Problem with HDZIP/HDMP3G

[GMANN]

Donnyv,
I had same problem with 4.03.

First Hoster 4.03 session:
I loaded all my zip songs to the play interface, and they would play just fine. Then I would shut down the 1st session of Hoster.

2nd Hoster 4.03 session:
Any zip song in the play list not played in first session (but left in the play list from 1st session) would come up in the second session as "ready". As soon as I went to play them in this second session, ALL zips returned "error" status and you could not delete them from the play list (additionally, any new zip songs added to the play list in the 2nd session would play just fine). To get rid of the "errored" zips in the second session, you had to shut down and re-start Hoster).

OK, bear with me as we are now in the 3rd Hoster 4.03 session:
The zips that were "error" in 2nd session now said "ready" and I was able to delete them. Any zips I added in the 2nd session (but did not play) also had a "ready" in the status, but when you went to play them, they "errored' and could not be deleted. Again while in 3rd session, any new zip songs added to the playlist during 3rd session played finer than frog hair. I am sure this would have perpetuated through a 4th, 5th, 6th....etc. sessions.

Solution (at least for me):
I had enough fun......So, here is what I did. I went to the Edit feature and deleted ALL my zip files from the songs database. Then I imported ALL the native zip files (which I have stored and backed on several hard disks) through the 4.03 interface. All the resulting kma files from the new zip import were made, and I rebuilt the songs database. Works fine now from session to session on all those files. I have not been able since to re-create a single glitch zip related or otherewise. Stability is rock solid.

This may not be a solution for everyone; there may be a more elegant way. This is how I dealt with it however.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by GMANN

Donnyv,
Solution (at least for me):
I had enough fun......So, here is what I did. I went to the Edit feature and deleted ALL my zip files from the songs database. Then I imported ALL the native zip files (which I have stored and backed on several hard disks) through the 4.03 interface. All the resulting kma files from the new zip import were made, and I rebuilt the songs database. Works fine now from session to session on all those files. I have not been able since to re-create a single glitch zip related or otherewise. Stability is rock solid.

This may not be a solution for everyone; there may be a more elegant way. This is how I dealt with it however.

Did either of you install and run 4.02? It should have converted all zip files at startup. Then there shouldn't have been any zip files left to error out.

[GMANN]

Mark,
You got the idea. You see, for me, 4.01 ran beautifully, I never ran into any issues with it. So I went from 4.01 DIRECT to 4.03. Now, with that said, and having read quite a few issues related to problems with 4.02 (especially zip conversion), I expected a conversion (or associated problem with the zips) when I installed and used 4.03.

So when I first started 4.03, I thought hmmmmm all zips seem to be playing quite nicely....and they did. I only found the problem after closing and opening Hoster again with zips still in the play list.

So you are right, had I gone to 4.02 first, it would have made the conversion process upon startup. However, I had a working system with 4.01 last week leading up to an important show and I could not see upgrade to 4.02 as viable late last week.

As it was, I re-imported over 140 zips in 4.03 and it took only a few minutes; back in business! 4.03 is rock solid for me. There may be many others that are "jumping revisions" for similar reasons....so I posted. Or it may just be an anomally that does not necessarily show up with all like-minded "version jumpers" like myself

Hoster rocks!

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by GMANN

So you are right, had I gone to 4.02 first, it would have made the conversion process upon startup. However, I had a working system with 4.01 last week leading up to an important show and I could not see upgrade to 4.02 as viable late last week.

Don't quote me on this because I didn't write the code, but what I assume is when you load a zip file to the playlist in 4.03 it does the conversion then. If you re-open and use the playlist as is, it only points to the file. Since it is not an HDMP3G, you get the error. The nice thing about doing the conversion in 4.02 is it weeds out any problem zips you might have. My suggestion would be to create a songbook listed by book ID in 4.01 or 4.03, install and run 4.02 to weed out any bad files. Then create another songbook listed by book ID in 4.02 to determine what files didn't convert, then re-install 4.03 and re-import the bad zips. You could assign the old book #s when re-importing and save yourself from having to change any book IDs.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by marklwood

Don't quote me on this because I didn't write the code, but what I assume is when you load a zip file to the playlist in 4.03 it does the conversion then.

4.03 does the conversion when you import zip files into Hoster using the Import Songs feature.

Jim

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by madjim

4.03 does the conversion when you import zip files into Hoster using the Import Songs feature.

Jim

Yes, but it will still play existing zip files previously imported if you didn't run the conversion in 4.02.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by marklwood

Yes, but it will still play existing zip files previously imported if you didn't run the conversion in 4.02.

Correct.

Jim

[bryant]

Originally Posted by marklwood

Yes, but it will still play existing zip files previously imported if you didn't run the conversion in 4.02.

mine didn't last night