Problem with HDZIP/HDMP3G

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by Ed Beram

I have a collection of 58,000 tracks. This takes 9 hours to rebuild with Vista. I have had it with the horrible tech support at MTU. I always upgrde and pay for the product but can never get hold of a real person for problems. My 4.03 Hoster lite will not automatically convert zip files. I press play and an error message comes up and the type converts to hd mp3. You guys were talking about this problem back in August of last year. Is it fixed or not? I do a lot of shows and don't have time for the problems. Very frustrated . Do I have to go back to 4.01? I don't have time to rebuild all these tracks.
Ed

Curious as to why the rebuild is so slow.
It should only take about 1 minute per 1000 or 1 hour for 58,000.

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

Curious as to why the rebuild is so slow.
It should only take about 1 minute per 1000 or 1 hour for 58,000.

I think you are a little conservative on that one. With my newer Vista machine, I get almost twice that many a minute. I was thinking the next time I need to rebuild, I'll kick it up to real time and see if that is any faster.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by marklwood

I think you are a little conservative on that one. With my newer Vista machine, I get almost twice that many a minute.

1000 per minute was an average reported either here or in the manual 2 or 3 years ago, and has always held true for me. Either way it's a far cry from 107 per minute that Ed is experiencing.

I was thinking the next time I need to rebuild, I'll kick it up to real time and see if that is any faster.

With my computers being old like me I figure if I try to make them think to fast they'll make mistakes

[Ed Beram]

I'm amazed at the speed you are getting out of your rebuild. I have a Gateway laptop w/ vista home premiuim. Not the highest level about $550.00 when I bought it. AMD turion 64x2, realtek, ATI radeon. Also when I go online to download the 4.08 upgrade will they recognize my original purchase and let mre download at no charge?
Ed

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Ed Beram

I'm amazed at the speed you are getting out of your rebuild. I have a Gateway laptop w/ vista home premiuim. Not the highest level about $550.00 when I bought it. AMD turion 64x2, realtek, ATI radeon. Also when I go online to download the 4.08 upgrade will they recognize my original purchase and let mre download at no charge?
Ed

You should be able to check for the upgrade from within Hoster.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Ed Beram

I'm amazed at the speed you are getting out of your rebuild. I have a Gateway laptop w/ vista home premiuim. Not the highest level about $550.00 when I bought it. AMD turion 64x2, realtek, ATI radeon. Also when I go online to download the 4.08 upgrade will they recognize my original purchase and let mre download at no charge?
Ed

Don't click on the Buy Now or you will have to pay for the upgrade. Instead as Mark said open Hoster and go to Help/Check for Updates and that will take you to the download page.

[teddyt]

No, I'm running XP

[ddouglass]

I would then try what Mark said to do. If it doesn't work that way, then try setting it back to administrator. Be sure both times that you check the box to change it on all sub-folders and files.

[Ed Beram]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Don't click on the Buy Now or you will have to pay for the upgrade. Instead as Mark said open Hoster and go to Help/Check for Updates and that will take you to the download page.

Thanks for the info. I went in and got a page that talks about all the requirements the computer must have to handle the software. I guess my gateway is under gunned. It says I need at least 2 gig ram, 1.5 processer, both of which are not in my computer. I have decided to get a new computer that I won't have so many issues with once and for all. I am tempted to wait for Windows 7 but don't know if you would recommend that. If I go with a new laptop with Vista in it, what model or brand do you recommend that will be worth its weight at a cost that won't break the bank
Ed

[ddouglass]

Your best bet in my opinion is to go with Dell, go to the Small Business section. There you can still get XP put on it. The Dell Lattitude 5500 we just bought works great and the internal drive does work with CDG.