Preview Screen Garbled, extended's very clear??

[bryant]

Also, to throw out more info, I played a karaoke file on my DJ program and the sweeping and lyrics were all quite clear on both laptop screen and extended monitor. Maybe hoping this is something that MTU can look into in a future version. Just thinking out loud here? And hoping?

[bryant]

"I went to the suggested site: http://www.nvidia.com/download/find.aspx
and I downloaded the latest BETA driver, 290.53 to replace 285.62 and everything is working fine. The lyrics are clear and I can run another monitor. Things are good.

Thanks to your help, and thanks to Roy's help, I can now use my new Lenovo laptop and my Acer netbook to run Hoster and Microstudio with dual monitors." Quoted from Wrahn



Really weird that this has NO effect at all on my system??? :(

[mjekaraoke]

Originally Posted by bryant

"I went to the suggested site: http://www.nvidia.com/download/find.aspx
and I downloaded the latest BETA driver, 290.53 to replace 285.62 and everything is working fine. The lyrics are clear and I can run another monitor. Things are good.

Thanks to your help, and thanks to Roy's help, I can now use my new Lenovo laptop and my Acer netbook to run Hoster and Microstudio with dual monitors." Quoted from Wrahn



Really weird that this has NO effect at all on my system??? :(

Hi Guy's,
I am having the same issue with the garbled preview screen on my new backup laptop running Hoster 5.07, my main system has been working all ok. My backup laptop is a Lenovo E530, 6 Gb Ram, i7 2.1Ghz, nvidia GeForce GT630M dedicated 2 GB video ram, 750 gB HD at 7200 rpm. Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit O/S my nvidia drivers version is v290.56. I have made all the necessary adjustments as per the website for Win7. If i select Hoster to run with the standard integrated graphics when i select play Hoster crashes so i have selected the nvidia as Hosters default. Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Marco

[Roy Dennis]

Hi Marco, this was the original full thread that wrahn posted when he had this problem on a Lenova laptop. http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?...led#post110212
In it he upgraded to the beta driver 290.53, I wonder if that particular beta driver is still available for you to try from the downloads page ?Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have helped bryant but then he is using a Dell computer, might just work for you.

[mjekaraoke]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Hi Marco, this was the original full thread that wrahn posted when he had this problem on a Lenova laptop. http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?...led#post110212
In it he upgraded to the beta driver 290.53, I wonder if that particular beta driver is still available for you to try from the downloads page ?Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have helped bryant but then he is using a Dell computer, might just work for you.

Hi Roy, I can't locate that particular driver, i am using the most recent one from the Lenovo site which is 290.56, any newer release's from the nvidia site don't work for me. I have managed to get it working by doing the following which is however painful as is the following explaination, the process is to right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" then selecting "change graphics processor" i then add the hoster program and select the high performance nvidia processor as its preferred processor, press apply and close. When i then run hoster the only way it works with good graphics on both screens is by again Right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" and then select the integrated graphics (default). This all seems a bit strange, if i don't select the default prior to running i get the grabled grahics again. I have made some screen shots if it is easier to understand, can they be posted here?
Thanks
Marco

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by mjekaraoke

Hi Roy, I can't locate that particular driver, i am using the most recent one from the Lenovo site which is 290.56, any newer release's from the nvidia site don't work for me. I have managed to get it working by doing the following which is however painful as is the following explaination, the process is to right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" then selecting "change graphics processor" i then add the hoster program and select the high performance nvidia processor as its preferred processor, press apply and close. When i then run hoster the only way it works with good graphics on both screens is by again Right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" and then select the integrated graphics (default). This all seems a bit strange, if i don't select the default prior to running i get the grabled grahics again. I have made some screen shots if it is easier to understand, can they be posted here?
Thanks

Hi Marco, your description is very good, the option you describe right clicking on Hoster icon does not appear on my computer but then I'm running ATI graphics and don't have a choice of using intergrated. maybe bryant can try this as well.
I will drop a note into support to take a look at this particular thread as it seems it's something new with these new type graphic cards.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Hi Marco, your description is very good, the option you describe right clicking on Hoster icon does not appear on my computer but then I'm running ATI graphics and don't have a choice of using intergrated. maybe bryant can try this as well.
I will drop a note into support to take a look at this particular thread as it seems it's something new with these new type graphic cards.

