Automated Background Audio Player work ¡?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Skybird74

All my songs were imported using WMP and Hoster does play them for me. Even B/A - all I did was point to one of the folders in My Music & BA plays them fine. Guess I should mention that I'm still using 4.1 Beta 28.

I haven't tried them in a while but I know Hoster would not play them because of the DRM. It could be because the songs were "imported" on one computer and transferred to another. I don't remember as that was a while back and I have slept since then.

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

I haven't tried them in a while but I know Hoster would not play them because of the DRM. It could be because the songs were "imported" on one computer and transferred to another. I don't remember as that was a while back and I have slept since then.

Most of the songs I started with were imported on 2 older computers, which I transferred to my Vista laptop 2 years ago. Since then, I have imported CDs with WMP directly onto Vista and some are mp3s I have purchased off the net. I have never had any problems with audio.

[marklwood]

I don't have any problem with my WMP songs either. There is an option in WMP to not assign the DRM. I have used this since day one because of different portable music devices I have used over the years.

[tnscottie]

Hey all,

Just a recommendation for your BA playlist. I used this last Friday for the first time and absolutely loved it. I created a folder and copied files there that were appropriate for the crowd I was working with (about 30 songs or so). I will delete the files from that folder and create my next list of songs just prior to my next gig. Make sure that you copy instead of moving the files so that you do not lose them when you clear the folder.

Just a suggestion.

[admin]

Originally Posted by billyo

i created a new( folder ) playlist for the background music, removed the old one , everytime i opened the background audio, and clicked on browse and clicked on the new folder, on the folder window it says add audio ( wma or mp3 ) songs to songlist ,the BA play button is greyed out , the new music folder is opened , click on hoster main playlist to play a song, just flicker wont play, had to closed the new folder , played the song on hoster playlist, the BA player buttons are now all greyed out except the on button..what am i doing wrong ? got it to work yesterday

Billyo, I feel for you. This is a rather complex "automatic" feature. From the questions you are asking I'd suggest you... forgive me... read the manual... (ducking as I see the spear chuckers lining up around me).

Originally Posted by tnscottie

Hey all,

Just a recommendation for your BA playlist. I used this last Friday for the first time and absolutely loved it. I created a folder and copied files there that were appropriate for the crowd I was working with (about 30 songs or so). I will delete the files from that folder and create my next list of songs just prior to my next gig. Make sure that you copy instead of moving the files so that you do not lose them when you clear the folder.

Just a suggestion.

Good ideas!

You now can click-n-drag songs in the BA Player's open folder vertically to change their play order. However... when you close Hoster the order is lost. BA Player uses a standard Window folder(s) and plays the files the open one contains.

In Hoster 4.20, if we have the time, we'll change BA Player to open Hoster .HST Playlist files containing audio .MP3 and .WMA files. Then, any changes you make in the playing order are saved and appear the next time you open that playlist in the BA Player. Also, you can create a "dance mix" of audios that play for awhile in BA Player if you want. You then could also use the new Files menu > Append Playlist command and add your "dance mix" into Hoster and play it from there, where it shows in the Singers Names Display (SND).

We also added a new feature that, while you are in Intermission mode (and playing the BA Player), we update the TIME fields in the SND every 60 seconds so your Singers will know when they can show up on stage.

[billyo]

Admin. i know you guys are busy, but i already got it fixed and also like my prvious post I Do read the manual, takes me awhile to figure it out/comprehend but i really do read it over and over again