problems problems

[Metalgodz]

I'm hoping everyone loses their music like I did during the last upgrade. Just joking ......kinda

[hughwilliams]

worked again last night experienced the same problems as before but with the added problem of the screen flashing every 15-20 seconds, i noticed but i don't think my singers did, i also feel that the freeze problem of the software is more likely to occur when you operate the sound effects button while the track is playing .

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Metalgodz

I'm hoping everyone loses their music like I did during the last upgrade. Just joking ......kinda

BACK-UP BACK-UP BACK-UP BACK UP YOUR KMA FILES!

We are all sorry that you lost KMA files but every man is ultimatly resposible for his own actions. If you read through this board you will find time and time again where we sugest you back-up your KMA files.


Jim

[a2kmike]

you MUST backup your Hoster kma files..I have 45,000+ files and they only occupy about 200GB....fit easily on a 320GB HD....you can pick one up most anywhere for $75 or so....hey..like they say it's a no brainer!!

[hughwilliams]

got another funny one or two for you , imported some zip files, which was being placed over an existing defective track there is no option of makers list any more it has vanished, also if i try to type it in it automatically removes the original book id and reverts to zero as if it was a new track being added. when i attempt to play any track it says this file and all others are .nic files which may not play. guess what they don't. On checking my files they all have the extension of kma ??
hugh

[ddouglass]

Were the original files zip files? If not that is why Hoster would not put the files in the same location.
The missing brand names list would be the Bucket.mdb file which should be in the folder C:\MTU\Hoster. If it isn't there then un-install and re-install Hoster.
Not sure what the .nic file is you referred to, but sounds like your songs database file has gotten corrupt. This and the songsbackup.mdb file are located in the same place as the bucket.mdb file. Delete them both, then open Hoster and rebuild the database.

[hughwilliams]

i hear you but just after writing to you with my plight i went on line and found that you have released hoster 4:1. this has fixed the aformentioned problems with the .nic files and i have now also installed over the corrupt track, so all seems well,mmmmmmm i am working tonight so i will still take 2 laptops as those problems were on 3:5 as well, but i aint a quitter so i will start with lap 1 and if i get problems i can switch over whilst playing background .... thanks for the quick response, one last thing should you email all your clients and let them know that 4:1 is available ?
regards
hugh

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by hughwilliams

i hear you but just after writing to you with my plight i went on line and found that you have released hoster 4:1. this has fixed the aformentioned problems with the .nic files and i have now also installed over the corrupt track, so all seems well,mmmmmmm i am working tonight so i will still take 2 laptops as those problems were on 3:5 as well, but i aint a quitter so i will start with lap 1 and if i get problems i can switch over whilst playing background .... thanks for the quick response, one last thing should you email all your clients and let them know that 4:1 is available ?
regards
hugh

I didn't realize you weren't using 4.1. I am not an employee of MTU but just a Karaoke Host like you. Most of the answers you get in here will be from people like you and me who have been working with the programs for a while. The MTU folks do answer some questions and watch to make sure no one is getting steered in the wrong direction for fixing their problem. Since there are only a few people at MTU and they are busy working on getting the programs written and working to perfection they don't have a lot of time to get into the forum and read all the items posted. So we try to assist where we can.

[gchavesf]

Since my last lost my archives, now I have two hard drives synchronized. Doing so will not take longer than a few minutes. The process is long at first, then everything is easy and fast. Using software synch. I do not know if they can give the names or recommend that use.

That I no longer have problems. And if any of the hard drives were damaged, the other is exactly the same.

I use an external hard drive encapsulated for my laptop.

Originally Posted by madjim

BACK-UP BACK-UP BACK-UP BACK UP YOUR KMA FILES!

We are all sorry that you lost KMA files but every man is ultimatly resposible for his own actions. If you read through this board you will find time and time again where we sugest you back-up your KMA files.


