Lyrics display but no Music

[kip777]

Hey fun seekers,

Here is a strange problem that has happened with Hoster (ver. 3.110) on my XP home SP2, 64 bit AMD 3000 processor, KT800 chipset, 512 meg. ram. ATI 9600 video card w/64 meg. dedicated ram laptop. I use a USB 2.0/ Firewire external drive enclosure with a Plextor PX-708A drive, using USB connectivity.


First I imported about 120 CDG disks with about 600 total and other things to do in my life, I took a break for about 3 weeks possibly longer. The imports have worked fine. So I continue where I left off and I have done another 24 or so and these new imports have the lyrics on screen but no sound. The discs play fine in windows media player 10 and I can even synchronize the lyrics to the imports running Hoster at the same time. KMA file size looks right for the quality (128).

The only programs installed in the past month are Doom3, Blackhawk Striker (a shockwave game) and a few Internet games (checkers, backgammon, hearts, etc.)

Not by me, but with 6 kids it’s hard to keep them off this one no matter how much I hoot and holler that there are 4 other computers they can use I still find them here.



One disk I imported was not in the database of disks and I entered them manually but it was not the first disk of this second import session so the email received from MTU about the bug I don’t think is relevant. I did try to import over a few of the disks after reboot and reinitializing drive but that didn’t do anything either. I viewed the database of songs with Microsoft Access and everything looked kosher. Then I grabbed a disk that had not been imported and it came up with a book id root of 1, should be 145 or there about, so I have stopped and wrote this.

Maybe the fix could be to save KMA files and uninstall and reinstall the program?


Thanks in advance for the help.

Kip

[Beavis]

when you uninstall hoster, it does not delete you r kma's

if they are stored in the microtech folder and you manually delete that folder you will lose them.

just try a re-install.

[Azkaraoke4]

In the description of your system you said everything except a sound card, are you sure you have one? hehe. Just kidding! Are you using the sound card on the laptop or an external? Can you hear windows when you start or shut down? Can you listen to regular mp3's or listen to a cd?

[Wallymeister]

Kip,
I had a similar problem when I installed a program called Messageoke. Every disc I imported after that had graphics but no music. All songs imported before that worked fine. I uninstalled Messageoke and re-imported those discs and all was well again. I tried re-importing the discs before the un-install and it didn't change a thing. So, I'm positive that Messageoke was the problem. I didn't try re-installing Hoster without un-installing Messageoke though. That might have worked, I just didn't try that. Messageoke was a demo version and I haven't tried re-installing it since.

Just, some proof positive that other programs can interfere with Hosters operation.
Hope this helps,
Wally

[leeklitz]

Hello: My My Lyrics Display and My Sound Is Garbled, I Have 512 Mb Ram, 1.6Ghz Processor, Windows XP using nvidia. not sure what to do, could it possibly be the sound card, am uaing an onboard card.

[leeklitz]

Originally Posted by leeklitz

Hello: My My Lyrics Display and My Sound Is Garbled, I Have 512 Mb Ram, 1.6Ghz Processor, Windows XP using nvidia. not sure what to do, could it possibly be the sound card, am uaing an onboard card.

what would you suggest I do It has been workinf fine until recently I am using version 3.0

[Beavis]

upgrade to 3.110

[MTUSUPPORT]

leeklitz,
Have you tried doing what is stated here for Nvidia Problems: http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?t=2836

See if this will help on your NVIDIA system.

[kip777]

Here is some more info. Remember the first 2000 songs have and are working perfectly. It is the next 150 songs that only display lyrics and have no music. I was incorrect in my assumption of correct file size. They are too small to have the sound imported. Most are around 2MB in size. This computer uses a VIA chipset with the sound integrated in the Southbridge. (Realtek AC 97) I use Omega drivers for the video card. I have tried reinstalling the program, that didn’t do the trick so I uninstalled and reinstalled with the same results. However the uninstall was not a true uninstall because I didn’t have to reenter my serial number and it also remembered all the pertinent information (e.g. Name, address etc.) so to truly uninstall I’ll have to do a registry search for MTU/Hoster lines and delete them manually. I tried switching the Plextor drive from USB to Firewire, that didn’t make any difference either. I have uninstalled the programs that were installed after I did the first import session before I did the rest of this stuff. Directx version is 9.0c and the only issue with that was an older file (directx.cpl) but that is just a control panel extension file that has not been modified during this time frame. I don’t think this is a hardware issue as I can rip mp3’s in WMP without incident. I’ll probably do the registry thing and let ya’ll know what happens.

[MTUSUPPORT]

Run all of the Windows updates, making sure to get the latest version of Windows Media Player. See if this makes a difference.

[kip777]

I checked for WMP updates and there were no updates. Then I went to Windows update and validated my copy and downloaded their .net 1.1 framework and it’s updates and volia!!! reimported a disk and the file size jumped up and it plays like it should. As you know these are optional software updates, I had 2 security updates and an Ethernet driver update to go along with the .net after validation but I don’t think they had anything to do with the program working again. I can recall only 2 programs that had different versions depending if you had the .net or not. Well once again life is good and thanks for your assistance, in a month or two I’ll have this show fully imported and I wont have to carry 600 disks around. Then I can start on the other 3 shows.