Downloading From Amazon.com for Hoster Access

[GwenButler]

Please help!
Each time I buy a karaoke mp3 on Amazon I have to go thru the following 3 steps (wasting a CD, each time) in order for my songs to be accessible to Hoster.

Is there an easier way?

Any and all help greatly appreciated!
Gwen

1. Purchase and download karaoke mp3 to my PC hard drive.
2. Using Media Player, locate mp3 and burn to CD.
3. Import CD containing mp3 to Hoster.

Secondly, is there any way (using Microstudio, etc.) to export (converted) KMA to audio and save on a flash drive, instead of writing to CD?

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by GwenButler

Please help!
Each time I buy a karaoke mp3 on Amazon I have to go thru the following 3 steps (wasting a CD, each time) in order for my songs to be accessible to Hoster.

Is there an easier way?

Any and all help greatly appreciated!
Gwen

1. Purchase and download karaoke mp3 to my PC hard drive.
2. Using Media Player, locate mp3 and burn to CD.
3. Import CD containing mp3 to Hoster.

Secondly, is there any way (using Microstudio, etc.) to export (converted) KMA to audio and save on a flash drive, instead of writing to CD?

I've never purchased an mp3 from amazon but would assume it's the same as any other mp3.
This may depend on your version of Hoster which is not stated in your query, Download mp3 into a folder on your hard drive, go to "Import Songs/Index Song Files (this might appear as IndexHDfiles on earlier versions)In the dialog that opens choose either kma or kmh as your import preference then tick the mp3 button next to audio. Then brows to the folder with the mp3 files select, then highlight one of the songs that appears in the list and adjust the field order to match, then press the Single option and Add button. Providing you set the field order correct the bottom window should fill with the list of files ready to import.

Question 2 The easiest way to get a kma file to play on Flash drive is use Songverter to convert the file back to mp3 then just copy the mp3 file to your flash drive. It can then be played direct in Hoster via the K-Oke button.

[GwenButler]

Thanks a ton! At work right now but will check this out ASAP.
GB

[GwenButler]

I am unable to figure out the proper field order needed to import my mp3 file to Hoster. Can someone please advise after looking at the attached screen print?

Thanks!
Gwen

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by GwenButler

I am unable to figure out the proper field order needed to import my mp3 file to Hoster. Can someone please advise after looking at the attached screen print?

Thanks!
Gwen

In the define field order, after title, make that box blank. Where it says Ignore, put it back to Select. Then add files.

[GwenButler]

Sorry, "blank" does not appear to be an option. See attached.
Thanks for your support!
GB

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by GwenButler

Sorry, "blank" does not appear to be an option. See attached.
Thanks for your support!
GB

Ah, might want to update. That seems to be an older version.

[Lonman]

Just curious, why is this Hoster question in MS help?

[Roy Dennis]

I would try this: Title in first box as you already show, in the first separator box after selecting the box just highlight the - then delete that using the backspace on the keyboard then ignore in the next box. See if that works.
The only thing is I don’t think your version of Hoster was meant to import audio mp3 as it is not showing that in the selection type on the top. Anyway no harm trying.
The latest Hoster has an easy import option for mp3 where you do not have to enter any field separators just add the folder containing your mp3 files and it gets all the data from the id3 tags in the file and would also find and enter the Artist info.
You can watch this demo I loaded on youtube that shows this easy import option for mp3 in use using Hoster 5.07:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjf7fxEK5wk
Let me know if there is a problem with the link.

As lonman pointed out this is a hoster problem so I moved this thread