.

What version of Windows are you running? Windows 2000 or XP?

What Service Release version has your Windows been upgraded to? 2000 SR4? XP Home/Pro SR2?

What type of file you are playing when adding a CDG track from a Singers's disc will crash Hoster? Does it matter?

What version of Direct-X is installed (check it in Control Panel - System dialog?

My system is an MTU Rackmount system that I purchased from MTU in January. If this is a system problem then I need to discuss this with someone since I purchased this system from MTU.

It is running Window XP Home SR2
I am playing the KMA file from my rotation list.
It doesn't seem to matter what type of CDG I try to load from. It happens with custom made discs as well as purchased discs.

I will post more info as it becomes avaiable.

[mikedomi]

is everyone that this is happing to using directx 9.0c.
and if you are did it do this before directx 9.0c.

if this is the case
one of the big problem with directx 9.0c.
is that it does not act the same on every unit
everyone I have talked to who build units has ran it to this problem
new hardware and old

no one as of yet has pinned this down

the ONLY WAY TO PROVE THIS IS FOR THOSE OF WHO HAVE YOU directx 9.0c.
(just the ones who have hoster crashing all the time while importing disc)

TO REINSTALL WINDOWS WITH OUT directx 9.0c.
USE 1 VERSION BEFORE 9.0C

I think this will prove that hoster is not to blame

some people think it my lie with aspi and 9.0c
since most software people that write programs for use with a cdrom (playing and recording disc)
are seeing this the most.
thing are starting to point this way

don't have any real answers for you just things to try sorry

mike

[vitoa]

Well, I just finished another gig but this time the system did not crash.
I am at a loss as to what is going on.
My heart was in my throat everytime someone gave me a disc to load.
I'm sure the problem has not just gone away. It will return.

[tiggallen]

EXCELLENT WORK-AROUND!

i am having the same prob so here is what i did until issue gets resolved. all my singers know to give me there disks before i start my dance set. i play 2 dance songs between rotations so people that dont' sing can dance. i load all my singers songs from there disks in hoster durin my dance set that way if anything goes wrong no one is singin.

[G-Force]

Well it happened again. This time the entire computer locked up and I had to do a hard boot. Most of the time hoster will just freeze up and I can cntrl/alt/del to close it and restart hoster. Not this time.

compaq laptop 3.0 mhz 1.0 ghz ram
250 WD ext hard drive
plextor drive