Hoster 5.06 Bug Reports - Closed: 5.07 is RELEASED

[Chuckster1936]

I have a number of problems, but will just cover one here. Have a new Laptop and installed Hoster 5.05 and since upgraded to 5.06. When I open Hoster, it takes 1:45 minute to open. The Playlist that it opens contains 55 hours of music. If I open a Playlist with only 47 minutes of music, it takes :47 seconds.

If I change playlists to one which has 13 hours of music, it first says ‘Not Responding’ then takes :50 seconds to open.

The playlist was developed using Hoster 3.321 and works on other laptops using Hoster 3.316.

Microstudio, KHPro, Vogone and Keyrite all open immediately.
　
HP 2000 Laptop
Win7 Premium SP1
8GB Ram 64-bit OS
320 GB Hard Drive
1TB External HD-Seagate

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Chuckster1936

I have a number of problems, but will just cover one here. Have a new Laptop and installed Hoster 5.05 and since upgraded to 5.06. When I open Hoster, it takes 1:45 minute to open. The Playlist that it opens contains 55 hours of music. If I open a Playlist with only 47 minutes of music, it takes :47 seconds.

If I change playlists to one which has 13 hours of music, it first says ‘Not Responding’ then takes :50 seconds to open.

The playlist was developed using Hoster 3.321 and works on other laptops using Hoster 3.316.

Microstudio, KHPro, Vogone and Keyrite all open immediately.
　
HP 2000 Laptop
Win7 Premium SP1
8GB Ram 64-bit OS
320 GB Hard Drive
1TB External HD-Seagate

I have moved you post to the thread for Hoster 5.06 bug reports.
First thing that comes to mind is are you running an anti-virus program that uses a real-time check of files? This can slow down files opening.
When you opened these was it the first time you opened them or is this every time you open them.
I also would be concerned with the length of these files as 55 hours worth of music in one playlist does seem to be an excessive amount and would make for a very large files. If the last playlist you had open was the 55 hour one, then I could understand Hoster taking a long time to open.
One thing you can try to speed up the opening is to defragment your drive. Even if it is a new drive it may need defragmenting as Microsofts installation of Windows and subsequent updates has never been a clean install.

[Chuckster1936]

Thanks for your reply. I am running AVG2012 on this HP 2000 computer, and also on an 8 year old HP 4000 computer, and an Acer Aspire 7741Z. The Acer and this new computer are almost indentical, running Win7 Premium, 64-Bit, with external 1TB hard drive. The big difference is that the other computers are running 3.321 and 3.316.

I never upgarded all these years, because I believe, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The old programs worked great for me, and the only reason I'm upgrading now is for the "Tempo Change" feature. Otherwise I'd stick with what I have.

The play lists are all very big and open in less than 4 seconds on the other computers. Even the playlists that are 71 hours. I have about 80 playlists and have 5 or 6 open at all times. My playlist are setup mainly by genre. I have: 50's and 60's = 71 hours all alphabetically and keyed with the best arrangement of the song. I have "Oldies" = 21 hours, "Frank Sinatra" = 15 hours, "Country" = 37 hours and a typical customer, "St Andrews CC" = 16 hours. I don't have to select the best version when someone wants it, I have already made that decision for them. I also sing and take requests at nursing homes and during dinners at restaurants.

I have defraged the Drive also.