Importing zip files from HD?

[bryant]

Thank you very much Admin. I really didn't expect any changes from the programming side other than trying to
help me out with mechanisms of the process. I can now see what is happening and why I have been getting the order lisings I have been getting. It was all good information for me.
I will plan on using track numbers when necessary, although I think I have a normal work-around with the sonverter conversions first. It is good habit for me to songvert all my zips to rezips anyway with a good compression that my other programs will always read as well.
Thanks to all those that have contributed to this discussion.
For further info, I did hear in my other "DJ program's" forum that there is two format's for zipping files, 2.0 and 2.1. My DJ program recognizes only one of them. Apparently, zip-to-zip conversions in songverter put the more usable zip format in. In fact, the use of Somgverter is mentioned as a work-around product in this DJ program's karaoke operation.
I don't see why anyone would want to use a DJ program for Karaoke when Hoster is available, but some seem to want to stick with their original DJ program.

[admin]

Here are the Hoster 3.318 changes we are now testing:

1. FIXED ZIP Files Error - If ZIP files (MP3+G ZIP or HDZIP) contained .mp3 and .CDG files with the extensions in different UPPER/lower cases, Hoster would not unzip them and display an error message. Hoster 3.318 now ignores the case and will open and unzip files with mixed case extensions.


2. Delete Temp ZIP and HDZIP Files After Used - To play ZIP files requires unzipping the .mp3 and .cdg files to a TEMP folder. It turns out these were not always deleted after playing, which caused this error message: "Unexpected error processing the ZIP file: 0x000002000" The following also appears, but varies depending on your installation: C:\DOCUM~1\OWNER~1.YOU\LOCALS~tEMP\AUOUT.ZZZ. We now unzip to the TEMP/MTU_Hoster sub-folder, which is deleted when Hoster closes normally and when it opens. This insures all ZIP file components are removed before Hoster runs again.


3. Now Auto-Assign Missing Track Number in HDD Import - In 3.317, if the Track# was missing from the filename, it would cause a database error during import, and refused to import. This is fixed.


4. Return Key Change to Zero After Playing - In prior versions, if a Key Change was added to a song in the Playlist or changed live while playing, after it played the Key Change was not being reset to zero. It now returns to zero.


5. Made Playlist Key Field Editable - You can now directly edit the Key field in the Playlist after adding a song. The changes are used when the songs play. If you enter beyond +5/-5, the field background turns pink, the value resets to "0", then the field background turns white after 2 seconds for you to enter a valid entry.


6. Edit Songs Delete Button Messages - If you delete multiple files, a message appeared for each file. This was changed to only display one message for the Delete button. The deleted BookID for each file is saved into a file named DeletedBookIDs.txt in the /Hoster installation folder.


7. Fixed HDD Import Define Field Order Lists - We removed the last delimitor dropdown list in the Define Field Order as it is no longer needed.

[scotobryan]

I have a few discs that are scratched and the words are messed up when playing in hoster. I have lived with this for a long time.

I have a friend who has the discs in zip format that play fine. my thinking was to try to take the discs in zip file and convert them to kma and replace my bad ripps. Im using 3.03 but have paid for but cant register 3.15. (working on that now through suport)

first I moved all the current files out of the songs directory and deleted the songs database. I was going to import the zips and replace the bad kma files and then build song database again.

When trying to import some of the songs import and others dont. it just says error instead of imported. I have actually unziped some of the files to mp3.g and then they would import. i am clueless as to why this is.

If i try to play some of the zips some play and some start to play then stop. again if i unzip them they play fine. I have also gotten an compression rate too high error when trying to play some zip files

My friend uses sax and dottys and all the files play fine.

any reason why this is hapening? I thought updating the software may fix the problem altough i havent read anything like this on the forums or the bugs fixed on the updates.

Karaoke is kinda a low priority right now since we are doing large event production and huge VIP parties and concerts. I dont download the software updates as soon as they come out so i usually miss out because the links are dead.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by scotobryan

I have a few discs that are scratched and the words are messed up when playing in hoster. I have lived with this for a long time.

I have a friend who has the discs in zip format that play fine. my thinking was to try to take the discs in zip file and convert them to kma and replace my bad ripps. Im using 3.03 but have paid for but cant register 3.15. (working on that now through suport)

first I moved all the current files out of the songs directory and deleted the songs database. I was going to import the zips and replace the bad kma files and then build song database again.

When trying to import some of the songs import and others dont. it just says error instead of imported. I have actually unziped some of the files to mp3.g and then they would import. i am clueless as to why this is.

If i try to play some of the zips some play and some start to play then stop. again if i unzip them they play fine. I have also gotten an compression rate too high error when trying to play some zip files

My friend uses sax and dottys and all the files play fine.

any reason why this is hapening? I thought updating the software may fix the problem altough i havent read anything like this on the forums or the bugs fixed on the updates.

Karaoke is kinda a low priority right now since we are doing large event production and huge VIP parties and concerts. I dont download the software updates as soon as they come out so i usually miss out because the links are dead.

Since you are using such an old version of Hoster then your first problem is to get up-to-date. This includes updating your Windows too, by using the Custom update from Microsoft's web site and installing all updates available. This will probably take at least 2 or 3 times as many need to reboot when installed.
More than likely some of those ZIP files were done with maximum compression, which until the very latest versions Hoster was not able to handle. To fix this you can rezip them at a lower compression or mearly unzip them and import them that way. If you look at the resulting KMA files they will be very close to the same size.