Stopping song just stops graphics, music continues on for a while

[madjim- with the Lord]

MTU has been addressing the issues with starting and stopping in every beta and it's getting better. The next beta will be available for us to test this evening. It seems to be related to the newer versions of Windows Media Player.

I've been running my shows with Hoster 4.XX ever since the program was released and then some (last night with 4.02 beta 2), overall it's doing a great job. What I do that seems to help is play the first song at a very low volume (or with no volume at all) to check and see if it's running in sync and to give the program a chance to reset itself.

Next to getting Hoster Vista ready, this is a top priority issue. They'll get it here soon, please be patient.

Jim

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by madjim

It seems to be related to the newer versions of Windows Media Player.

I have had this problem with WMP since ver10 on my desktop at home. Ocasionally I have to alt-ctrl-del and force close to quit playing a video before it ends. It doesn't happen enough for me to have nailed it down yet, but I do think it is WMP and not Hoster that is hanging.

[laddie]

This happens to me on both machines, sometimes it will play for 15 seconds after stop.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Hoster needs windows media player to run correctly. I DO NOT USE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, EVER. It's hogs too many resources in my opinion and there are better programs out there for running MP3's. (I use SAM party DJ for my MP3's)

Jim

[Kobesdad]

I too had similar snags.When Stopping Song The Singers Display would switch off but the preview display kept showing the song playing and highlighting the lyrics.
I not only had all of the windows updates but all updates for my laptop installed. My Driver Agent Program showed 0% for old or BAD drivers.

Hoster 4.01 would play and when I would go back to see if 3.4 was working the graphics were all screwed up.

The going bald part---

I was pulling my hair out because every time I thought I had my updates and drivers and Hoster installed and running properly I would have some new video or audio issue.

Finally during a snag I hit CTRL ALT DEL and found WMPNETWK. Using 100% of my CPU. Un Installed WMP11 which reverted back to 10. When opening WMP it started as a fresh install so I didn't bother and everything worked just fine.
Finally I reinstalled WMP 11 as a Custom Install and did not allow sharing of media or any pop up that asked about the network.

SO FAR SO GOOD

[ddouglass]

On my show computer I have WMP 11 installed, but have never opened it and set it up, so none of those background processes (wmpnetwk) run at all. This has kept the problems to a minimum. Unfortunately if you have ever set it up as I have on my home computer then even uninstalling it and re-installing doesn't help because those settings are stored in the registry and will re-insert themselves. Turning off the sharing of media in it does minimize some of the interference from its processes but they are still there and eating up memory and some processor time.

[Kobesdad]

Thanks for the info Dale.
With hosters new feature I intend to convert all of my wma 's to kma's and just use Hoster to play music.(Therefore not having to open WMP and allow it to set up anything)
I have used Hoster as a hybrid for some time now such as my family picnics where there is a lot more interest in listening to music than getting up and "embarrassing" yourself.

I just set the auto play delay to 0 and the songs seem to take off one after another quite nicely. Of course I do like the crossfade effect a little better but not enough to switch between the two epescially since it is still to come.

Chuck

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

On my show computer I have WMP 11 installed, but have never opened it and set it up, so none of those background processes (wmpnetwk) run at all.

Ditto

Jim