Author: Sandy Osta

Question:

When importing in Hoster I get 0 byte files, that will not play. How do I fix this?

Answer:

When you get a 0 byte file, it is not importing correctly. This is caused by missing Windows Updates. Another way to know if this is your fix, is to open the Default drives dialog, located on the Tools Menu in Hoster.  If there is an @ sign in front of the drive name instead of a letter this is your exact problem.

You MUST have all of the Updates from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, click on Custom. Then select all of the Optional Updates. If you have alot, you will have to do this once, then reboot, then go through the process until there are 0 updates showing.

This is the ONLY FIX, get all of the Windows Updates.

Question:

After installing a new version of Hoster, none of my Songs show up

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.

Question:

How do I play Video files in Hoster?

Answer:

You need to install Video Codecs on your computer to beable to play different types of Video files under Hoster.

1. Download the Video Codec Pack from: Download [ K-Lite Codec Pack 4.6.2 FULL ]
2. If this link does not work, then you can download the file from: HERE
   Make sure that you click on where it states: Download [K-Lite Codec Pack X.xx FULL] where X.xx is the version number.
3. Save this file to your computer and then double click on it to run it, Following the onscreen instructions.
4. Once installed, you will beable to play video files in Hoster.

Question:

Adding multiple .mp3 files to the Hoster Playlist

Answer:

This was removed due to problems.  You can only add one MP3 song at a time.

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.