Duplicate song list with -4.hst

[Glen Turner]

Okay Guys this is where I'm at....I have de-fraged (didn't seem to help much) , gone to windows updates and installed all the custom updates available. I do not have .net framework 3.0 as far as I can tell and don't know where to go get it. It takes on the average 55 seconds for Hoster to load - works fine until I go to settings and extend to monitor 2. Then I get the lyrics lagging. I don't even have to double click to put the lyrics on the monitor and the lyrics lag. Got to get out for a while, I'll check back later. Again thanks for everyones help.

[ddouglass]

Next thing I can think of would have to be Video. What card do you have and how much memory does it have? Is the driver for it up to date?

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Glen Turner

I don't even have to double click to put the lyrics on the monitor and the lyrics lag. Got to get out for a while, I'll check back later. Again thanks for everyones help.

Hang in there Glen. I know it's frustrating, but with "a little help from your friends" you will get this going. It is very difficult to try and help when not setting in front of the machine. My hats off to Dale. He is by far the best at this. Next step, video.

[Roy Dennis]

Glen I get a problem with 4.06 taking a long time to load and I find it is conflicting in some way with my spy ware program. I shut down my Spyware Doctor program and it works fine which is OK as long as I remember to restart it before going on line. So I am saying try shutting any spy ware or virus protection down and see if this helps. I have contacted my spy ware company and they are trying to help me at the moment. Same as you hoster34 works fine as did 4.03.

When I do a show I have allways shut the spyware down anyway as they perform background tasks.

[Glen Turner]

Thanks for the Great Support from everyone..(it is frustrating to be so close)....... I now have the .NET Framework loaded and all upgrades..... I figured out why it was so slow loading. I have 16 song lists, 8 of which are small (less than 90kb) BUT 8 are over 351kb (all are E-1 thru E-8 Chartbuster that were set up for convenience) and if that list was up when I closed Hoster it takes forever of course to load when I open Hoster.... If the small song list is open it only takes a few seconds to open ...DUH!....The only battle I have now is the video. No problem till I extend my laptop to an external monitor. I have a ATI Radeon X/1300, which is what came in this Dell Inspiron/6400 and there are no updates for the drivers from Dell. So that's where I'm at. Suggestions Please ?????

[ddouglass]

The bigest problem with laptops is they are usually set-up with shared memory for Video, meaning they get a chunk of the main memory, but that can be made smaller by system requirements if needed. So you really don't know how much is actually dedicated to video.
Instead of double clicking the display to move it to the second monitor, try dragging it and resize it to almost full screen size but not quite. This may make a difference in the sync. Some have found this worked.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Glen Turner

I have a ATI Radeon X/1300, which is what came in this Dell Inspiron/6400 and there are no updates for the drivers from Dell. So that's where I'm at. Suggestions Please ?????

I would also add to Dale's suggestion. Right click on the desktop and hit properties. Under the settings tab, change from 32 bit to 16 bit. You won't notice the difference but you video card will. The X1300 is a "HyperMemory" card. It actually only has 64mb on board and misleads you in to thinking it has more. Let us know if any of this helps. I feel you are almost there.

[Glen Turner]

Morning Gentlemen, I hear what you're saying and thanks for working with me on this, please don't give up because then I have no idea what to do.......What I don't understand in my feeble brain is --- As soon as I plug in my S-Video cable and go to the Desktop, Right Click, go to settings, click on monitor 2, extend to this monitor and apply. Open Hoster, select a song, then play -- Both the small viewing area on top left and the big area that you would normally double click, the Lyrics lag. I don't even have to double click to put it on the monitor and it lags..Tried it in 16 bit color and it made no difference. I can turn off monitor 2, re-open Hoster and it's fine of course. And again, this didn't show up until 4.06....Short of buying a new laptop with a better video card, are there any other options? Thanks my friends.......

[marklwood]

There are always options This definitely sounds like a resource problem now. How much memory is installed in this computer? Adding memory would help, but let's try tweaking a little first. Do you have anything else running? I would like to refer you to a web site to look at making some changes to your configuration to maximize what you have.

http://www.blackviper.com/

I use this site every time I set up a new computer. I use the safe configuration as my guide. Then, if need be, I do some of the other tweaks until I get where I want. I won't be home for the rest of the day, so you will have to count on Dale. He's better at this than I am anyways

Hang in there Glen. We can still squeeze some more life out of that machine

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by Glen Turner

Morning Gentlemen, I hear what you're saying and thanks for working with me on this, please don't give up because then I have no idea what to do.......What I don't understand in my feeble brain is --- As soon as I plug in my S-Video cable and go to the Desktop, Right Click, go to settings, click on monitor 2, extend to this monitor and apply. Open Hoster, select a song, then play -- Both the small viewing area on top left and the big area that you would normally double click, the Lyrics lag. I don't even have to double click to put it on the monitor and it lags..Tried it in 16 bit color and it made no difference. I can turn off monitor 2, re-open Hoster and it's fine of course. And again, this didn't show up until 4.06....Short of buying a new laptop with a better video card, are there any other options? Thanks my friends.......

I don't mean to over-simplify - but have you tried doing your Display Settings before you do anything else? In other words, once you set up the 2nd monitor, you shouldn't have to do it again & it sounds like you have had to do this several times. Suggestion: set up your 2nd monitor settings & then shut down computer. Then, make sure the S-video is plugged into your 2nd TV & that the TV is on before you turn on the laptop. The TV must be on & plugged into the laptop, in order for the laptop to recognize it. Then, open Hoster. The display should automatically go to the 2nd TV. Unless you also use the laptop with "extend" feature turned off, you should not have to re-set it the Display properties.