That seems to be similar to what I have had to do which is to completely disable the nVidea dedicated card and force all the programs run on the onboard video card, which is not recommended by most programs as satisfactory for video or karaoke use. Also, we spent the 300 dollars for the dedicated graphics card we can't use for what we were hoping for. As dedicated cards are recommended for Hoster too, but for the most part, the newer ones seem to work well, in fact, my really old ones work Okay.

I also cannot come out the hdmi port (which is the nvidea card), and have to come out that mini display adaptor that Dell now uses then to a vga cable into a vga adaptor, then another vga cable out to singers monitor and several composite wires to audience TV's. Spent a bit beforehand for 30 ft. lengths of Hdmi cable and an expensive hdmi amplified splitter, but as of yet can't use it, but am still trying every driver one at a time on the nvidia download page in hopes of getting this to work as it should.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mjekaraoke

Hi Roy, I can't locate that particular driver, i am using the most recent one from the Lenovo site which is 290.56, any newer release's from the nvidia site don't work for me. I have managed to get it working by doing the following which is however painful as is the following explaination, the process is to right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" then selecting "change graphics processor" i then add the hoster program and select the high performance nvidia processor as its preferred processor, press apply and close. When i then run hoster the only way it works with good graphics on both screens is by again Right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" and then select the integrated graphics (default). This all seems a bit strange, if i don't select the default prior to running i get the grabled grahics again. I have made some screen shots if it is easier to understand, can they be posted here?
Thanks
Marco

MJE, please post or email me those screen shots. Apparently, if you are running through the hdmi out of the video card, you are in fact, using the nvidea, and you must also be on the laptop screen if it is NOT garbled any more! I'd really like to discuss this with you. As I previously said, I cannot run with the nvidea out and nvidea also on laptop, hence the garbling, so I disable the nvidea entirely and cannot use that card at all.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mjekaraoke

Hi Roy, I can't locate that particular driver, i am using the most recent one from the Lenovo site which is 290.56, any newer release's from the nvidia site don't work for me. I have managed to get it working by doing the following which is however painful as is the following explaination, the process is to right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" then selecting "change graphics processor" i then add the hoster program and select the high performance nvidia processor as its preferred processor, press apply and close. When i then run hoster the only way it works with good graphics on both screens is by again Right click on the hoster icon and select "run with graphics processor" and then select the integrated graphics (default). This all seems a bit strange, if i don't select the default prior to running i get the grabled grahics again. I have made some screen shots if it is easier to understand, can they be posted here?
Thanks
Marco

Whats confusing to me is that you said you just changed the default for hoster to high performance nvidea, because when I right click that second time on Hoster "run with graphics", it says high performance default, NOT integrated graphics default.

[mjekaraoke]

Originally Posted by bryant

Whats confusing to me is that you said you just changed the default for hoster to high performance nvidea, because when I right click that second time on Hoster "run with graphics", it says high performance default, NOT integrated graphics default.

Yes it is strange as the nvidia icon in the task bar also shows it is using nvidia. Even thou to make it work i have selected the integrated. I have attached the screen shot hopefully it helps.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mjekaraoke

Hi Guy's,
I am having the same issue with the garbled preview screen on my new backup laptop running Hoster 5.07, my main system has been working all ok. My backup laptop is a Lenovo E530, 6 Gb Ram, i7 2.1Ghz, nvidia GeForce GT630M dedicated 2 GB video ram, 750 gB HD at 7200 rpm. Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit O/S my nvidia drivers version is v290.56. I have made all the necessary adjustments as per the website for Win7. If i select Hoster to run with the standard integrated graphics when i select play Hoster crashes so i have selected the nvidia as Hosters default. Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Marco

I'm really hoping MTU may be able to get something in their preview screen to work. What's seems to be happening is that a lot of new computer buyers will inadvertently get these newer models and will not be able to use Hoster. I'm about ready to ship my Dell back, (if they take it)and begin again with my older two Dells. I was Sooo looking forward to finally getting into windows 7 platform and Hoster 5 version with all its newer bells and whistles. I'm thinking there might be some approach mtu can take (i hope) on this as my DJ program plays the same karaoke files and I've talked to other guys that use other karaoke programs with same setups as ours that don't have the problem. MTU is really good at coming to the rescue on these things.