Hoster Upgrade from 4.09b->4.11

[ddouglass]

That maybe the problem. A lot of users have discovered that the latest drivers for the Nvidia don't work right. You may need to look for some of the older (more simplified?) drivers and see if they work better.
Jim Seargent discovered that he had to set the Nvidia card to full screen to get it to behave.

[seawolf]

Thanks, Dale...
As I think I mentioned, I rolled back the drivers to the original that was shipped with the machine...still have the pulsations in the audio.

I have always run the show using monitor 2 in full screen and the laptop (monitor 1) in a window. I like to use Excel to keep track of the rotation order, but I shall try Hoster in full screen.

Perhaps you know---is there some sort of interaction between the Nvidia video card and the Conextant HD sound card? I can't find any info on the net.

DC

[ddouglass]

I don't think that was quite what Jim meant by full screen. I don't have my computer with the Nvidia, so I can't look at the settings for sure. But I do know he wasn't referring to running the programs at full screen.

You stated you had the latest drivers install so that is why I mentioned it. Even the original drivers may cause problems. You may have to try several to find the one that works right.

You could try changing the DirectX acceleration and see if that will solve the initial sync problem. To do this go to Start/Run and type in DXDIAG. This will open a utilty where you can lower the amount of acceleration.

I don't know why keying up or down would be any different from normal play. All that does is shift the tone up or down and does have anything with the speed (tempo?) or sync.

[seawolf]

There are only 3 driver dates for the Nvidia card I have. The original works fine, the latest works fine, the middle one won't install so is not an issue. All of the video functions are OK in both driver sets.

In re: Direct X accelleration--it is disabled per MTU suggestions.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the sound issue rests in the WMP, since that is what is being used for the audio. I think I will try to uninstall WMP 11 with all of its service changes and go back to WMP 10 to see if it will work.

DC