what am i doing wrong?

[chasintx]

ok So im importing tracks from a karaoke disk i so everything right I make sure the disk id is properly labeled and the brand i'm using i got from freedb all my tacks appear in order when i go to play the music i importd i get nothing no graphics no music? help

[Beavis]

what version are you running (hoster)?

did you get all the windows updates before you installed ? did you try re-installing?

[chasintx]

im runing 3.11 i beleive and i am not aware there are up dates should i check that first i just installed this 2 weeks ago?

[ddouglass]

Absolutely!!! MTU just release version 3.312 with major fixes for the drives.

[Beavis]

get your computer up to date with windows updates. dont do any of the windows hardware updates.

then upgrade to the lastest version of hoster. its free !

then update us if it works.

[chasintx]

ok i just spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to upgrade (free)and this is really turning into a night mare going on 5 hours now with nothing accomplished. is this what i have to look forward to ? why can there just be a button you down load it and it checks to see if you have the other version then passes youthrough why go through all this confusing stuff

[Beavis]

TO UPDATE HOSTER... look here:

http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?t=6934


make sure your online when you upgrade.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by chasintx

ok i just spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to upgrade (free)and this is really turning into a night mare going on 5 hours now with nothing accomplished. is this what i have to look forward to ? why can there just be a button you down load it and it checks to see if you have the other version then passes youthrough why go through all this confusing stuff

You need to go to your store account, login, then click on "Show Orders", find your Hoster order. Click on the "View" button and scroll to the bottom of the page. On the left side it willhave a download button and the version file name. Click on the Download and save it on your computer. Then you can upgrade.

[chasintx]

ok i made sure i had all windows updates i upgraded to the latest and greatest i still cant import cdg tracks successfully i get nothing. i am trying to be patient cause i do like some of the features but this is killing
my business not to mention my cause . i am in iraq trying to give our soldiers something fun to do i have a stack of cdgs on disk and i cant copy not even 1 please if this product can not do what it boast refer me to something that can.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by chasintx

ok i made sure i had all windows updates i upgraded to the latest and greatest i still cant import cdg tracks successfully i get nothing. i am trying to be patient cause i do like some of the features but this is killing
my business not to mention my cause . i am in iraq trying to give our soldiers something fun to do i have a stack of cdgs on disk and i cant copy not even 1 please if this product can not do what it boast refer me to something that can.

It would be helpful to have some computer specs, although I suspect it's more than a hardware problem (except possibly a defective CD/DVDROM) since you shouldn't have problems getting audio even if there are problems with the graphics.

Sam

[Beavis]

did you rebuild your database ? does hoster know where to look for your music ?

[chasintx]

ok i have a hp pavillion AMD sempron processor 3200+ 985 mhz 384 of ram hl-dt-st rw/dvd gcc-4243n not the greatest laptop but i think its good enough to host a karaoke show or to copy computer graphics i tried a demo pacakag of power cdg and it played 3 track of my cd so why cant import?


helpless in iraq

[chasintx]

hey bevis i rebuild my list everytime there is a new entry i have like 3 directories in which i am consolidating to one let me rephrase that i had a fe extra sorces that i was pulling from but i only have one directory where everything is going. i can see the amount of time on the song is correct but no audio or video plays the counter keeps counting?




Hp pavillion
HL-dt-st rw/dvd/cd-rom drives ide\cdromhl-gcc-4243n---1.08\5&7efd3c5&0&0.0.0 \ amd 3200+ 985 mhz 384 mb or rom
ati mobility radeon xpress 200 series

[billyo]

Originally Posted by chasintx

ok So im importing tracks from a karaoke disk i so everything right I make sure the disk id is properly labeled and the brand i'm using i got from freedb all my tacks appear in order when i go to play the music i importd i get nothing no graphics no music? help

having the same problem not with hoster, but with microstudio, i know this is not the right forum for it..but.the problem is the same..my microstudio is on a diff. computer..did all the updates..etc..

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by chasintx

Hp pavillion
HL-dt-st rw/dvd/cd-rom drives ide\cdromhl-gcc-4243n---1.08\5&7efd3c5&0&0.0.0 \ amd 3200+ 985 mhz 384 mb or rom
ati mobility radeon xpress 200 series

You do realize that the dvd drive you list above isn't on the list of drives recognized by Hoster or Microstudio. That doesn't mean it won't work but this could be part of your problem.

Have you opened a trouble ticket with MTU? If not I would suggest you do to get MTUSupport on this problem.

I am presuming you didn't get any error messages when you imported the songs so those files should be ok. If you have another computer you could temporarily load Hoster on (you can load on 2 machines), copy some of those kma files to it, and try them this would eliminate/confirm import problems. If you can't do that then you might send one file (smallest one) to MTU or one of us for testing.

If the problem isn't in importing then it has to be in the playback. You say you get no video or audio but the counter is still moving. Are you looking/listening on the laptop or do you have a TV/audio system plugged in and looking there?

When you start a song do you see a black screen open up and does the small window upper left side go black as well?

You don't mention in your hardware description a sound card. I am sure there has to be one builtin. Make sure your CD, WAV, and master audio volumes are all the way up and not muted.

[chasintx]

at this point i will buy a a cdburner one that mtu reccomends i just want the thing to work thats all . i'm sorry im just spent on this any recommodations on a cgd reader burner that will work with hoster with out making life more difficult for me?

[ddouglass]

Check MTU's products. They have External drives and also have a laptop drive that they guarantee will work with their programs.

[mindonstrike]

Even if your particular cdrom can't do the graphics it should be doing the audio at least.

Can you play mp3's or wma's from your hardrive using window media player or other music playing program?
If not, are your volume sliders turned up (and not muted) ? is the wave level turned up (and again not muted)?

While you are waiting for your new cdrom, I would be making sure you don't have a separate audio issue to boot.

Sam

[chasintx]

roger that i checked all of my settieng they work fine if i am playing it from my hard drive the problem is when i try to import it from the cd it does nothing no audio no graphics. could that be a bad disk i mean it can play in a karaoke machine just fine.

Well i have a nother problem mtu wont ship to me in Iraq so i have to go through the states to get it here i wih they had fed ex or dhl .

you have be very helpful all of you thank you for supporting me way out here.

[a2kmike]

Originally Posted by chasintx

ok i have a hp pavillion AMD sempron processor 3200+ 985 mhz 384 of ram hl-dt-st rw/dvd gcc-4243n not the greatest laptop but i think its good enough to host a karaoke show or to copy computer graphics i tried a demo pacakag of power cdg and it played 3 track of my cd so why cant import?


helpless in iraq

This drive will definitely NOT import cd+g with Hoster... I had one in my Compaq Presario 2580US and swapped it with a GCC-4241N which will work with cd+g. I got a used one on ebay for $36.00 incl shipping.

Good Luck

Mike Summitt