4.06 Lyrics still out of sync.

[laddie]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

If you have read the rest of this thread you will notice that those who are having this sync problem now are finding out that their video card does not have enough memory. Recommended amount is 128 MB (256 would be even better.
How much video memory is on your computer?
Have you done all the Custom updates from Microsoft?
Have you tried all the suggestions in this thread, such as changing to 16 bit color from 32 bit?

Why does everyone keep saying that 128 MB video card is recommended.
MTU says at least 32 MB. I guess my question is what is the requirement. I know that 128 MB may provide better performance than 32 MB, but is 128 required by MTU for Hoster?

[ddouglass]

Laddie I think we are finding out that Admin needs to change those requirements to at least 64MB. It also says a 1GHz processor will work and from experience that isn't the case any more either.
Celeron and AMD processors are also prone to losing sync as they get hotter. Some of the lower end laptops don't have enough power (power supply) to keep everything running correctly.
And keep in mind that those are absolute minimum requirements and will only work under ideal conditions. Nothing is ever ideal though.

[laddie]

Thanks Doug,

Two of my machines have 64MB and seem to work with XP. It has been my experience that undersized or underpowered CPUs present bigger performance problems than video cards. But you are correct; in the end, it is the total configuration that matters.

[Picolo Porco]

I understand the need to add features and to innovate. What I *don't* understand is why MTU *removed* an option (the audio offset feature) that would have alleviated this problem for me.

[ddouglass]

It was removed because it does not work with the new player they wrote, so it wouldn't have helped you anyway.