Hoster screen flashing on & off with 3.313

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by gd123

There is a difference in number of files in the Hoster Folder between v3.312 and the two subsequent PROBLEM versions v3.313 and 3.314.
What changed?

Hoster's Folder for v3.312 has these files:

mtu.dll
pfc.dll
pfc1033.dll
zlib1.dll
hoster.exe
pfc.ini
End User License Agreement.txt

and requires MFC71.dll in the system32 folder to work.
Remove any ONE DLL File and Hoster.exe won't open.


Whereas, v3.313 and v3.314 have these files:
zlib1.dll
Hoster.exe
End User License Agreement.txt

Big difference is because the drives are handle by a new code set and no longer requires those files.

[gd123]

Well, that covers the "Drive" info, which I didn't inquire about.

How 'bout the "Slowness" issue.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by gd123

Well, that covers the "Drive" info, which I didn't inquire about.

How 'bout the "Slowness" issue.

Its still there. No exact solution has been found as far as I know yet. Besides the answer above was the reason for the files difference.

[bryant]

Slowness is really funny, sort of happens randomly, but not very often anymore. And always with no other programs runnung. I do remember my g/f saying when it started; it was right after 3.312(or somewhere around there). It would get really bad at first too. Real slow redraw every time the search box was closed, either using "close" of the right corner "x" buttons.

I think we need more evidence of redraw, slowness, and precise conditions from others and maybe we can get this figured out.

[kilith]

I have not seen this slow redraw. I have used 3.312, 3.313 and just used 3.314 last weekend at a show.

I use a Radeon 9250 PCI 256mb vid card. I run an RCA cable from the back port on the video card to an RF Modulator to split out into COAX cables. Maybe it has to do with me runing through a powered RF Modulator. My vid settings are set at:

Primary Display 1280 by 1024
Secondary Display 1024 by 768 (connected through COAX)
Both run in True Color (32bit)
and then I extend my desktop to the secondary display which are the TV's

Even on 3.313 I never had a redraw issue and have not seen anything wrong in 3.314 yet either. Maybe it is how I run my connections and my vid card is not doing all the work.

An RF modulator is very cheep but you would need to have an RCA output (video out like on your VCR or DVD player) on your video card. I have never played with an S-Vid connection but looking at it they look to go from an s-vid output to s-vid input? I also use a desktop at all shows as well. I am also using win2k but I am unsure if that would make much of a difference.

[gd123]

No one is referring to a slow redaw on the singers monitor...so rf modulators and such have nothing to do with it.

We are talking about Hoster's MAIN Screen having several issues WHEN a Song is PLAYING, which are:

1. When the SEARCH BOX is OPEN and the SEARCH BOX is positioned somewhere near the TOP where the SEARCH BOX covers some or ANY PART OF Hoster's CONTROL BUTTONS, and then, the SEARCH BOX is CLOSED, you will see Hoster's CONTROL BUTTONS SLOWLY REAPPEAR or "REDRAW." The CONTROL BUTTONS DO NOT Instantaneously appear, as with all versions PRIOR to v3.313.

2. If another program is OPEN and in front of Hoster, and that program is minimized so that Hoster becomes the program viewed, Hoster REAPPEARS SLOWLY as ALL the CONTROL BUTTONS start REDRAWING from left-to-right, instead of Instantaneously appearing.

3. If you click STOP, to stop a Playing Song, then, immediately click PLAY, to start a Song Playing, Hoster will freeze because Hoster doesn't seem to have time to react completely by turning the STATUS to READY before reacting to the PLAY command. Hoster just sits there...stuck.

Among other issues.

[kilith]

And like I said... 3.313 and 3.314 neither of these versions have done this on my system. I am pointing out everything that is possibly different from my system to yours. However, your yelling in bold letters does not help your situation. How the powered RF modulator helps is that my video card is not pushing out more then it has to and I am not eating up video card resources powering multiple monitors from my card.

I have never had a problem with buttons not redrawing... I use SAMS2 Party DJ for my DJ program along with Hoster running as well. So yes i do go back and forth from them and i do use the search tool and after 5 hours of runing karaoke I have no problems. So if you are yelling at me for telling you that I have no problems and what could be different on how I run my system.