Desktop vs. Laptop

[Roy Dennis]

If you just show a video as a fill in while waiting for a singer, why don't you use Hoster to show it and still display your singers order on screen. Would save a lot on system resources.
I can understand if you are doing a disco and wanting to mix video and music seamlessly.

Roy

[Stefan]

In my show, if the singer is not ready they miss their turn. Because we have a singers display there should be no excuses for a delay for the next singer. The more singers to get to sing the better the business becomes. I have at least the next 6 singers listed on the screen and also make announcements who is comming up. I have educated them to be ready and waiting so the show can cruise without delay. It is working well and has built the business well.

I use VDJ before the Karaoke show, However, when doing a private party, it is best to Video DJ with VDJ because you only get a singer now and again and would have breaks between singers. Hoster is not designed for DJing unfortunatley.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Stefan

In my show, if the singer is not ready they miss their turn. Because we have a singers display there should be no excuses for a delay for the next singer. The more singers to get to sing the better the business becomes. I have at least the next 6 singers listed on the screen and also make announcements who is comming up. I have educated them to be ready and waiting so the show can cruise without delay. It is working well and has built the business well.

I use VDJ before the Karaoke show, However, when doing a private party, it is best to Video DJ with VDJ because you only get a singer now and again and would have breaks between singers. Hoster is not designed for DJing unfortunatley.

Exactly, and VDJ is not designed for karaoke. On the VDJ forums I try to subtly get them to try out Hoster for karaoke-ing, as many think VDJ can do it well, but it just doesn't.

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by Stefan

I use VDJ before the Karaoke show, However, when doing a private party, it is best to Video DJ with VDJ because you only get a singer now and again and would have breaks between singers. Hoster is not designed for DJing unfortunatley.

Yes I use a different program for my DJ only nights, I realize Hoster is not as good for DJing but I tend to only use one or the other. I thought it sounded like you keep switching from one to the other in a show. When I do a show with Hoster I have a music player playing continuously and just fade in & out of that if I need a bit of fill in music or just slip a few videos into the Hoster play list if it's a bit quite like at the start of the evening.

Roy.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

I thought it sounded like you keep switching from one to the other in a show.Roy.

That is exactly what I do as some of my shows are partly Karaoke/partly dance, during dance portion I do show many videos. One of my most popular shows in town too.