Steve LeBlanc
DJ Extraordinaire
I would think it could....are you running anti virus, or a security suite? Is your wireless card on?
Rockit 5
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I would think it could....are you running anti virus, or a security suite? Is your wireless card on?
Doubtful, they generally don't use much horsepower, nor effect the throughput of the drives. But, for the screensaver to kick in, means the computer has gone into idle mode, and depending on your power settings, might mean the drives power down...
Make sure you have all power saving schemes turned off.
Never seen/heard of an issue with wireless and Rockit. My test computers have everything and their sister running (downloading emails, surfing the web, etc.), and they run flawlessly for days on end.
Security yes, because if decides to scan a drive in the middle of playback, the drive head is going to be bouncing all over the place.
Anything that indexes your drives is also a big offender -- e.g. Windows Search Indexing is on for that drive, iTunes Helper is running, Google Toolbar/Search Indexer is installed and running, etc...
Rick, it says on your site that you can play music videos but does Rockit allow you to mix music videos as you would audio? If not, any plans on adding that functionality in the near future? I am thinking about getting into video but do not own any video capable software yet. Naturally I would like to do my part to keep the beer flowing for you. 
Not really -- the video decks are meant to play an occasional video, or image slideshow.
I sorta doubt it... I'm trying to keep Rockit devoted basically to audio, so I can keep the price down.
I do have some other products in the works that are designed for different markets, but they will be coming out under different brand names (and corporate names)... TBA
Could one of those other products you speak of be the solution I'm looking for? Hypothetically speaking of course... Video would after all be considered a different market...
Hi Rick
I have now turned off all possible issues installed extra ram reinstalled rockit .
I,m running it on a notepad edited the skin to suit from your tutorial.
But i still have the same error when i start the deck playing the track starts ok then it will suddenly stop playing for a couple of seconds then carry on playing but not at the place it stopped it continues to where it would have been if it had never stopped.
Could this be a sound card issue if so how can i check my sound card
I have now turned off all possible issues installed extra ram reinstalled rockit .
I,m running it on a notepad edited the skin to suit from your tutorial.
But i still have the same error when i start the deck playing the track starts ok then it will suddenly stop playing for a couple of seconds then carry on playing but not at the place it stopped it continues to where it would have been if it had never stopped.
Could this be a sound card issue if so how can i check my sound card
First, try a couple things, just to make sure they are not causing any issues:
Go to Config->Audio Decks, and make sure the Pre-processor is turned off, and also turn off Lookup Art on internet on track load. Click Save, then restart Rockit.
As to the sound card:
Normally, a sound card issue will throw an error, and the decks will stop responding. If the song is continuing to play (e.g. the meters are still responding in Rockit, and the time is advancing), then it's possible that the sound card is losing its output connection to whatever you are plugged into. The only way to check that, is to plug in an external sound card, and see if it happens using that card...
Oh, and new price (beer went up)
$139.95
Upgrades from V4.x are $10 -- From V3.x are $40
It's available now
Still have some work to do on the websites, but the download is available, and there's a Quick Start Guide on the Support page I think...
http://www.softjock.com
This is the default skin...
Got a Problem with playing video......software locks up....I have verison 5.0
Rockit uses the same Codecs that Windows/WMP uses. Feel free to send me an email via our support page (with your registered user ID), or give me a call.
Working on some video tutorials for Rockit, so if anybody has any particular subjects they want covered, let me know here...
When V5 stops working successfully -- if it ain't broke, you don't fix it...
There's also some other considerations on releasing it right now, which I don't want to go into in public...
Hi Rick, I would like to see how to set a slide show up in V5.
I got all the video to work.
By the way any more skins to be released.
There is only one for 1440X900.
I got all the video to work.
By the way any more skins to be released.
There is only one for 1440X900.
Ok, I'll try and get the slideshow tutorial done shortly -- let's hope the batteries in my camera hold out until I go shopping this weekend...
I haven't been working on any skins lately, because nobody has been asking for any particular thing. I have a large, wide screen monitor, but I use the smaller skins, so I can keep the popup window for queues on the side of it. Perhaps that should be the first tutorial, since I don't think most users know it even exists...