Category: Video Hoster

Question:

How can I get my dj music files on my hard drive into Hoster?

Answer:

Currently there is no way to Import MP3, WMA or WAV audio files into Hoster’s Songs Database to search for them.  You can add Audio files into the Playlist by clicking the Add Track group Audio button, find the file that you want to play, and add it to the Playlist.

Question:

How to remove multiple artist listings in the Songbook

Answer:

Open Hoster and follow these steps.

1. Go to the Tools Menu Edit Songs command
2. Enter * in the Search for: field
3. Click only the Artist button below and click the Search button
4. When all entries appear in the window below, click on the Artist column title (Artist) to order the songs alphabetically
5. When you scroll down and see duplicate Artist names, click one, click into the Artist field and remove any spaces before or after the name
6. Also, if you have “Firstname Lastname” order, change them to “Lastname, Firstname” so they will format correctly in your Songbook
7. Do this for all duplicates you find, clicking the Apply button after each change
8. Every once in a while you may want to click the Search button again to refresh the window contents

Question:

Error: CD/DVD drive not ready message when trying to read from the disc.

Answer:

The only thing that will cause this is something in the Registry got messed up, so to fix this Open Hoster, click on the Tools Menu\CD DVD Default drives.

Now when you drives show up, click the Down arrow beside the drive showing on the line, then click it below that box again, rather its the same drive name or not.

Once you do this, click ok, then close out of Hoster completely.  Now reopen Hoster and it should now work.

Question:

Hoster won’t Import discs

Answer:

NOTE: Do the following if the drives show under the Tools Menu\Detect Drives.

1. Open Hoster.
2. Click the Tools Menu\CD/DVD Default drives.
3. Left click the Down arrow to the Right side of the Drive showing.
4. Left click this same drive at the very bottom, even though it is the same name, left click it. This is the only way to reset the registry.
5. Click Ok, then close Hoster to save it. Then reopen Hoster and it should now show.

If no drives show in the CD/DVD Default drives command, then follow the steps listed below:

Most problems you may have with Hoster not locating or accessing your CD Burner drive is because the ASPI driver is not installed right, or the wrong driver is installed. The ASPI driver allows accessing a CD-Recorder (IDE or SCSI) on a Windows computer.

The ASPI Drivers discussed below are included with Hoster 3.110 and higher. You should not need to make these changes except with prior versions of these programs. If you have Hoster 3.110 or higher, just Reinstall the program using the Upgrade selection in the Installation program.

To find out what version of our ASPI driver is installed:

1. Click the Start button
2. Click Search
3. Click “For Files and Folders”
4. Type in the filename wnaspint.dll (for Windows 2000 and XP) or wnaspi9x.dll (for 98 or ME)
5. Select for Search to “Look In the C: drive”
6. Click the Search button
7. The file should be found under the C:Windows\System32 folder
8. When the file appears on the right hand side of the search window… Right Click on the filename
9. Click on Properties
10. Click the Version Tab
11. Click the Product Version at the bottom left side
12. It should display V1.27
13. If it shows V1.16 or V1.14 then “click this file to select it” and press the Delete key to remove it
14. Reinstall your Hoster Program using the Upgrade Selection.

Question:

Hoster Registry- How to Delete the Registry Keys

Answer:

WARNING! DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Be sure you follow this exactly. If you delete the wrong Registry Keys, Windows on your computer could be damaged, requiring it to be re-installed.

WARNING: If you do this under Hoster 4.0 and above it will be as if you have a brand new computer.  You will lose your Singers Database and other items. Make sure you wish to take it back to a brand new install before you do this.

Fix: Delete Hoster’s Persistence Registry Keys.

1. Left click the Start Menu and click Run.
2. Type in regedit and click OK or Open.
3. Go to the very top of the Registry Editor. It you already see the Registry Keys expanded below, skip this step and go to the next step. Click the + beside My Computer.
4. Click the + Beside HKEY_CURRENT_USER
5. Click the + beside SOFTWARE
6. Click the + beside Micro Technology Unlimited
7. Click the + beside Hoster
8. Click Default to select it. WARNING! Be VERY careful to have this exact location selected. If not and you proceed, you could damage your Windows installation, requiring it to be re-installed to fix it. BE VERY CAREFUL! With Default selected, press the Delete Key Click Yes when it asks you if you are sure.
9. Click the X in the Top Right corner to close the Registry Editor.
10. Open Hoster. It will be as if you started from scratch.

