Sound Choice Star Series

[RandyMcCharles]

I have read a good number of the posts regarding copy protection on some Sound Choice CDGs and am wondering if many of the postings are outdated. Perhaps Hoster V4 has additional logic to get around some of the protection.

I have been importing my CDG collection to Hoster V4 and have now started on my Sound Choice CDGs. The only problem I have found so far is with the Star Series (i.e 2123, 2229, 2314).

The Online Database doesn't find them. Since this series is popular and has been out there for a while I am surprised.

The Local Database search returns all the disk information, the only problem being that the time for track 16 is a few minutes too long. (Track 16 is a copy of track 8, but with background vocals)

If I select all tracks and import, tracks 1-15 import fine. Track 16 hangs because the time is longer than the track. It looks like Hoster attempts to read for the displayed time and doesn't quit when the data runs out.

Clicking cancel doesn't cancel. The only recourse appears to be to kill the Hoster task.

It seems to me that if Hoster attempted to read the calculated time, but ended the recording normally if data runs out first, the 16th track could be captured.