Jim

[hughwilliams]

i have had similar problems in the past years and have now got about 5 copies of my tracks on laptops and har drives, it just makes sense
hugh

[hughwilliams]

worked with the hoster 4.1. it is still crashing, noticed that it occurs about 3 seconds from the end of the track, but after restarting hoster it happened at other times, i tried ctl alt del about and forced the software to close and then re-opened it again and off it went as though nothing had happened. short lived though very busy pub so did not have the time to re-boot, reverted back to hoster 3. and finished the night off.
hugh

[admin]

Originally Posted by hughwilliams

i hear you but just after writing to you with my plight i went on line and found that you have released hoster 4:1. this has fixed the aformentioned problems with the .nic files and i have now also installed over the corrupt track, so all seems well,mmmmmmm i am working tonight so i will still take 2 laptops as those problems were on 3:5 as well, but i aint a quitter so i will start with lap 1 and if i get problems i can switch over whilst playing background .... thanks for the quick response, one last thing should you email all your clients and let them know that 4:1 is available ?
regards

Hugh, thanks for not quitting on us! In my 31 years with MTU, we have NEVER experienced what we are now going through. We are months behind on new features as we struggle with the problems of Vista.

I hope you have installed 4.02. It fixes more reported problems. However, it is not perfect either. We had a long Engineering meeting yesterday and are embarking on a new direction. With all we now know, we can say that using Windows Media Player and IE together is NOT a good combination. The flashing, crashing, flckering, etc. you are experiencing, we can't get rid of. We have our most sophisticated programmer on this, and after at least a man-month of trying this, and that, and tuther, and other... we've exhausted all possible fixes for WMP+IE.

We're now taking a new direction today. It is CLEAR that our older Lyrics player was in sync with the audio, did not flicker, did not crash when Duration hit 00:00, and generally was as stable as the Rock of Gibraltar! The only problem was it couldn't handle Tempo SPEED UP more than about +8%. It went down to -52% without a glitch, but was too old-a-code (not based on DirectX) to go faster. Well, as the President, I made a "judgment call".

First, very, very few users have ever asked for Tempo change.
Second, NO ONE has ever asked for SPEED UP. Drunks and us older folks want to SLOW DOWN so we can see and respond to the slower music.

So, we are attempting to retain all the beautiful Show Display 4-screen features, Marquee, Singers Names Display, and Instabuttons, but are returning to the older tried and true "RW Render" we have that is rock solid. Our Beta Testers will get a chance to see it early next week (Lord willing). We must redo our core Show Display code... and we are doing it because like you, we want to regain stability. I can't sleep at night knowing my customers aren't using perfect code!

Originally Posted by hughwilliams

ah sorry, i thought that the bods so to speak would visit from time to time to advise, not to worry help from anybody is much appreciated, i have been using hoster since june 2004 so i am quite up to the occasional problems but hoster 4. really made an impression. lol
hugh

The "bods" are up to our eyeballs in Vista crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft is in trouble, IMHO. They should have never FORCED the world to use their "infantile" Vista. It is designed for computer newbies. After 9 man-months WASTED..... yes, WASTED.... we still don't know how to make its components work together. We finally found a way... about 5 dialog levels deep, to disable the Security while our program is running. There is NO OTHER WAY we could make anything happen in sync with their security crap. If they'd have fixed the core OS in the first place, like grc.com (Steve Gibson) and others forewarned them of, they wouldn't need to slaughter performance and multimedia. Corporate suicide if you ask me!

Hopefully next week we'll have our old code running again... and stable... with the new functions still there.

We have been working on Tempo since last November...on and off mind you. We were trying to bring it to you in 4.03, but alas, it is delayed again to solve these ongoing problems. If we have to return to our older code, then Tempo range will be -52% to +8%.... maybe; unknown until we are tested and shipping.

[hughwilliams]

doh. still got the freezing with the egg timer guys. tried again to close down and re-open the software but no joy hangs again in minutes. thats the bad news,
goood news i love the insta buttons most of all i have installed a 30 second countdown where they have time to get back from the loo and then if not a flushing noise and screaming if they don't get back in time and move onto the next singer, wow does it go down well, happy birthday etc, fabulous,