SND over top of singer's display

[songpony]

Last night I encountered a problem I haven't seen before (running 3.3). While a song was playing, I loaded a song from a singer's disk into the playlist. At some point during the import process, it caused the Singers Name Display screen to become the active window so it displayed over the top of the Singer's display (normally it's hidden behind the singer's display when a song is playing); obviously, this kept the singer from seeing the words and was a definite problem. Since the SND only displays on the singer's monitor, the only way to catch it is to be watching the singer's monitor while doing an import, or listen for the singer to falter - not good either way; clicking on the singer's display (or closing the SND) brought the singer's window back to the front. This wasn't a consistent problem, but did happen twice out of about 10 songs loaded from singer's disks. Since you can't do anything while a song is importing anyway, I wasn't doing anything different for those that "glitched" and those that didn't. Any ideas?

[MTUSUPPORT]

I have never had anyone complain about this. I am not sure if this is a problem or just coincendence.

I will keep my ear open to others complaining of this and see if I can make it happen.

[George]

If the SND display is sized too large, it can cover the singer's screen, but I can't make it happen unless I intentionally activate the SND.

This can be checked easily by activating the SND screen WITHOUT a track playing. If it fills the screen, that's the problem, and it can be re-sized by grabbing the sides with the mouse pointer, and resizing it, and doing the same with the singer's screen so the two don't overlap each other.

George

[nreel]

This is why I CRINGE every time I add a CDG Trk.

This has happened to me since 3.xxx. I have brought it to MTU's attention...several times.

I hoped that 3.300 would not do this but it has happened several times.

Quick fixes are either:

1. Be aware of the Singer's Display while adding a CDG until the CDG Trk has C O M P L E T E L Y finished the Process. If the SND jumps in front of the Singer's Window, Double Click the SND button to TURN THE SND OFF...as quickly as you can. Turning off the SND will cause the Singer's Window to gain FOCUS.

or:

2. Before you add a CDG Trk, TURN O F F the SND by Double Clicking the SND Button. Then, add the CDG Trk.

As if we don't have enough to do during a Show.

[songpony]

Glad to know it's not just me - maybe it will be something that can be fixed then. I have my SND only large enough to show 3-4 lines of text, so that I can display the next 3 singers and their songs - window is only about 25-30% of the screen vertically, and the full width of the screen.

A 3rd quick fix is to click on the singer's display (though that requires moving the cursor over to the second screen - sometimes tough to see) - this will bring that window to the front again.

[admin]

Did 3.301 fix this problem, or is anyone still seeing it?

[nreel]

Yes, this just happened last night, Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

So, NO, it 3.301 did not fix it.