0 Bytes in inporting files in Microstudio and will not play

[ddouglass]

Larry,
I'll try to answer your questions as best I can. Let me first say I am not an employee of MTU so don't shoot the messenger.

1. MTU changed the drive access method from ASPI drivers to a more universal MMC driver format that Windows uses. I assume you tried those other drives and they didn't read, even though they were listed as doing so. There is a test button on the default drive window that you can use with a disc in the drive and it can reset the drive information or you can just hide the drive or know it won't work at this time. More work is being done in this area so later they may work.

2. Again the interface drivers have changed and the broader access capability of the mmc interface cannot respond as fast. That's about the best I can come up with for an explanation. Actually had you gone through the version 3.xxx updates you would be saying it is much faster now as the early versions 3.001 &3.002 were much slower than it is now.

3. Microstudio has not displayed on TV or additional monitor since version 3.000 came out. This is because Microstudio is not designed for running shows and was never intended for that purpose. So MTU removed that capability.

[larrytucker]

Douglas
Thank you for your reply.
That is one of the reasons that I did not update previously. I liked the old program as far as playing CD+G disks, it worked real well. I have most of my disk already in a .zip format, but do miss the speed of playing and recognizing a disk so I could play the new disks that I purchased, and make a custom disk. I hope in the future they get this worked out. I have numerous plextor DVD RW's, but did like the idea of being able to use the installed CDRW/DVD in my lap top without adding my USB DVDRW, but I can work around that, it did sound good anyway, and like you said maybe some day.
I guess you could call it a show, for my own personal use here at home, being retired and time on my hands but do like the feature I use in the other program that lets me project my lyrics on the TV and still be able to find the track my wife wants to sing while it is playing, but I guess there is no way around using several programs to do a little Karaoke at home, It would have been nice to have a all in one just for the home Karaoke Junkie.
Again thanks for the post, I do appreciate it.
Larry Tucker

[admin]

Originally Posted by larrytucker

I liked the old program as far as playing CD+G disks, it worked real well. I have most of my disk already in a .zip format, but do miss the speed of playing and recognizing a disk so I could play the new disks that I purchased, and make a custom disk. I hope in the future they get this worked out.

Larry, tomorrow we will send out 4.001 Beta 1 with the code finished to play direct from the disc, no longer requiring the tracks be imported to the HDD to play.

We have lots more to add before we release 4.001, so no promises are made as to "when".

[George]

While it's in Beta, the default for the MiKe button needs to be the OFF position. Seems backwards to have the Mike on all the time.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by George

While it's in Beta, the default for the MiKe button needs to be the OFF position. Seems backwards to have the Mike on all the time.

George, it defaults to whatever the computer setting is. If the mic is muted then it will show as off on startup.

[ddouglass]

Larry,
I was re-reading all your posts on this and I didn't see anywhere that you mentioned Netframe? Do you have it installed?

[George]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

George, it defaults to whatever the computer setting is. If the mic is muted then it will show as off on startup.

Still defaulted wrong. The default settings for microphone and record should be in the program, not rely on the system default. The user should be able to turn the microphone and recorder on or off for Microstudio applications without changing the system default, which would affect other uses, real-time video communications, etc.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by George

Still defaulted wrong. The default settings for microphone and record should be in the program, not rely on the system default. The user should be able to turn the microphone and recorder on or off for Microstudio applications without changing the system default, which would affect other uses, real-time video communications, etc.

George, the user is able to turn the microphone on and off through Microstudio. What I was saying is that Microstudio looks at the settings when you start the program and sets its controls accordingly. This also sets the main volume level and music volume level indicators in Microstudio as well. This is so the Microstudio settings match what already exists in the computer. Then if you change anything it also changes the settings for the computer. The record function does not have an on/off function as everytime you play a song or turn the mic on Microstudio records. When you stop playing a song then you have the option to Save the recording. If you don't want the recording then you ignore it and play the next song.