Video CDG HELP!!!!

[Rockin D]

Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me in regards to copying a video cdg into hoster. I have the lastest version, I have read the manual, but alas, I am still unable to get the cd to rip to hoster. When I put the CD/Video in my reader I pull up hoster and hit the import from cd and when the computer reads the cd it is listed as one very large track and aborts. HELP HELP HELP PLEEEEEEASE. I have multiple parties coming up in a week and would like to have access to these songs. Thanks to anyone who can assist me.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Rockin D

Hello, I am hoping that someone can help me in regards to copying a video cdg into hoster. I have the lastest version, I have read the manual, but alas, I am still unable to get the cd to rip to hoster. When I put the CD/Video in my reader I pull up hoster and hit the import from cd and when the computer reads the cd it is listed as one very large track and aborts. HELP HELP HELP PLEEEEEEASE. I have multiple parties coming up in a week and would like to have access to these songs. Thanks to anyone who can assist me.

Hoster cannot (in the current 4.06 version) import Videos into the database. That is coming in the next release sometime in early 2009. And it still will not read them directly from CD/DVD. You will have to copy/move/import them to your hard drive first. If you have them on your hard drive you can use them in Hoster from the main screen Video button but this is a temporary import and does not list them in the Songs database.

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

And it still will not read them directly from CD/DVD.

Dale
Mine can read directly of of Video Cd's & some DVDs. Just put them in the drawer and go to the video tab, then navigate to that drive. Plays better than of the hard drive as they are uncompressed.

Rockin d

You can copy individual files of video Cd's and save them to your hard drive, they are usually have a .DAT extension. You can then play them by navigating to where you saved them from the video tab. DVD are a different problem you need a conversion program to convert from .vob to .avi or any of the formats listed under the video tab. I think some .vob files will play but only if they are short ones.

There are various video conversion programmes around, I use http://www.imtoo.com/dvd-ripper.html

[madjim- with the Lord]

Hey Roy,
Are you running Hoster 4.06? This is the version Dale is talking about.

Hoster cannot (in the current 4.06 version) import Videos into the database.

Thanks

Jim

[Roy Dennis]

Yes Jim, Hoster 4.06. I am not talking about importing into the data base. But playing them directly of video CD's in the DVD Rom player of the laptop. I have the old player selected, I don't know if this makes a difference.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Yes Jim, Hoster 4.06. But I have the old player selected, I don't know if this makes a difference.

Hey Roy,
You may have hit the nail on the head bro. I don't have any videos on CD so I can't test this.

Thanks again.

Jim

[billyo]

all you had to do is import them on your hardrive as a dat. file, when you open hoster and wanted to play the vcd just click on video tab and hoster will automatically look for it, then dbl click on the tittle and it will add it to your playlist