Karaoke Hoster Changelog

What's new in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.8.0

May 13, 2010
  • BUG: Incorrect sung count for singer on load if he had unfulfilled requests older than 12 hours. (3000708)
  • BUG: First 100 results check box on the RequestForm did not work. (3000689)
  • BUG: Unable to scroll the signers tonight window. (3000679)
  • BUG: Improved OtsAV Media Library import to take care of items that have been removed from the media library. Also added a dialog at the end of the import to show how many items have been added/deleted. (2837550)

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.7.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • Windows installer created.
  • BUG: Only able to swap a queued request for the first singer (alphabetically) for a given request (2833579).

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.6.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • BUG: Not able to resize singer in Edit Singers screen. (2825145)
  • BUG: Default OtsAV playout is incorrect. (2833064)
  • BUG: Singer's picture not shown (unless there is >1 singer for the request). (2833348)
  • BUG: Error if Announce is used before a request has been played. (2833347)
  • BUG: Exception if no path set for the OtsAV Playout settings. (2833331)
  • BUG: Duplicate tracks saved in the songbook XML file (2833511)
  • BIG: Singer's song count incorrectly updated on request restart (2833065)
  • OtsAVPlayout plugin: Slowed down AHK scripts to add track or pause to solve
  • problems where slower PCs added the wrong track. A better solution is required.

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.5.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • BUG: Unhandled exception if OtsAV is not present on the system (improved
  • mis-behaving plugin).
  • BUG: Deleted singers cause exception on startup.
  • BUG: Songbook not marked as changed when track/song/artist changed.
  • BUG: Tonight's Singers list is not updated when a request is played (2830281).
  • Plugins disabled if not initialised correctly. User interface disabled
  • where appropriate.
  • Plugin structure has been improved to allow a display name and provide
  • feedback and error message if failed.
  • Added plugin selection user interface.
  • Moved plugins into sub folders.
  • Persistence of listview columns (Request list and songbook lists).
  • Track selection - track list is now sorted in descending order by play count.
  • OtsAV Playout plug-in customisation - play tracks/directives before/after
  • request track.

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.4.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • Added manual request re-ordering.
  • Added user interface to show manually moved requests.
  • Added user interface to re-schedule a manually moved request.
  • Added user interface to lock/unlock/see lock status for a request.
  • Song placement enhancements - skip locked requests and minimum requests
  • before repeating a singer.
  • New settings dialog to allow choice of gap between karaoke songs (for ETA -
  • a future release might actually track the average time between karaoke songs
  • and replace this setting) and the minimum number of requests before a singer
  • is repeated (the last bit was tricky).
  • Fixed bug: Play button was not disabled on play/delete request resulting in
  • a NullReferenceException if you clicked it again.

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.3.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • Auto-complete singer name in the add/edit request form.
  • Request announcement including singer pictures.
  • Bug fix: Track length not imported correctly from OtsAV (a media library import
  • is required to correct it).
  • Bug fix: Singer editing.
  • Request estimate time.

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.2.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • Add request from a singer's history.
  • Show request history and restore a song to the queue.
  • BUG: Error when closing Hoster (2825146) - added check for the path.
  • BUG: Deleting a request looses all singer's requests (2826388)
  • Bug: Hoster doesn't find OTS file for cueing (2824201)
  • BUG: Track import still showing after import (2825140)
  • Double click for quick selection on various list based forms.
  • Delete queued request - Implemented whilst drunk. On the train home.

New in Karaoke Hoster 3.0.1.0 (May 13, 2010)

  • Plug-in status: Only OtsAV is supported at this time.
  • Songbook database.
  • Media import from OtsAV to the songbook database.
  • Request queue and request placement.
  • User interface to see a singer's waiting requests.
  • Swap a placed request with a waiting request.
  • Switch to an alternative track if available (The "I don't like this version" problem).
  • Persistence of request form column widths and sorting.
  • Discard of requests older than 12 hours on startup.
  • Track selection as part of adding a request (only shown if a song has more than one track).
  • Request another song for a singer.
  • See tonight's singers.
  • See track details (useful to see the manufacturer when files are in folders with the
  • disc manufacturer in the path) in the add/edit request form and the current request display.
  • BUG: AHK scripts all detected the video overlay as a modal dialog.
  • BUG: Issues with the OtsAV media library export on XP PCs (timing issue).
  • BUG: Crash if current request form was closed and re-opened.