Time delay in hoster display

[Picolo Porco]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Are you running the audio to the TVs too? If so then the A/V sync could very well be an issue. As far as the codecs all the programs use the same codecs for any particular type of file that they support. Since neither Hoster or WMP support MP4s and karaoke videos don't come in MP4 then that is hardly a fair comparison.

There is no audio running to the TV's. The audio gets routed into a sound board and then out to my sound system. My point with the mp4's is that they run on the same system with the exact same setup and there's no sync issue. The graphics for the kma karaoke tracks seems much less complex/easier to crunch.

I don't think you're right about the codec thing, though. Apps can use the system-installed ones or rely on their own. From what I understand, VLC relies on its own, exclusively. I could be wrong, but that's what I get out of their forums and reviews.

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Is everything out of sync or just Video type karaoke songs? Hoster is optimized to work with 1024x768 or 800x600 and not those resolutions which may be why the sync is off.

So what should I do with a display that is not 4:3 aspect ratio? Seems like a lot of people would be using widescreen TV's for Hoster or even regular def TV's (704x480)...