 

Question:

Hoster 4.02 Issues

Answer:

Here are some of the issues we are now finding with Hoster 4.02.

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1) The simplest way to fix this is to upgrade to version 4.03.  You can  get it here: http://www.mtu.com/upgrades/hoster.htm

2) Unable to import hard drive or cd files to database files. I Get The following error messages:
Error Processing File C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Databases\bucket.mdb Cannot find the jeterr40.chm file

To fix this you must do the following:
1) Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and find the following Folder: C:\MTU\Hoster\ Make sure there is a file named bucket.mdb in this folder.  If so go to step 2.

2) Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and find the following Folder: C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Databases if you see the bucket.mdbfile in this directory also, delete it. Also if you see a file named songs.mdb or songs in this folder, move it to the following Folder C:\MTU\Hoster directory.  Once you have done this, you can now delete the entire Databases Folder located here C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\

3) Now open Hoster and try to import a CD it should now work fine.

Question:

How to move KMA files to a different drive/folder

Answer:

Use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the kma songs from the old drive to new drive. We recommend you place them in a folder, such as E:\Songs to give you more flexibility. Follow these steps to rebuild your Songs Database so Hoster knows where you moved the songs to. These instructions are correct for Hoster 2.104 and higher:

 

Build Songs Database

1. Run Hoster
2. Click the Tools menu, Songs Database command
3. Click on Rebuild
4. Click a folder found in the Sound source folders list and click the Delete Folder button (select each entry and do the same to remove all)
5. Click the Select Folder button, locate the E:\Songs folder (or wherever you store them), and click the Select button
6. Click the Rebuild Songs Database button to build your new Songs database with the KMA files located on E:\Songs (or your choice) folder.
7. All Add Track methods in the Playlist will now find the KMA songs stored in the E:\Songs folder.

Change Save to Folder Selection

You may also want to change the folder where you will now import any new KMA songs into. To do this:

1. Click the Import Tracks menu and either the Import CD Tracks or Import Hard Drive Files command
2. Click the Save to Folder button (with the black/green field to the right)
3. Select the folder you want to save new KMA files to. In the case above, select E:\Songs to match where you moved your KMA files.

That’s all you need to do.

 

Question:

Error: Track File is Missing

Answer:

This can be caused by moving your .kma files to a new location without rebuilding your Songs.mdb. The only other thing that can cause this to happen is your Sound Card in your computer is missing drivers or damaged.

1) Rebuild the Songs Database as stated here.

2) Make sure that you have deleted any old .hst Playlist files. Try creating a new one, by going to File\New. Now add a song to the new Playlist and see if it will play without errors.

3) Make sure that your Sound Card is working correctly on your computer, in other programs. If not, have the Sound card fixed by a technician.

Another thing that can cause this to happen with .Zip files that were converted in Hoster to the .Kma format. Try the following if you are having problems with Playing files that were converted from Zip.

When importing Zip files be advised that if the Zip files were created using Max Compression, under the Zip program. Then Hoster will not play that file. Hoster will import the song and you will not know it did not get imported correctly until you try playing the song. You can check to see if the file is bad before importing by trying to play it first. If the file is bad because of Max Compression you will get an Error Message. It is possible to uncompress the bad Max Compression file then re-zip the files using Normal Compression.

Question:

Error: The File can’t be deleted.

Answer:

This message appears in the Hoster Tools menu Edit Songs dialog box when trying to delete a selected file.

1. The song is in the Playlist
2. Delete it from the Playlist and close Hoster.
3. Reopen Hoster and delete the file again.
4. You may need to reboot the computer so Windows will release the file.

Question:

Error: Unrecognized database format ‘C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Databases\songs.mdb’. (3343)

Answer:

You must delete the Songs.mdb file from your computer. Then Rebuild Your Songs Database, to fix this error.

1. Go to My computer.
2. Double (Left) click on Local Disk C:\
3. Double (Left) click on Program Files
4. Double (Left) click on Micro Technology Unlimited
5. Double (Left) click on Hoster
6. Double (Left) click on Databases
7. Now find the file named songs or songs.mdb and select the file so that it is highlighted.
8. Now press the Delete key on your Keyboard. Answer Yes to the question asking if you want to delete this file.
9. Open Hoster.
10. Hoster will now rebuild your Songs database as soon as it opens.
11. Once this has finished, you should no longer get this error.